Fritz Art

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Fritz Kunst (born November 12, 1899 in Greiz ; † October 13, 1979 in Jena ) was a German local politician of the SED .

Life

Since it was founded in 1919, Fritz Kunst was a member of the KPD and later a member of the Thuringia district management . He became a senior official in the workers' gymnastics and sports movement . During the National Socialism he was active in the resistance . He was arrested several times and was exposed to the terror of the Gestapo .

After the end of the war he became district leader of the KPD (from 1946 SED). In 1948, with the support of the Soviet headquarters, he was elected Lord Mayor of his hometown Greiz. From 1953 to 1960 he was Lord Mayor of Jena. Because of their support in founding the Motor Jena sports club , Fritz Kunst and Hugo Schrade were accepted into the club as honorary members in December 1954.

Awards and honors

  • 1959 Order Banner of Labor
  • Honorary citizenship of Jena on November 12, 1969, revoked on March 20, 1991.
  • The street named after him in Jena has since been renamed again.
  • 1975 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver

literature

  • Hitler's victims killed twice. West German Final Solution of Antifascism , 1994, p. 232
  • Soviet command offices and German administration in the Soviet Zone and early GDR , 2015, p. 204

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sportclub Motor Jena founded . In: Neues Deutschland , December 15, 1954, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Art, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Greiz
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1979
Place of death Jena