Günter Christoph

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Günter Christoph (born March 27, 1933 in Pethau near Zittau ; † January 24, 2019 in Zittau) was a German politician ( SED ) and innovator . He was a member of the State Council of the GDR .

Life

Christopher, son of a baker , learned after the elementary school also the baker. From 1952 he worked in the metalworking industry as a coil winder at VEB Federnwerk Zittau. In 1958 he became a member of the SED. From May 1959 to 1967 he was a member of the Central Council of the FDJ . From September 1960 to November 1963 he was a member of the State Council.

He played a major role in the introduction of the “Mamai Method” in the GDR (later named “Christoph Method” after him), which consisted of the breakdown of the plan by workplace and day based on the example of the Soviet innovator Nikolai Yakovlevich Mamai . All employees should be persuaded to fulfill their plan on a daily basis on the basis of the plan broken down into the workplace or to exceed it by a certain amount.

Awards

Fonts

  • Günter Christoph, Willy Wehner , Erich Seifert: plan breakdown, competition and innovator methods . Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1960 (= library of innovators , 2).

literature

  • Wehner method . In: Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (ed.): SBZ from A to Z. A pocket and reference book about the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany . 9. revised and exp. Edition Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Bonn 1965, p. 472.
  • Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 56.
  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . Volume II. Arani-Verlag, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 41.
  • Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1979, ISBN 3-8012-0034-5 , p. 42.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 101.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary , accessed on November 14, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Christoph, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SED), innovator, member of the State Council of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Pethau
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2019
Place of death Zittau