Günter Farchmin

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Günter Farchmin (born June 9, 1913 in Berlin ; † October 24, 1997 there ) was a German scientist and university professor in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Life

Farchmin, the son of an administrative inspector, graduated from secondary school and studied at the veterinary college in Berlin until he received his license to practice medicine in 1937. He then did military and war service in World War II . In 1941 he became a regimental veterinarian in the infantry. In early 1943, as head of a veterinary company, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets at the Battle of Stalingrad .

After the end of the Second World War, Farchmin returned to Germany in December 1948, became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and, in 1949, consultant for the main administration of health at the German Economic Commission (DWK). After the GDR was founded in 1949, he worked at the Ministry of Health .

Farchmin was at the forefront of building up the entire food hygiene system in the GDR. He achieved particular merits in the organization of food monitoring and in the collaboration in the publication of relevant legal provisions to ensure the greatest possible hygiene. In 1957 he accepted an appointment at the Humboldt University in Berlin , where he became professor with a teaching position and director of the Institute for Food Hygiene at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Awards

literature

  • Günther Buch: names and dates. Biographies of important people in the GDR. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1973, ISBN 3-8012-0020-5 , pp. 62-63.
  • 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. 172 ( online )
  • Gerber, Theophil: Personalities from agriculture and forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine In: Biographisches Lexikon Berlin , NORA Verlag, 4th expanded edition, 2014 (Vol. 1, pp. 184/185)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honored Veterinarians . In: Neues Deutschland , December 21, 1957, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Successful hygienist . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 10, 1963, p. 2.
  3. ^ Humboldt University of Berlin: Günter Farchmin In: Scientific collections at the Humboldt University of Berlin , Berlin 2015.
  4. ↑ High government awards . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 4, 1978, p. 4.
personal data
SURNAME Farchmin, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and university professor in the German Democratic Republic (GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1997
Place of death Berlin