Günther Heinze (politician)

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Günther Heinze (born March 26, 1925 in Thiemendorf near Görlitz , † June 13, 2010 in Görlitz) was a German blacksmith . From 1967 to 1986 he was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .

Life

The son of an axis lathe operator and a farm worker learned the trade of a blacksmith from 1939 to 1942 after attending elementary school. He worked in the profession from then until 1977. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht during the Second World War . His three brothers died in the war.

In 1948 he became a member of the FDGB and in 1955 the SED . From 1966 to 1972 he was party group organizer and from 1966 a member of the leadership of the basic organization of the SED in VEB Waggonbau Görlitz .

He helped build the Society for Sport and Technology (GST) in Görlitz and was a level I skydiving instructor from 1952 to 1966. From 1963 to 1966 he was a trainer and member of the national team's district sports team. He was temporarily released from work and trained future world champions and young talent for the National People's Army (NVA).

From the fifth to the eighth electoral term he was a member of the FDGB parliamentary group of the People's Chamber and from 1971 was a member of the committee for industry, construction and transport.

From 1977 he was a teacher at VEB Waggonbau Görlitz as a “master of socialist industry” .

Heinze was married and the father of two children. He died at the age of 85.

Awards

literature

  • The People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 8th electoral period , Staatsverlag der DDR Berlin 1982, p. 291.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait in Neues Deutschland from October 15, 1983, p. 9.
  2. ^ Obituary notice in the Sächsische Zeitung from June 16, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Heinze, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blacksmith, member of the People's Chamber (FDGB)
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Thiemendorf
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2010
Place of death Goerlitz