Georg Kassler
Georg Kaßler (born April 8, 1887 in Berlin , † October 8, 1962 in East Berlin ) was a German politician (KPD).
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Kaßler attended elementary school in Berlin. He then learned the typesetting trade. In 1904 he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, in 1905 of the trade union.
After the First World War , Kaßler joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). In 1925 he became a district councilor for this.
In May 1928 , Kaßler was elected to the Reichstag as his party's candidate for constituency 4 (Potsdam I) , to which he belonged until July 1932.
During the Second World War Kaßler worked as a functionary for the foreign KPD in the Soviet Union . After the German attack on the Soviet Union, he worked as a political instructor in the National Committee for Free Germany, dealing with the political care of prisoners of war. Among other things, he worked in the Antifa school in camp 165 in Gorki and in POW camp No. 95 in Yelabuga . In a study carried out in July 1941 on behalf of Walter Ulbricht , Kaßler postulated that the prisoners should be viewed as reservoirs from which the “revolutionary cadres” had to be developed for the later return to Germany.
Today, Kaßler's estate is kept in the Foundation Archive of Parties and Mass Organizations of the GDR (SAPMO) in the branch office of the Federal Archives in Berlin-Lichterfelde. It has a volume of 0.5 linear meters of shelving, contains materials from the years 1932 to 1962 and bears the signature "NY 4064".
In 1962 he was awarded the Gold Patriotic Order of Merit in the GDR .
literature
- Kassler, Georg . In: Hermann Weber , Andreas Herbst : German Communists. Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945 . 2nd, revised and greatly expanded edition. Karl Dietz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-320-02130-6 .
Web links
- Georg Kaßler in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Anderle: The Great October Socialist Revolution and Germany , 1967, p. 236.
- ↑ Heinz Vosske: Memories of German comrades of the anti-fascist ... , 1969, p. 393.
- ↑ Zeitschrift für Geschichtswwissenschaft , 1965, p. 277.
- ↑ Kurt W. Böhme / Erich Maschke: On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War , 1962, p. 241.
- ↑ High honors awarded , In: Berliner Zeitung , May 12, 1962, p. 2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kassler, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1962 |
| Place of death | Berlin |