Gerda Darnstädt
Gerda Darnstädt (partly also Darmstädt ; * April 14, 1913 ; † September 8, 2008 ) was a German SED functionary and a functionary of the Democratic Women's Union of Germany (DFD). She was first chairwoman of the Dresden district board of the DFD.
Life
Darnstädt came from a social democratic working class family. In 1929 she joined the SPD herself and later became a member of the KPD . Until 1945 she worked as a worker and office assistant. In 1945 she rejoined the KPD and became a member of the SED in 1946 when the SPD and KPD were forced to merge.
During the Second World War Darnstädt worked in an armaments factory with foreign workers , where she was arrested twice. Her husband was temporarily imprisoned in a concentration camp during the war .
On May 10, 1945, Darnstädt received a white armband from the Soviet headquarters. Before doing business, she made sure that there was no looting . It also helped refugees and people who had become homeless in the heavy air raids on Dresden in February 1945 to find living space in the few houses still standing. From 1945 she was an employee of the People's Police and from October was responsible for custom in the state of Saxony .
From 1950 Darnstädt worked for the DFD: first as first chairwoman of the Dresden district board, then from 1952 to 1960 as first chairwoman of the Dresden district board. She was also a member of the Dresden District Assembly and until 1960 was a member of the Dresden District Management of the SED.
After completing her studies, she worked as a plant manager at VEB Dresdner Margarinewerk from 1965 . She last lived in Dresden.
Awards
- Badge of honor of the Democratic Women's Association of Germany
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1970)
literature
- Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 62.
- Marlies crowd: When the defeated celebrate victory. Commemoration of May 8th in the GDR - impressions from a conciliatory trip . In: Die Zeit , No. 19/1985.
- Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 60.
- 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. 112f.
Web links
- Gerda Darnstädt at Stadtwiki Dresden
- District chairwoman of the DFD at www.ddr-frauen.jimdo.com (accessed on September 28, 2018).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerda Darnstädt 75 years old . Congratulations from the SED city administration in Dresden in the Sächsische Zeitung of April 14, 1988, p. 2.
- ↑ High government awards . In: Neues Deutschland , February 25, 1970, p. 3.
Gerda Darnstädt (1952–1960) | Herta Mierzowski (1960–1977) | Annemarie Blochmann (1977–1988) | Helga Augst (1988–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Darnstädt, Gerda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Darmstadt, Gerda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SED functionary and DFD functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1913 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 2008 |