Gerhard Schwedka

Gerhard Schwedka (born September 22, 1913 in Gleiwitz-Oehringen , † March 6, 1988 in East Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD / SED ) and trade unionist . He was chairman of the central committee of the textile-clothing-leather industrial union in the FDGB .

Life

Schwedka, the son of a wire maker, attended elementary school and completed an apprenticeship as a tailor . Then he worked in the profession. In 1932 he joined the SPD.

In 1946, Schwedka became a member of the SED. 1946/1947 he worked as the SED's work area secretary in Schmiedeberg . In 1948/1949 he was a member of the SED state executive committee for Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Saale) , then from 1949 to 1951 a member of the party executive committee and the SED central committee. There he was the main consultant responsible for party training in the personnel policy department. In 1951/1952 Schwedka was deputy chairman, then in 1952/53 chairman of the central board of IG Textile-Clothing-Leather. On September 17, 1953, Schwedka was criticized by Walter Ulbricht at the 16th meeting of the Central Committee of the SED for having agreed to the demands for the introduction of the 46-hour week with 48-hour pay in the textile factory "Einheit" in Glauchau. He was then replaced as chairman of the IG. 1954/1955 he studied at the district party school of the SED district leadership in Berlin. Afterwards, Schwedka was an employee or sector manager in the FDGB federal executive board, later a manager at the trade union college "Fritz Heckert" (until 1975).

Awards

Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver (1983)
Medal of Merit of the GDR

literature

Andreas Herbst : Schwedka, Gerhard . In: Dieter Dowe , Karlheinz Kuba, Manfred Wilke (Hrsg.): FDGB-Lexikon. Function, structure, cadre and development of a mass organization of the SED (1945–1990). Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86872-240-6 .

Individual evidence

↑ SAPMO-BArch DY 30 / J IV 2/3/21
^ From the presentation by Walter Ulbricht . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 20, 1953, p. 3.
↑ SAPMO-BArch DY 34/25287
↑ Gerhard Schwedka, worker veteran in Berlin, Berliner Zeitung , October 5, 1983, p. 4.
^ Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung , March 9, 1988, p. 6.

personal data
SURNAME	Schwedka, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politicians (SED) and trade unionists (FDGB)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gliwice
DATE OF DEATH	March 6, 1988
Place of death	East Berlin

[1] SAPMO-BArch DY 30 / J IV 2/3/21

[2] From the presentation by Walter Ulbricht . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 20, 1953, p. 3.

[3] SAPMO-BArch DY 34/25287

[4] Gerhard Schwedka, worker veteran in Berlin, Berliner Zeitung , October 5, 1983, p. 4.

[5] Obituary notice in the Berliner Zeitung , March 9, 1988, p. 6.