Gustav Kipsch

Gustav Kipsch (born June 28, 1900 in Ziebingen ; † unknown) was a German politician ( KPD / SED ). He was chairman of the Frankfurt (Oder) district party control commission of the SED.

Life

Kipsch learned the trade of a miller. In 1928 he was one of the founders of the local group of the KPD in his home community of Ziebingen and was its political leader. After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, Kipsch took part in the communist resistance in Frankfurt (Oder) and was locked up in a concentration camp .

In 1945 Kipsch rejoined the KPD and in 1946 became a member of the SED. After 1945, Kipsch was first an employee of the City Council of Frankfurt (Oder), then chairman of the District Party Control Commission (KPKK) Frankfurt (Oder) of the SED. From 1954 he worked as deputy chairman of the BPKK, on ​​May 28, 1960 he was elected as the successor to Rudolf Held chairman of the BPKK Frankfurt (Oder). He held this office until 1966. Then he was a simple member of the BPKK for a few years. He last lived in Frankfurt (Oder).

Awards

• Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1958) and in gold (1980)
• Medal of Merit of the GDR (1960)

literature

• Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 173.
• 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 , pp. 390f.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Congratulations on the 80th birthday in Neues Deutschland on June 28, 1980, p. 2.
2. ^ Gerhard Hoffmann: Antifascist Resistance in Frankfurt (Oder) and the surrounding area . GNN-Verlag, Schkeuditz 1999, ISBN 3-932725-92-1 .
3. ↑ Neues Deutschland , June 28, 1980, p. 2.
4. ↑ Congratulations on your 70th birthday in Neues Deutschland on June 28, 1970, p. 2.
5. ↑ Congratulations on the 85th birthday in Neues Deutschland on June 28, 1985, p. 2.
6. ^ Neue Zeit , May 2, 1980, p. 4.