Hans-Joachim Tomczak

Hans-Joachim Tomczak (born February 6, 1927 in Dobristroh , Calau district ; † May 9, 1973 ) was an economic functionary in the lignite industry in the GDR and a member of the Central Committee of the SED .

Life

Tomczak, the son of a miner , attended elementary school and completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith . In 1944 he was drafted into the army for military service. Tomczak became a US prisoner of war and was in a military hospital in Bavaria between May 1945 and July 1946 .

After returning to Lusatia in 1946, he initially worked as a locksmith in the briquette factory "Aufstieg" in Sedlitz . In 1947/48 he was an apprentice trainer at the Sedlitz lignite works. In 1947 Tomczak joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1948 to 1951 he studied at the Senftenberg mining engineering school . He completed his studies in 1951 as a mining machine engineer. From 1951 to 1960 Tomczak worked as the main dispatcher, as operations and workshop manager and finally as production director at the VEB brown coal works Sedlitz. In 1960/61 he studied at the special school of the Central Committee of the SED. From 1961 to 1965 he was Production Director of VVB Braunkohle Halle (Saale) . From 1966 he acted as General Director of VVB Braunkohle Leipzig (successor to Karl-Heinz Rösiger) and from February 1968 as General Director of VVB Braunkohle Cottbus based in Senftenberg (successor to Gerhard Böhm).

From 1969 he was a member of the Cottbus district leadership of the SED and from 1971 also a member of the SED Central Committee. In November 1971 he was elected a member of the Cottbus District Assembly.

Tomczak died unexpectedly in 1973 at the age of 46. His urn was buried in the cemetery in the mining town of Senftenberg.

Awards

Honorary title " Honored Miner of the German Democratic Republic " (1968)
Medal of Merit of the GDR

literature

Andreas Herbst : Tomczak, Hans-Joachim . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Minutes No. 11/68 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on February 7, 1968 - Federal Archives DY 30 / J IV 2/3/1372.
↑ Citizens' questions are answered in the voting studio . In: Neues Deutschland , November 5, 1971, p. 3.
↑ Hans-Joachim Tomczak's urn solemnly buried . In: Neues Deutschland , May 19, 1973 p. 2.
^ Funeral service of the Central Committee of the SED in the auditorium of the "Ernst Thälmann" engineering school in Senftenberg . In: Neues Deutschland , May 13, 1973, p. 2.

personal data
SURNAME	Tomczak, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German economic functionary, member of the Central Committee of the SED
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dobristroh
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1973

[1] Minutes No. 11/68 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on February 7, 1968 - Federal Archives DY 30 / J IV 2/3/1372.

[2] Citizens' questions are answered in the voting studio . In: Neues Deutschland , November 5, 1971, p. 3.

[3] Hans-Joachim Tomczak's urn solemnly buried . In: Neues Deutschland , May 19, 1973 p. 2.

[4] Funeral service of the Central Committee of the SED in the auditorium of the "Ernst Thälmann" engineering school in Senftenberg . In: Neues Deutschland , May 13, 1973, p. 2.