Hans Carstens (trade unionist)
Hans Carstens (born April 30, 1922 in Schwabstedter Westerkoog ; † August 14, 1973 ) was a German FDGB and SED functionary. He was chairman of the FDGB district committee in Magdeburg and a member of the district assembly .
Life
Carstens, son of a farmer, attended elementary school and completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter . He then worked in the profession until he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1941. In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets , where he remained until 1949. During this time he attended an antifa school .
In 1950 he became a member of the SED and the FDGB. In 1950/51 he acted as a regional instructor for the SED district leadership in Bautzen , in 1952 as a department head in the FDGB state board of Saxony , then from 1952 to 1955 as head of the mass production department in the FDGB federal board.
Carstens caught up with the Abitur and graduated from the CPSU party college in Moscow with a degree in social science . He later completed a degree in economics with a degree in economics.
From 1958 to June 1973 he was chairman of the FDGB district board in Magdeburg, from 1959 to 1973 he was also a member of the FDGB federal board and there from October 1959 to November 1963 a candidate for the presidium. From 1958 to 1971 he was also a member of the SED district leadership in Magdeburg, at times a member of its office and secretariat. From 1963 to 1973 Carstens was a member of the Magdeburg District Assembly.
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1965) and in silver (1969)
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1960)
- Fritz Heckert Medal (1960)
- Gold Badge of Honor of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (1966)
- Badge of Honor of the National Front in silver (1969) and gold (1970)
literature
- Heinz Germany (leader of the collective of authors): History of the FDGB. Chronicle 1945–1982. Verlag Tribüne, Berlin 1985.
- 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. 100.
- Andreas Herbst : Carstens, Hans . 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.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany of September 5, 1953.
Horst Heintze (1952–1953) | Albert Enke (1953–1955) | Paul Fiedler (1955–1958) | Hans Carstens (1958–1973) | Heinz Kühnau (1973–1982) | Ernst Schladitz (1982–1990) | Gerd Schütze (1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carstens, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German FDGB functionary and SED functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabstedter Westerkoog |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1973 |