Hans Singer (chemist)
Hans Singer (born December 17, 1921 in Berlin ; † July 6, 1979 ) was a German chemist , resistance fighter against National Socialism and an official in the GDR.
Life
Singer was the son of the late director of the Municipal Opera Berlin , Kurt Singer born. In 1933 he emigrated to Switzerland with his mother . There he completed his chemistry studies at the ETH Zurich . In 1942 he was a member and temporarily secretary of the Free Germany Movement in Switzerland. Because of his political activities, Singer spent a year and a half in prison in Switzerland.
After the end of the war in 1945 he returned to Germany and became a member of the KPD . In 1948 he moved to the Soviet occupation zone , where he joined the SED . He was professor for technology of elastics in the chemistry section at the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg . From 1967 to 1969 he was chairman of the Chemical Society of the GDR. In 1969 he was appointed General Director of the Buna-Werke chemical combine .
Hans Singer was married to the painter Vera Singer, who was also emigrating to Switzerland.
literature
- 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. 318.
- Gottfried Hamacher et al. (Ed.): Against Hitler. Germans in the Resistance, in the armed forces of the anti-Hitler coalition and the "Free Germany" movement. Short biographies (series: Manuskripte / Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Vol. 53) (PDF; 894 kB) Dietz, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-320-02941-X , p. 192
- Hans Teubner : Switzerland as a country of exile. Documentary report on the struggle of German communists who emigrated from 1933 to 1945. Dietz-Verlag, Berlin 1975.
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SURNAME | Singer, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1979 |