Heinz Schlosser
Heinz Schlosser (born April 28, 1922 in Dresden ; † August 9, 2001 in Berlin ) was a founding member of the National Olympic Committee for East Germany (NOK) and its first general secretary under President Kurt Edel .
Locksmith learned to be a carpenter , was drafted at the end of the war and became an American prisoner of war . He belonged to a communist household (his father Kurt Schlosser was executed as a resistance fighter in 1944) and joined the Communist Party of Germany on his return to Dresden, where he worked as a carpenter . He co-founded the Association for Hiking and Mountaineering and joined the board in 1952 as chairman. He helped found the sports schools in Leipzig , Ludwigsfelde and Strausberg . In 1955 he became general secretary of the NOK. In 1957 he moved again to the Association for Hiking and Mountaineering, before he took over the corresponding section in the German Gymnastics and Sports Association in 1963 . After his retirement in 1987 he stayed with the section in various honorary functions.
Heinz Schlosser was married to Ursula Schlosser , a member of the Volkskammer .
Awards
- 1973 Decoration of Honor for Physical Culture and Sport of the German Democratic Republic
- 1976 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1982 in silver
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Politics, From the gymnastics father Jahn to the state amateur. Hanover: Torch bearer 1975. ISBN 3-7716-2087-2 .
- ↑ http://www.ramberg-ol.de/downloads/sportart_ol/zeittafel_dwbo4968744.pdf on . 18th January 2017
- ↑ http://www.sportgeschichte.net/files/pdf/Beitrag13.pdf on . 18th January 2017.
- ↑ Festive encounters . In: Neuer Tag (district edition Strausberg) of April 28, 1976.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Locksmith, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German communist, sports official of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2001 |
| Place of death | Berlin |