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Helfried Kampf (born April 6, 1951 in Chemnitz , † July 1, 1989 in Hohburg ) was a Saxon Protestant deacon . He worked for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony and the Moravian Brethren and founded the Hohburg Handicapped Aid, the first house of which bears his name.
Life
Helfried Kampf grew up in Chemnitz, attended the polytechnic high school and then completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker . In his free time he was a cyclist with SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and active in the campsite mission.
From 1970 to 1972 he completed the basic training as a deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Deacon House in Moritzburg, and from 1972 to 1974 he completed a special training as a carer in helping the disabled at Martinshof Rothenburg. After a course in social welfare service, he worked as a “church welfare worker” at the Dresden City Mission and took care of a. a. about released offenders. On May 19, 1978 he was consecrated as a deacon in Moritzburg.
His efforts to set up a house for the reintegration of young prisoners were blocked by the GDR government agencies. From 1985 onwards he devoted himself to the construction of a dormitory for adult handicapped persons, for whom he wanted above all to enable a greater private life than in the handicapped homes customary at the time. He found a suitable property in the dilapidated rectory in Hohburg, and a church sponsor in the Moravian Brethren. It was only with the support of a bricklayer and occasional other assistants and despite his progressive cancer that he was able to cope with the first phase of construction. The topping-out ceremony was held on June 1, 1988, and he passed away a good year later. The house that now bears his name is part of the larger Hohburg disabled aid complex.
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| SURNAME | Fight, Helfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant deacon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1989 |
| Place of death | Hohburg |