Helmut Kriegel
Helmut Kriegel (born May 31, 1923 in Hainewalde ) is a former German trade unionist . He was chairman of the Halle district board of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB).
Life
Kriegel, the son of a stonemason , attended elementary and vocational school and completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter. He had to do military service in the Wehrmacht and in 1945 was taken prisoner by the British .
In 1946 Kriegel joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). In 1952/53 he studied at the trade union college "Fritz Heckert" in Bernau near Berlin . From 1954 he acted as deputy chairman, from 1955 to 1962 as chairman of the FDGB district committee in Halle. From 1955 he was a candidate and from 1959 to 1963 he was a member of the federal executive committee of the FDGB.
From 1958 to 1963 Kriegel was a member of the Halle district assembly .
literature
- Andreas Herbst : Kriegel, Helmut . 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, ISBN 978-3-86872-240-6 .
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SURNAME | Kriegel, Helmut |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionist (FDGB) |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hainewalde |