Helmut Merke
Helmut Merke (born October 7, 1919 in Großschönwalde , West Prussia, † October 16, 1988 ) was a German functionary of the DBD block party . He was a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and LPG chairman in the GDR .
Life
The son of a farmer completed an agricultural apprenticeship after attending elementary school and worked as an agricultural assistant from 1936 to 1939. From 1939 to 1945 he did military service in the Wehrmacht and in 1945 was taken prisoner by the Soviets as a lieutenant . He attended an Antifa school and was released from captivity in the Soviet zone of occupation in 1948 .
He then got involved in politics and was a co-founder of the Democratic Peasant Party of Germany (DBD) in Saxony-Anhalt . With his wife Else Merke he built up the DBD district association in Stendal . He became deputy state chairman of the DBD and was a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt from 1950 to 1952 . In the spring of 1951 he moved with his family to Schenkenberg , where he took over a new farm that had become vacant . In August 1952 he was a co-founder and until he retired in 1984 he was chairman of the agricultural production cooperative (LPG) “7. October “Schenkenberg. Under Merkes leadership, the LPG became one of the most powerful agricultural businesses in the former GDR.
From 1952 he was a member of the DBD district committee in Leipzig , from 1952 to 1954 and from 1963 to 1986 a member of the Leipzig district assembly. He completed a distance learning course at KMU Leipzig from 1959 to 1964 as a qualified farmer. Merke was deputy chairman from 1960 and chairman of the DBD district board in Leipzig from 1961 to 1972 (successor to Otto Bäjen ). He then acted again as deputy chairman of the district executive until his death in 1988. From 1968 he was a member of the party executive committee of the DBD. Merke was named Dr. in 1973 with a thesis on the development of plant production in the LPG Schenkenberg. agr. PhD.
Awards
- 1962 Order Banner of Labor
- 1977 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver and 1984 in gold
literature
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X , p. 208.
- Short biography for: Merke, Helmut . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ A peasant woman who rules . In: Neues Deutschland , May 1, 1966, p. 3.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Notice, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German DBD functionary, Member of the State Parliament, LPG chairman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Großschönwalde , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1988 |