Herbert Bergner
Herbert Bergner (born January 31, 1907 in Leipzig , † June 16, 1987 in Berlin ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism , journalist and from 1948 to 1950 editor-in-chief of the daily Leipziger Volkszeitung .
Life
Bergner, the son of a laborer, made after the elementary school trained as a bookbinder and worked until 1931 in this profession. In 1926 he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ). In 1931 he switched to the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD) and worked for a KPD company newspaper.
After the National Socialists came to power and communist activities were banned, Bergner also supported the party in illegality. In April 1933 he was arrested for the first time and interned in the Colditz concentration camp. After his release he continued illegal party work in Leipzig and was arrested again in 1934. In October 1936 he was the people's court to four years in prison convicted and then two years in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp detained. In 1940 he was released, placed under police supervision and conscripted as an armaments worker.
After the end of the Second World War , Bergner became an editor at the Saxon People's Newspaper in Leipzig, and later the Saxon Newspaper in Dresden . In 1946 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and changed to the business editor of the Leipziger Volkszeitung , which in 1952 became the organ of the SED district leadership in Leipzig. In 1947/48 Bergner was first editor, then editor-in-chief at Sender Leipzig and completed a short course at the SED party college "Karl Marx" in Kleinmachnow .
From 1948 to 1950 Bergner was, as the successor to Gerhard Dengler , editor-in-chief of the Leipziger Volkszeitung . In 1950 he became director of the state broadcaster in Dresden . At the end of 1951 Bergner was involved in setting up the company newspaper at VEB Zeiss Ikon in Dresden. In 1954 he moved to the Berliner Verlag and became deputy editor-in-chief of the Berliner Zeitung . He was then an editor on the State Broadcasting Committee . From 1954 to 1972 Bergner was deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly post magazine .
literature
- Andreas Herbst : Herbert Bergner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jürgen Wilke (Hrsg.): Journalists and journalism in the GDR . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-36205-8 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergner, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and editor-in-chief in the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1987 |
| Place of death | Berlin |