Johannes Blender

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Johannes Blender (center) during an interview filmed in 1952 in East Berlin's Stalinallee
"Hans" Blender in 1952 during his demonstration of the multi-storey crane that he has further developed

Johannes Blender (born September 6, 1903 in Heide (Holstein) ; † February 4, 1957 ) was a German operations manager and SED functionary. From 1950 to 1957 he was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .

Life

Blender, son of a worker, attended elementary school and learned the trade of farrier in a village blacksmith's shop . But then he went to Hamburg as a shipyard worker . Here he was politically organized in 1927 and persecuted and imprisoned by the Nazis after 1933 . From 1934 to 1946 he worked as a supervisor for steel structures in a company belonging to the Thyssen group .

After the Second World War , he was elected works council chairman of the West Berlin branch of Thyssen in 1945 , but dismissed in 1946 because of his SED membership. He went to the eastern sector and from 1947 worked as a foreman at VEB Bau Berlin on the reconstruction of the city. For his achievements in the construction of Stalinallee , he was honored as an Honored Activist in 1951 and in 1953 for the further development of a deck crane with the honorary title of Honored Inventor .

In October 1950 he became a member of the People's Chamber as a Berlin representative and member of the SED parliamentary group . Blender was a member of the Bau-Holz industrial union and the SED district leadership in Berlin. In February 1953 he was elected to the council of the Berlin-Friedrichshain district. In 1953 he became head of the newly formed VEB Stahl- und Montagebau Berlin.

Johannes Blender died on February 4, 1957 at the age of 53.

literature

  • Georg Baumann: A handful of corporate owners , Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1953, pp. 5-7.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Blender - a hero of our time . In: Neues Deutschland from September 27, 1952, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Supervisor Blender found an amazing solution . In: Neues Deutschland , September 3, 1950, p. 8.
  3. ↑ The Blacksmith of Fortune . In: Neues Deutschland , October 9, 1955, p. 11.
  4. ↑ People's assemblies are constituted . In Berliner Zeitung , February 22, 1953, p. 8.
  5. ↑ Firm attachment to the government . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 21, 1953, p. 1.
  6. ^ Obituary for Comrade Johann Blender . In: Neues Deutschland , February 9, 1957, p. 6.
  7. ↑ The breakthrough success. In: Der Spiegel No. 36 of September 4, 1957 (accessed March 1, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Blender, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SED functionary and operations manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Heath (Holstein)
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 1957