Johannes Keusch

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Johannes ("Hannes") Keusch (born October 5, 1912 in Dresden ; † December 8, 1973 ) was a German youth functionary ( FDJ ) and diplomat . He was the GDR's ambassador to the People's Republic of Bulgaria .

Life

Keusch, son of the worker Adolf Keusch, attended elementary school and completed an apprenticeship as a legal assistant in a law firm. He then worked as a travel agent . Keusch became a member of the Central Association of Employees (ZdA) in 1927 and was head of the ZdA youth group in Dresden until his exclusion in 1928. He then joined the Communist Youth Association of Germany and headed a school cell for young communists at a Dresden vocational school. He joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1932 .

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists , Keusch took part in the resistance and was sentenced to one year in prison in 1933 for preparing for high treason. After his dismissal he worked as an accountant and commercial clerk. In May 1941 he was drafted for military service in the Air Force and was taken prisoner by the Americans at the end of the war in 1945 . He was released from captivity in Munich on August 30, 1945 .

After his return he initially worked as a farm worker. He rejoined the KPD and was hired on October 22, 1945 in the state administration of Saxony . After a few weeks he was given responsibility for the supply inspectors for the state of Saxony in the trade and supply department. On February 1, 1946, at the request of what was then the State Youth Committee, he took over a political teaching position at the State Youth School Saxony in Neukirch / Lausitz . From May 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947 he was head of the school. From 1946 Keusch was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and the Free German Youth (FDJ). On October 1, 1947, he was entrusted with the formation of the leadership of the state youth welfare office of the Saxon state government. He held this position until November 1949. On October 13, 1949, he was honored as an activist for his work in setting up the state youth welfare office.

After the formation of the first GDR government , he was appointed head of the Office for Youth Issues and Physical Exercise at the GDR Council of Ministers on November 15, 1949 , which was subordinate to Deputy Prime Minister Walter Ulbricht . He held this position until he was replaced by Werner Zscheile in 1955. At the same time he was from 1950 to May 1959 (VI. Parliament) member of the Central Council of the FDJ. From 1951 he was a member of his office, from 1954 also secretary of the Central Council, among other things for all-German work. With the formation of the Committee for German Unity in January 1954, chaired by Hans Loch , he became a member of the committee.

From 1959 to 1961 he acted as secretary of the college of the Ministry for Foreign and Inner German Trade , and was also the minister's personal advisor at times. In 1961/62 he was a training cadre in the foreign trade company (AHU) transport machines. On June 1, 1962 he became a political employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR (MfAA). From February 1963 to October 1970 Keusch was the GDR's ambassador in Sofia and most recently doyen of the diplomatic corps in Bulgaria. He then worked as a work group leader or as a department head in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR. He was temporarily the MfAA's representative for the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Keusch died at the age of 61 and was buried in the Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery.

Awards

Works

  • China yesterday and today. Lecture by the central group of lecturers of the FDJ . Young World Publishing House, Berlin 1954.
  • All-round relations between the GDR and the People's Republic of Bulgaria In: Deutsche Außenpolitik , IX (1964), p. 830 ff.
  • 25 years of socialist revolution in Bulgaria . In: Deutsche Außenpolitik , XIV (1969), pp. 1019-1027.

literature

  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . Volume II. Arani, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 158.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 388.
  • Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan, Andreas Herbst , Christine Krauss, Daniel Küchenmeister (eds.): The parties and organizations of the GDR: A manual, Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-320-01988-0 , pp. 987f.
  • Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau: The GDR foreign policy, an overview. Data, facts, people (III) . LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf, Berlin 2010, p. 320.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae in the Federal Archives DC 20 / I 3/0010/0290.
  2. ↑ Minutes No. 4/54 of the meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED on January 15, 1954 - Federal Archives DY 30 / J IV 2/2/342.
  3. ^ Diplomatic Corps brought congratulations . In: Neues Deutschland , January 2, 1970, p. 2.
  4. ↑ Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery. Special Memorial Days 2012 (accessed April 10, 2017).
personal data
SURNAME Chaste, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaste, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 8th December 1973