Johannes Kupke
Johannes Kupke , (born November 12, 1894 , † August 19, 1988 in Berlin ) was a German physician .
Life
After graduating from high school in Berlin-Wedding , Johannes Kupke studied medicine at the Berlin Friedrich Wilhelms University . In 1921 he received his doctorate with the work Contribution to the question of the retention of placenta residues after the birth of ripe or almost ripe fruits . Kupke joined the labor movement as early as the 1920s; since 1931 he was active in the Red Aid . After 1933 he maintained contacts with resistance fighters of the Red Orchestra through Walter Husemann and made his medical practice in Berlin-Niederschönhausen available for conspiratorial meetings. After the end of the Second World Warhe was appointed by the Soviet local commander Major Gussew as the first mayor of Berlin-Niederschönhausen. Kupke practiced as a doctor until the 1980s. His patients included prominent residents of Berlin-Pankow , including the first and only President of the GDR Wilhelm Pieck and the writer Hans Fallada .
Kupke received numerous state awards in the GDR . A street in Berlin-Rosenthal was named after him.
His grave is in the Pankow IV cemetery in Berlin-Niederschönhausen.
Awards
- 1950: Honored Doctor of the People
- 1969: Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- 1976: Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Kupke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Johannes-Kupke-Strasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Fieber a. a .: Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi regime 1933 to 1945: a biographical lexicon , Volume 8. Trafo Verlag, Berlin 2005, p. 113, books.google.de
- ↑ It happened 20 years ago . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 3, 1965, p. 2
- ↑ On the difficult new beginning . In: Neue Zeit , May 5, 1970, p. 6
- ^ Manfred Kuhnke: Fallada in Pankow , collection of materials. Ed .: Panke Museum / Chronik Pankow 1997, books.google.de
- ↑ Merited People's Doctors in 1950 . In: Neues Deutschland , October 6, 1950, p. 5
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , December 16, 1969, p. 2
- ↑ message. In: Berliner Zeitung , March 12, 1976, p. 2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kupke, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1894 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1988 |
| Place of death | Berlin |