Josef Stadler (politician)
Josef Stadler (born July 17, 1906 in Settenz , today in Teplitz , † August 3, 1984 in Berlin ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism as well as a KPD and SED functionary. He was chairman of the Potsdam district council and chairman of the Schwerin district council .
Life
Stadler, son of a glass worker, attended elementary and advanced training school and learned the trade of sheet glass blower. Organized as a union since 1921, he joined the KPD in 1923 and the RFB in 1925 . From 1930 he worked as organizational leader of the KPD in Brand-Erbisdorf .
After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists in 1933, Stadler took part in the communist resistance and was imprisoned several times. In May 1936 he was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison for “preparation for high treason ” and sent to Zwickau prison. After his release from prison in 1939 he was declared an undesirable foreigner and was under police supervision. Between 1939 and 1944 he worked as a glass and synthetic resin press. In 1944 he was taken into “ protective custody ” and was supposed to be transported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp , but then had to do military service in the Volkssturm . Between May and July 1945, Stadler was a Soviet prisoner of war .
After his release, he became mayor of Brand-Erbisdorf in 1945 . In 1946 he joined the SED and was Lord Mayor of Freiberg (Saxony) from 1946 to 1948 and again from 1949 to 1951 . Between 1951 and 1953 he studied at the German Administrative Academy Forst Zinna , then was a senior assistant and course director there for a short time. From 1953 to 1957 he acted as chairman of the Potsdam district council and was a member of the Potsdam SED district leadership and its office. In 1957/1958 he headed the Cadre Department at the Central Committee of the SED. From 1958 to 1960 he was chairman of the Schwerin district council , was a member of the district assembly and a member of the Schwerin SED district leadership and its office. From 1961 to 1974 he was head of the secretariat of the People's Chamber of the GDR, in 1965/1966 he was also secretary of the working group for the care of German culture and language at the League for Friendship of Nations .
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit (VVO) in silver (1956), in gold (1976) and honor bar for the VVO in gold (1981)
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
- Labor Banner (1960)
literature
- Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 334.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , pp. 879-880.
- Andreas Herbst : Stadler, Josef . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 6, 1981, p. 2.
Curt Wach (1952–1953) | Josef Stadler (1953–1957) | Herbert Rutschke (1957–1960) | Franz Peplinski (1960–1962) | Herbert Puchert (1962–1971) | Günter Pappenheim (1971–1974) | Werner Eidner (1974–1977) | Herbert Tzschoppe (1977–1990)
Wilhelm Bick (1952–1958) | Josef Stadler (1958–1960) | Michael Grieb (1960–1968) | Rudi Fleck (1968–1989)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stadler, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German resistance fighters against National Socialism and politicians (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Settenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd August 1984 |
| Place of death | Berlin |