Kurt Diedrich (General Director)
Kurt Diedrich (born June 16, 1922 in Eisleben ; † May 24, 2018 ) was a German economic functionary in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He held various functions in the field of civil aviation and was General Director of Interflug from 1970 to 1978 .
Life
Diedrich, the son of a waitress and an innkeeper , became an administrative clerk at the city of Eisleben after graduating from middle school . In 1940 he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht and fought in World War II until 1945 . Shortly before the war, he got into Schleswig-Holstein in British captivity from which he was released in the same year.
In 1945 Diedrich resumed his work with the city of Eisleben. In 1946 he moved to Halle (Saale) and was a clerk at the local city council until 1952 , then head of department and finally head of the finance department. In 1953 he became the main auditor in the Ministry of Finance of the GDR .
In 1946 Diedrich joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1955 to 1960 he completed a distance learning course at the Berlin School of Economics (HfÖ) and became a graduate economist .
In 1956, Diedrich moved to Deutsche Lufthansa in the GDR , where he became head of the finance department at the directorate. In 1961 he moved to the Ministry of Transport of the GDR, where he was economic director and head of the air traffic department of the civil aviation headquarters. After further studies at the party college of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in Moscow , he became deputy head of the civil aviation head office in the GDR Ministry of Transport in 1969.
From 1970 to 1978, Diedrich was the successor to Karl Heiland , General Director of Interflug and then again head of the civil aviation headquarters. From 1971 Diedrich was temporarily a member of the secretariat of the SED district leadership Interflug.
Kurt Diedrich was a member of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity (GBM) and most recently lived in Berlin . Diedrich died at the age of 95.
Awards
- 1975 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1982 Honorary title of Honored Worker in the Transport System of the German Democratic Republic
literature
- Andreas Herbst : Kurt Diedrich . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Horst Materna, Berlin-Schönefeld Airport - INTERFLUG's home base 1963-1977 , Rockstuhl Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86777454-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ We congratulate you . In: akzente (GBM monthly magazine) No. 6/2008.
- ^ Obituary notice in the Berlin edition of the new Germany from June 2, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diedrich, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SED functionary (GDR) and general director of Interflug of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eisleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2018 |