Kurt Eydam

Kurt Eydam (born August 28, 1905 in Limbach , Chemnitz district , † October 12, 1983 ) was a German locksmith and communist . From 1954 to 1971 he was a member of the Central Committee of the SED .

Life

Eydam learned after visiting the elementary school the profession of locksmith . He became a member of the metal workers 'association and the workers' gymnastics and sports federation . During the Second World War he did military service as a non-commissioned officer . Because of his solidarity with Soviet prisoners of war, he was called to account by the Nazis and imprisoned.

After the war, he joined the SPD in 1945 and became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 . He has been recognized twice as an activist for his achievements in the development and production of machine tools . In October 1950 he received the national prize of the GDR 2nd class for science and technology as a collective as a master for assembly in the VVB Deutsche Niles-Werke in Siegmar-Schönau for the construction of a large hobbing machine for gears .

At the 4th Party Congress in April 1954 he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the SED and held this position until the 8th Party Congress in June 1971. In 1959 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. Until he retired in 1970, he worked as an assembly foreman in the VEB tooth cutting machine factory “Modul” in Karl-Marx-Stadt . Eydam was also a member of the SED district leadership and the SED city leadership Karl-Marx-Stadt. After leaving the working process, he worked as a member of the district commission for the care of old, deserving party members.

Eydam last lived in Karl-Marx-Stadt and died at the age of 78.

literature

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. 168 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Individual evidence

^ Central Committee congratulates Comrade Kurt Eydam . In: Neues Deutschland , August 28, 1970, p. 2.
^ Letter from 155 comrades of the SED who were leading functionaries of the SPD before 1946 . In: Neues Deutschland, February 26, 1956, p. 5.
↑ Central Committee of the SED congratulates . In: Neues Deutschland, August 28, 1980, p. 2.
^ Obituary notice in Neues Deutschland, November 2, 1983, p. 7.

personal data
SURNAME	Eydam, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German communist (SED)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chemnitz district
DATE OF DEATH	October 12, 1983

[1] Central Committee congratulates Comrade Kurt Eydam . In: Neues Deutschland , August 28, 1970, p. 2.

[2] Letter from 155 comrades of the SED who were leading functionaries of the SPD before 1946 . In: Neues Deutschland, February 26, 1956, p. 5.

[3] Central Committee of the SED congratulates . In: Neues Deutschland, August 28, 1980, p. 2.

[4] Obituary notice in Neues Deutschland, November 2, 1983, p. 7.