Kurt Neheimer
Kurt Neheimer (born May 14, 1924 in Siegen , † October 14, 1995 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and SED functionary.
Life
Kurt Neheimer was one of Sigmund Neheimer's two sons from a German-Jewish merchant family that had lived in Siegen in the 1870s and his second wife, Selma. He trained as a gardener and a carpenter. In order to avoid persecution as a Jew, he fled the National Socialist German Reich to Palestine to his half-brother Heinz. He joined an infantry unit of the 8th British Army in Palestine (1943–1946).
After the end of National Socialism, he returned to Germany in 1946 and settled in the Soviet Zone . He joined the FDJ and the SED and initially worked with the establishment of the socialist legal system. Kurt Neheimer was among other things a member of the SED district management in Schwerin, deputy editor-in-chief of the Märkische Volksstimme , editor-in-chief of the Schweriner Volkszeitung (1960–1967) and finally editor-in-chief of the Wochenpost (1967–1983).
Awards
- 1970 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, 1974 in silver and 1984 in gold
- 1980 Order " Banner of Labor ", level I
Fonts
- The man who became Michael Kohlhaas , book publisher Der Morgen, Berlin (GDR) 1979; at the same time under the title The man who became Michael Kohlhaas. A historical report , Diederichs, Düsseldorf / Cologne 1979
literature
- Andreas Herbst : Neheimer, Kurt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Klaus Polkehn : That was the weekly mail. History and stories of a newspaper , Berlin 1997
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contradiction and Resistance, Personal Lexicon for the Altkreis Siegen and Wittgenstein " .
- ↑ Congratulations on your 60th birthday in Neues Deutschland on May 14, 1984.
- ^ All information according to: address books of the city of Siegen; Klaus Polkehn, That was the weekly mail. History and stories of a newspaper, Berlin 1997; Andreas Herbst, Kurt Neheimer, in: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition, Berlin 2010, Volume 2. The statement there that he was the son of a worker is incorrect. See: Ulrich Friedrich Opfermann, "Mit Scheibenklirren und Johlen". Jews and Volksgemeinschaft, Siegen 2009, p. 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neheimer, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and SED functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wins |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1995 |
| Place of death | Berlin |