List of members of the party executive committee of the SED

This list of the members of the SED party executive covers the period from the compulsory unification of the SPD and KPD to form the SED from 1946 to 1950. On the III. At the Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany , a Central Committee based on the Soviet model was elected for the first time, replacing the party executive that had previously been in office. To continue, see the → members of the Central Committee navigation bar at the end of this illustration.

Composition of the party executive between the 1st and 2nd party congress of the SED

The board was elected at the unification convention on April 21 and 22, 1946 . He is to be regarded as the forerunner of the later Politburo and the Central Committee of the SED .

Central Secretariat

The division of labor was determined at the 1st meeting of the SED party executive on April 23, 1946.

Member of the Secretariat	managed departments	Stay during the 2nd World War	Remarks
Anton Ackermann (KPD)	Agitation Culture Promotion and Training Sports Popular Education	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Franz Dahlem (KPD)	Cadre youth party organs	Vest emigrant, concentration camp inmate
Max Fechner (SPD)	State and legal issues youth economy	Concentration camp inmate
Erich W. Gniffke (SPD)	Financial administration and party operations cadres, party organs, business department	inner German, social democratic resistance
Otto Grotewohl (SPD)	General policy	inner German, social democratic resistance
August Karsten (SPD)	Financial management and party operations business department
Katharina Kern (SPD)	Women	inner German, social democratic resistance
Helmut Lehmann (SPD)	Health Policy, Labor and Social Welfare	inner German, social democratic resistance
Hermann Matern (KPD)	Chairman of the SED regional association of Greater Berlin	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Otto Meier (SPD)	Agitation culture sports popular education	inner German, social democratic resistance
Paul Merker (KPD)	Health Policy Labor and Social Welfare Agriculture	Western emigrant	still in Mexico at the time of the election
Wilhelm Pieck (KPD)	General policy	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Elli Schmidt (KPD)	Women	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Walter Ulbricht (KPD)	Security issues, state and legal issues, economy	Moscow squad, NKFD member

Remaining board

Surname	previous party	Regional association	Stay during the 2nd World War	Remarks
Martha Arendsee	KPD	Berlin	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Edith Baumann	SPD	Berlin	working in Berlin
Johannes R. Becher	KPD	Berlin	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Walter Biering	KPD	Province of Saxony
Willy Boepple	KPD	Western zones; Mannheim	Wehrmacht member
Bruno Boettge	SPD	Province of Saxony	Air raid police
Erich Braun	SPD	Western zones; Hildesheim
Hans Brede	SPD	Western zones; Kiel
Willi book	SPD	Western zones; Braunschweig
Albert Buchmann	KPD	Western zones; Stuttgart	Concentration camp inmate
Otto Buchwitz	SPD	Saxony	Prison inmate
Kurt Bürger	KPD	Mecklenburg	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Friedrich Ebert	SPD	Brandenburg	working
Werner Eggerath	KPD	Thuringia	Prison inmate
Max Fank	SPD	Mecklenburg	Wehrmacht, conscripted
Walter Fish	KPD	Western zones; Frankfurt / M.	West emigrant (Switzerland)
August Friedel	SPD	Saxony	working
Bernhard Goering	SPD	Berlin	working
Gustav Gundelach	KPD	Western zones; Hamburg	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Karl Hauser	KPD	Western zones; Frankfurt / M
Ernst Heilmann	SPD	Western zones; Flensburg		resigned from office in August 1946
Gertrud Hentsch	SPD	Saxony
Ernst Hoffmann	SPD	Berlin	Penal Battalion 999, americ. Captivity
Heinrich Hoffmann	SPD	Thuringia	working
Erich Honecker	KPD	Berlin	Prison inmate
Hans Jendretzky	KPD	Berlin	employed, prison inmate
Willi Jesse	SPD	Mecklenburg	employed, emigrant from the west (Denmark, Sweden)	arrested by Soviet organs in July 1946
Fritz Jungmann	SPD	Province of Saxony
Heinz Keßler	KPD	Berlin	Wehrmacht member, Moscow cadre, NKFD member
Bernard Koenen	KPD	Province of Saxony	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Wilhelm Koenen	KPD	Saxony	Western emigrant (England)
Olga grains	KPD	Saxony	Concentration camp inmate
Karl Litke	SPD	Berlin	working
Ernst Lohagen	KPD	Saxony	Concentration camp inmate
Georg Lotz	KPD	Thuringia	working
Erich Lübbe	SPD	Berlin	Concentration camp inmate
Hans Mahle	KPD	Berlin	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Albert Meier	SPD	Saxony
Hanna Melzer	KPD	Western zones; Ruhr area	Prison inmate
Carl Moltmann	SPD	Mecklenburg	working
Gustav Müller	SPD	Western zones; Rhineland
Kurt Mueller	KPD	Western zones; Hanover	Concentration camp inmate
Fritz Nickolay	KPD	Western zones; Saarbrücken	Interned, Western emigrant (France)
Hugo Paul	KPD	Western zones; Dusseldorf	employed, prison inmate
Hermann Prübenau	SPD	Province of Saxony	Wehrmacht member, prisoner of war
Max Reimann	KPD	Western zones; Ruhr area	Concentration camp inmate
Maria Rentmeister	KPD	Berlin	Prison inmate
Paul Roch	KPD	Brandenburg	working
Robert Rompe	KPD	Berlin	working
Emma Sachse	SPD	Thuringia	employed, concentration camp inmate
Willy Sägebrecht	KPD	Brandenburg	Prison and concentration camp inmates
Yella Schaar	SPD	Western zones; Heidelberg		February 1947 left the party
Hermann Schlimme	SPD	Berlin	employed, prison inmate
Waldemar Schmidt	KPD	Berlin	Prison inmate
Heinrich Schramm	KPD	Western zones; Bremen	Prison inmate
Fritz Sperling	KPD	Western zones; Munich	West emigrant (Switzerland)
Paul Szillat	SPD	Brandenburg	working
Gottlieb Teichert	SPD	Western zones; eat
Stanislaw Trabalski	SPD	Saxony	employed, concentration camp inmate
Fritz Wagner	SPD	Thuringia	Wehrmacht member, americ. Captivity
Paul change	KPD	Berlin	Moscow squad, NKFD member
Hans Warnke	KPD	Mecklenburg	Concentration camp inmate
Oskar Wegener	SPD	Brandenburg	Duty to serve, concentration camp inmate
Richard Weimann	SPD	Berlin
Antonie Wohlgemuth	SPD	Berlin	working
Hermann Zilles	KPD	Western zones; Cologne

Composition of the party executive between II. And III. Party congress of the SED

The executive committee was elected at the Second Party Congress from September 20 to 24, 1947.

Central Secretariat

The division of labor was determined at the 1st meeting of the SED party executive on September 25, 1947.

Member of the Secretariat	managed departments	Remarks
Anton Ackermann (KPD)	Agitation Culture Promotion and Training Sports Popular Education
Walter Beling (KPD)	Financial administration and party operations
Otto Buchwitz (SPD)		Admission to the ZS by decision of the ZS of November 9, 1948
Franz Dahlem (KPD)	Cadre youth party organs
Friedrich Ebert (SPD)
Max Fechner (SPD)	State and legal issues youth economy
Erich W. Gniffke (SPD)	Financial administration and party operations cadres, party organs, business department	Escape to the West Zone on October 28, 1948
Otto Grotewohl (SPD)	General policy
Hans Jendretzky (SPD)	General policy	co-opted as successor to Hermann Matern on October 18th
August Karsten (SPD)	Financial management and party operations business department
Katharina Kern (SPD)	Women
Wilhelm Koenen (KPD)		Admission to the ZS by decision of the ZS of November 9, 1948
Helmut Lehmann (SPD)	Health Policy, Labor and Social Welfare
Hermann Matern (KPD)	Chairman of the SED regional association of Greater Berlin	Retired on October 18, 1948, election as chairman of the ZPKK
Otto Meier (SPD)	Agitation culture sports popular education
Paul Merker (KPD)	Health Policy Labor and Social Welfare Agriculture
Wilhelm Pieck (KPD)	General policy
Elli Schmidt (KPD)	Women
Walter Ulbricht (KPD)	Security issues, state and legal issues, economy

Small Secretariat of the Politburo

The small secretariat was created by resolution of the 16th meeting of the party executive on January 24, 1949.

Member of the Secretariat	managed departments	Remarks
Alexander Abusch		from March 1950
Hermann Axen	agitation	from October 1949
Edith Baumann	Financial administration and party operations women youth sports
Franz Dahlem	Work office of the KPD in the Central Committee of the SED Western Commission
Fred Oelßner	Agitation (only 1949) culture propaganda popular education sciences
Horst Sindermann		from October 1949
Willi Stoph		from February 1950 in an advisory capacity
Walter Ulbricht	Kader Security Issues State and Legal Issues Economic Policy (until Oct. 1949) Church Issues
Paul Verner		from February 1950 in an advisory capacity
Paul Wessel	Health Policy Economic Policy (from October 49)	until February 1950

Remaining board

Surname	previous party	Regional association	Remarks
Alexander Abusch	KPD		co-opted by resolution of the 21st board meeting
Gerda Bauer	KPD	Berlin
Edith Baumann	SPD	Berlin
Walter Biering	KPD	Saxony-Anhalt
Johannes R. Becher	KPD		co-opted by resolution of the 21st board meeting
Paul Bismark	SPD	Brandenburg
Bruno Boettge	SPD	Saxony-Anhalt	Excluded at the end of 1948
Albert Buchmann	KPD	Western zones; Stuttgart	retired in January 1949
Otto Buchwitz	SPD	Saxony
Kurt Bürger	KPD	Mecklenburg
Emmi Damerius	KPD	Saxony
Heinrich Deiters	KPD		co-opted by resolution of the 21st board meeting
Adolf Deter	KPD	Berlin
Kurt Dielitzsch	SPD	Western zones; Dortmund	retired in January 1949
Gerhart Eisler	KPD		co-opted by resolution of the 34th board meeting in July 1949
Walter Fish	KPD	Western zones; Frankfurt / M.	retired in January 1949
August Friedel	SPD	Saxony
Bernhard Goering	SPD	Berlin
Gustav Gundelach	KPD	Western zones; Hamburg	retired in January 1949
Erich Guth	SPD	Mecklenburg
Karl Hauser	KPD	Western zones; Frankfurt / M	Resignation from the party in April 1948
Robert Hensel	SPD	Berlin
Ernst Hoffmann	SPD	Berlin
Friedel Hoffmann	SPD	Berlin
Heinrich Hoffmann	SPD	Thuringia
Oskar Hoffmann	KPD	Western zones; Wuppertal	retired in January 1949
Erich Honecker	KPD	Berlin
Hans Hubert		Western zones; Hanover	Resignation from the party in early 1948
Hans Jendretzky	KPD	Berlin
Fritz Jungmann	SPD	Saxony-Anhalt
Hildegard Kaiser		Saxony-Anhalt
Heinz Keßler	KPD	Berlin
Franz Klupsch	SPD	Western zones; Dortmund	retired in January 1949
Bernard Koenen	KPD	Province of Saxony
Wilhelm Koenen	KPD	Saxony
Olga grains	KPD	Saxony
Paul Kohlhöfer	SPD	Western zones; Frankfurt / M.	retired in January 1949
Erich Kops	KPD	Thuringia
Werner Krauss	KPD		co-opted by resolution of the 21st board meeting
Josef Ledwohn	KPD	Western zones; Herne	retired in January 1949
Karl Litke	SPD	Berlin
Ernst Lohagen	KPD	Saxony
Carl Moltmann	SPD	Mecklenburg
Kurt Mueller	KPD	Western zones; Hanover	retired in January 1949
Fritz Nickolay	KPD	Western zones; Saarbrücken	retired in January 1949
Otto Niebergall	KPD	Western zones; Mainz	retired in January 1949
Fred Oelßner	KPD	Berlin
Hermann Prübenau	SPD	Saxony-Anhalt
Gertrud Rast	KPD	Western zones; Kiel	retired in January 1949
Heinrich Rau	KPD		co-opted by resolution of the 34th board meeting in July 1949
Max Reimann	KPD	Western zones; Ruhr area	retired in January 1949
Maria Rentmeister	KPD	Berlin
Robert Rompe	KPD	Berlin
Emma Sachse	SPD	Thuringia
Willy Sägebrecht	KPD	Brandenburg
Robert Schenk	KPD	Western zones; Lübeck	retired in January 1949
Hermann Schlimme	SPD	Berlin
Elli Schmidt	KPD	Berlin
Karl Schmidt	KPD	Thuringia
Heinrich Schramm	KPD	Western zones; Bremen	retired in January 1949
Fritz Sperling	KPD	Western zones; Munich	retired in January 1949
Paul Szillat	SPD	Brandenburg
Hans Venedey	SPD	Western zones; Constancy	retired in January 1949
Kurt Vieweg	KPD	Berlin	co-opted with the resolution of the 1st party conference in January 1949
Fritz Wagner	SPD	Thuringia
Paul change	KPD	Berlin
Hans Warnke	KPD	Mecklenburg
Herbert Warnke	KPD	Berlin	co-opted with the resolution of the 1st party conference in January 1949
Max Weber		Saxony
Richard Weimann	SPD	Berlin
Otto winemaker	KPD	Berlin

See also

• List of candidates for the Politburo of the Central Committee of the SED
• List of the members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED
  • List of the Central Committee departments and their department heads

literature

• Martin Broszat , Hermann Weber (Ed.): SBZ manual. State administrations, parties, social organizations and their executives in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany 1945–1949. 2nd Edition. Oldenbourg, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55262-7 .
• Andreas Malycha, Peter Jochen Winters: The SED. History of a German party. Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59231-7 ( Beck'sche series 1944).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lecture by Karl Wilhelm Fricke on June 5, 2011 in Halle at the conference of former Vorkuta prisoners, document page 5 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.