List of state and non-state awards of the GDR

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In this list , the state and non-state awards as well as prizes and honorary titles of the GDR awarded by the German Democratic Republic are recorded and listed according to categories and date of foundation:

medal

Prices

Honorary title

Medal of Honored Doctor of the People
"Recognized area of ​​exemplary order, safety, cleanliness and discipline", enamel sign from GDR times in the Eberswalde crane building

State medals

Decoration of honor of the German People's Police

Non-governmental award from the GDR ministries

Ministry of National Defense

Army flag of the NVA

The Ministry for National Defense of the GDR also awarded non-governmental decorations, which primarily served to recognize and initiate outstanding achievements in training, but also in education. Also for services in the best and innovator movement and to fulfill the military class mandate of the NVA:

“To secure the necessary external conditions for the construction of socialism and communism in unshakable cooperation with the Soviet Army and the other socialist brother armies, to reliably protect the state border, the territory, the airspace and the coastal area of ​​the GDR as well as the allied socialist states, the combat strength and combat readiness to constantly improve qualitatively and to resolutely counter any imperalist aggression. "

The following decorations were awarded for this purpose:

Medal for 30 years of service in the organs of the Ministry of the Interior

Ministry of the Interior

Ministry of State Security

Flag of the State Security Service of the GDR

Ministry of Popular Education

Combat groups of the working class of the GDR

Flag of the fighting groups of the working class

Awards of the parties

Flag of the SED

Awards from social organizations

Free German Federation of Trade Unions

Flag of the FDGB

The following awards were given by the unified trade union organization FDGB in the area of ​​organization.

Free German Youth

Flag of the FDJ

The following awards were given by the state youth organization FDJ as a mass organization.

Society for German-Soviet Friendship

Flag of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship

As a mass organization, the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (DSF) awarded its own badges and medals.

National front

The National Front awarded medals and decorations in the area of ​​neighborhood aid.

Society for sport and technology

Flag of the Society for Sport and Technology (GST)

The technical-military mass organization GST awarded its medals and badges for special achievements in their field.

German Gymnastics and Sports Association of the GDR

Badges of achievement and honor were awarded by the DTSB .

Awards from the German Red Cross of the GDR

Democratic Women's Association of Germany

The mass organization of women, DFD , has been awarding a badge of honor from the Democratic Women's Association of Germany since 1962 .

Kulturbund der DDR

The Kulturbund der DDR awarded decorations in individual cultural areas.

Peace Council of the GDR

Peace Council flag

The GDR Peace Council awarded medals for achievements for peace.

League for Friendship of Peoples

The League for Friendship of Peoples presented the following awards.

Chamber of Technology

The engineering organization of the GDR Chamber of Technology awarded awards for special achievements in the field of engineering.

Academy of Science

Association of Journalists of the GDR

The Association of Journalists of the GDR awarded the Franz Mehring Badge of Honor for services to the association.

Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters Committee

The Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters as the VDN has awarded the Medal of Honor of the Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters in the GDR since 1975 .

Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge (Urania)

The Urania - Society for the Dissemination of Scientific Knowledge - awarded the Urania Badge of Honor (1956) and the Ernst Haeckel Medal (1981).

Domowina

The Domowina awarded the following awards.

Stock exchange association of German booksellers

Others

Non-governmental awards from central government bodies

Company awards

Plaque of honor for the Patriotic Order of Merit (VVO) in gold , presented by the General Director of the VE Metallurgy, Foreign and Domestic Trade Company of the GDR on October 7, 1977

So-called best workers were honored for their achievements in all state- owned companies , and honored as role models in streets of the best . In addition, combined companies, companies and socialist cooperatives, with the tolerance of the party leadership, increasingly donated their own internal awards over the course of the GDR's 40-year existence, which were so different and divergent from one another that a complete list of these awards is impossible. For example, there were awards for merits in setting up the corresponding plant, but also for excellent quality work. Likewise for achievements in the company innovator, for long years of service and also honorary titles for winners in the different socialist competitions among themselves. Important company awards were:

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Nimmergut, Feder, von der Heyde: German medals and decorations. 6th edition. Battenberg-Verlag, 2006
  2. ^ Frank Bartel, Jürgen Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic. Military Publishing House of the GDR , Berlin 1979, p. 179.
  3. ↑ Pioneer of Scientific Truth in New Germany, August 3, 2019 (link for a fee)
  4. ↑ Birgit Wolf: Language in the GDR: A dictionary . 1st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-080592-5 , p. 22-23 .
  5. ^ Frank Bartel, Jürgen Karpinski: Awards of the German Democratic Republic. Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1979, p. 202.