Manfred Feist
Manfred Feist (born April 6, 1930 in Halle ; † December 17, 2012 in Berlin ) was a German SED functionary and brother of Margot Honecker .
Life
Feist was born in 1930 as the son of the shoemaker Gotthard Feist and the mattress factory worker Helene in the Glaucha district in Halle an der Saale. In 1947 he became a member of the SED.
Feist was an instructor in the SED district leadership in Halle (Saale) in 1950/51 and from 1951 to 1953 a consultant, later senior consultant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR. From 1954 to 1958 he was department head in the Committee for German Unity and from 1959 to 1966 secretary of the Society for Cultural Connections with Foreign Countries - League for Friendship of Nations .
From March 5, 1956 to 1961 he was an unofficial employee of the Ministry for State Security under the code name "Schmidt" .
From 1966 to 1989 he succeeded Werner Lamberz as head of the foreign information department in the Central Committee of the SED (ZK). He was also a member of the World Peace Council and the Presidium of the GDR Peace Council . He was promoted to both offices with the help of Erich Honecker . In 1971 he became a candidate at the 8th Party Congress of the SED and in 1976 at the IX. Party congress elected member of the Central Committee of the SED. Feist was one of the organizers of the Olof Palme Peace March . Since 1995 he was paralyzed on one side and died in 2012. Feist was buried in the Pankow III cemetery.
His son Peter Feist (* 1960) said in a newspaper interview that his father, like Margot Honecker , was incapable of understanding her role in the GDR.
Awards
- 1974 Order Banner of Labor
- 1970 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- 1980 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
- 1981 Order Banner of Labor Level I
- 1988 Honorary Title Hero of Labor
literature
- Andreas Herbst , Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Feist, Manfred . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Long live the German Democratic Party ... In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1984 ( online report from former Peace Council Bureau member).
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Biographical Archive 26/2007 of June 30, 2007
- ↑ Periscope: STASI-RAUSSCHMISS FOCUS magazine February 25, 1995.
- ↑ M. Feist died young world 31 December 2012
- ^ Margot Honecker's brother dead , Berliner Zeitung , January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Manfred Feist. Margot Honecker's brother died at the age of 82. Die Welt January 7, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Feist, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SED functionary and brother Margot Honeckers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 2012 |
| Place of death | Berlin |