Martin Burkhardt (politician)
Martin Burkhardt (born February 21, 1898 in Seeligstadt ; † August 30, 1977 ) was a German local politician and homeland researcher .
life and work
The son of a small farmer from Seeligstadt became a member of the USPD in 1917 . In the following year he became a member of the soldiers' council and took part in agitation in the districts of Pirna, Kamenz, Bautzen and in the Saxon state capital of Dresden .
During the Nazi era he was arrested several times. In 1945 he joined the KPD and after the forced unification of the SPD and KPD in 1946 the SED. He was elected mayor of Seeligstadt and was a member of the Pirna District Council until 1953. Then he moved to the district council of Bischofswerda. In 1963 he retired. In 1968 he published his main work on behalf of the Commission for Research into the History of the Labor Movement in the SED, the first part of the multi-volume history of the labor movement in the Bischofswerda district . The second part was not printed, only completed as a manuscript.
Honors
- 1958 medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945
- 1959 gold construction pin
- 1960 GDR Medal of Merit
- 1965 DSF badge of honor
- 1970 Badge of Honor of the National Front
- 1975 Johannes R. Becher Medal
- 1976 Medal of Honor of the Committee of Anti-Fascist Resistance Fighters
- 1977 Medal for merits in the artistic work of the German Democratic Republic
literature
- Peter Bergmann: Martin Burkhardt, Seeligstadt, in memory , in: Sächsische Heimatblätter , 4/1978, III. US
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Burkhardt, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician (KPD, SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seeligstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1977 |