Martin Franke

Martin Franke (born May 4, 1913 in Strehla , Oschatz district , † September 20, 1985 ) was a German politician ( SED ). He was deputy minister for post and telecommunications in the GDR .

Life

Franke learned the trade of a telegraph builder. He was a functionary of the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD). In 1933 he was arrested and sentenced to prison. After 1945 he became a member of the SED. He performed various functions, worked in the apparatus of the Central Committee of the SED until September 1959 and was, among other things, director of the Central Office for Transmission Systems in Berlin until 1962 . Franke qualified as a graduate engineer and economist. From January 1962 he acted as Deputy Minister, from 1963 to 1964 as State Secretary and First Deputy Minister, from 1964 again as Deputy Minister for Post and Telecommunications in the GDR and head of the State Commission for Intelligence.

Frankes urn is buried in the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde in the cemetery for the victims and persecuted of the Nazi regime .

Awards

Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1964), in silver (1970) and (1973) and in gold (1983)
Order Banner of Labor (1973)
Medal of Merit of the GDR
Battle medals "For services to the people and fatherland" in silver

Medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945

literature

Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 92.
Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . Volume II. Arani, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 74.
Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 291.

Individual evidence

^ Central Committee of the SED congratulates Comrade Martin Franke . In: Neues Deutschland , May 4, 1983, p. 2.
↑ Minutes No. 30/59 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on September 16, 1959 - DY 30 / J IV 2/3/657
↑ High state awards given . In: Neues Deutschland , November 6, 1973, p. 3.
↑ Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde (Socialist Cemetery) - Memorial Days 2010
↑ Neues Deutschland , November 6, 1973, p. 3.
↑ Neues Deutschland , June 28, 1983, p. 2.
^ Neues Deutschland , April 27, 1973, p. 2
↑ Honor their memory . In: Neues Deutschland , October 2, 1985, p. 8.

personal data
SURNAME	Franke, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SED), Deputy Minister for Post and Telecommunications in the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH	May 4, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Strehla
DATE OF DEATH	20th September 1985

[1] Central Committee of the SED congratulates Comrade Martin Franke . In: Neues Deutschland , May 4, 1983, p. 2.

[2] Minutes No. 30/59 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on September 16, 1959 - DY 30 / J IV 2/3/657

[3] High state awards given . In: Neues Deutschland , November 6, 1973, p. 3.

[4] Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde (Socialist Cemetery) - Memorial Days 2010

[5] Neues Deutschland , November 6, 1973, p. 3.

[6] Neues Deutschland , June 28, 1983, p. 2.

[7] Neues Deutschland , April 27, 1973, p. 2

[8] Honor their memory . In: Neues Deutschland , October 2, 1985, p. 8.