Max Schneider (politician, 1915)
Max Schneider (born January 23, 1915 in Röthenbach an der Pegnitz , Bavaria; † January 8, 1987 ) was a party functionary of the GDR block party NDPD and a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .
Life
The son of a factory worker attended elementary school and the humanistic grammar school in Nuremberg , graduated from high school in 1935 and trained as a banker. During the Second World War , Schneider fell into Soviet captivity as a first lieutenant in the Wehrmacht and joined the National Committee for Free Germany .
After the end of the war, Schneider returned to Germany and worked as a new teacher in the Soviet occupation zone . In 1946 he joined the SED . In 1948 Schneider was one of the founding members of the National Democratic Party of Germany initiated by the SED and became director of the NDPD party school in Waldsieversdorf . In August 1949 Schneider took over as acting as successor to Albert Albert the post of chief editor and publishing director at NDPD- central organ of National-Zeitung to the appointment of Peter Berg to this post on September 30, 1949. As a member of the German People's Council was Max Schneider on the 7th October 1949 involved in the founding of the GDR . From 1949 he was political manager of the NDPD regional association Greater Berlin and from 1950 its deputy chairman. From 1952 Schneider worked as deputy chairman of the NDPD district association Berlin, then from 1960 as chairman of the NDPD district association Halle. From 1966 Schneider headed a chair at the NDPD party school in Waldsieversdorf. From 1951 until his death he was a member of the main committee and for more than 20 years the party control commission of the main committee of the NDPD.
From February 1950 to May 1960 Schneider was Deputy Mayor Friedrich Ebert of East Berlin , and at times also City Councilor for Trade and Supply. From 1950 to 1958 he sat as a Berlin representative in the People's Chamber with a mandate from the NDPD.
Schneider was also a member of the Central Committee of People's Solidarity and the central management of the Committee of Antifascist Resistance Fighters .
Schneider died at the age of 71 and was buried in Berlin's Friedrichsfelde central cemetery. His urn is there in the grave conditioning Pergolenweg the memorial of the socialists .
Awards
- 1955 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1970 in gold
- 1956 Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal
- 1975 Order Banner of Labor Level I
- 1980 Gold Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit
- 1985 Order of the Star of Friendship of Nations in silver
literature
- Kirsten Nies: Schneider, Max . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Handbook of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic, 2nd electoral period, Kongress-Verlag Berlin, 1957, p. 396.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait in Berliner Zeitung , February 24, 1950, p. 6.
- ↑ Broszat, SBZ-Handbuch, p. 583
- ^ Obituary in the National-Zeitung , January 10, 1987, p. 2.
- ^ Berliner Zeitung , May 5, 1960, p. 2.
- ^ Neue Zeit , October 4, 1950, p. 1.
- ↑ National-Zeitung , February 11, 1987, p. 2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German party functionary (NDPD), MdV |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Röthenbach on the Pegnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1987 |