Oskar Kurpat
Oskar Kurpat (born March 23, 1894 in Dresden ; † March 12, 1970 ibid) was a German journalist . He was editor-in-chief of the magazine “ Zeit im Bild ”.
Life
Kurpat, draftsman and retoucher became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1912 . He was one of the most active union officials and city council in Dresden . The fascists threw Kurpat into dungeon several times.
After 1945, alongside Otto Buchwitz, he was instrumental in founding the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in Saxony . From January 1946 he set up the editorial team for the illustrated magazine “Zeit im Bild” in Dresden with Hans Schrecker from the KPD, and was editor-in-chief on equal terms. In April 1946 he was with Hans Schrecker a delegate at the unification party conference in Berlin .
He was later chairman of the Chemnitz branch of the German-Polish Society for Peace and Good Neighborhood and then until 1956 secretary of the Society for Cultural Relations with Abroad in Berlin. After working for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , he last lived as a veteran in Dresden. Kurpat died shortly before the age of 76.
Awards
- 1958 Fritz Heckert Medal
- 1960 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1969 in silver
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in Neues Deutschland of March 18, 1970, p. 2.
- ↑ The peace forces of the new Germany . In: Neues Deutschland, May 14, 1952, p. 6.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurpat, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1970 |
| Place of death | Dresden |