Paul Sack
Paul Sack ( December 19, 1887 - September 12, 1972 ) was a German bricklayer . He was an honorary citizen of the city of Stralsund .
Life
Sack joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1920 and was later a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). After the Second World War he worked in Stralsund in the construction of the Stralsund shipyard. He belonged to the management of the VEB Bau-Union and was its chairman.
In 1948, after an initial refusal, in a conversation with Waldemar Verner, he agreed to exceed the labor standards of his trade , similar to the miner Adolf Hennecke . For this purpose, on October 27, 1948, he had a workplace prepared on a pillar of a shipyard hall to be built. He started his shift on October 28, 1948, during which he walled 2,600 stones. This meant an increase in the work norm of 430 percent.
Paul Sack was a member of the central board of IG Bau-Holz of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) from 1949 . He has been sent to numerous companies and to conferences to demonstrate and discuss his working method.
In January 1949 he took part in the 1st party conference of the SED. In the same year he was elected to the district executive committee of the SED. He ran for the FDGB in the elections to the Third German People's Congress and was elected to the German People's Council on May 30, 1949 . After the constitution of the German People's Council as a provisional People's Chamber , he was a member.
Honors
On August 25, 1949, Sack received the GDR national prize, 3rd class, presented by Wilhelm Pieck . The city of Stralsund made him an honorary citizen of Stralsund on September 1, 1949 . On February 8, 1968, he was honored with the GDR Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. Further awards were the GDR Medal of Merit , the Fritz Heckert Medal and the Badge of Honor from the Society for German-Soviet Friendship (DSF). Paul Sack has been honored three times as an activist in socialist work .
In addition, a street in Stralsund's Knieper Nord district was named after him. After the political change in the GDR, his honorary citizenship was revoked and the street was renamed Carl-Ludwig-Schleich-Straße .
Individual evidence
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sack, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bricklayer, honorary citizen of Stralsund and politician (FDGB), MdV |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1887 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1972 |