Rudolf Appelt
Rudolf Appelt (born December 5, 1900 in Niederhanichen ( Reichenberg district , today Liberec-Dolní Hanychov), † July 2, 1955 in Moscow ) was a communist politician in Czechoslovakia and the first ambassador of the GDR in Moscow.
Life
Appelt was a commercial clerk. He became a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party of Czechoslovakia early on . In 1921 he was a co-founder of the KSČ and the KJVČ (Communist Youth Association). Appelt worked for the party since 1921 as a full-time functionary, journalist and manager of various party newspapers. He was also a member of the Parliament of the Republic. Between 1931 and 1945 he was a member of the Central Committee and a candidate for the KSČ Politburo.
In 1938 Appelt emigrated to the USSR . In Moscow he worked as head of the publishing department or as deputy head of the agitation and propaganda department of the Communist International and also for Radio Moscow .
After the end of the Second World War, Appelt returned to Prague in 1945 . There he became managing director and head of the economic department of the Central Committee of KSČ and was responsible for the transfer of Sudeten German communists into the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany . In 1946 he went there himself and became a member of the KPD, later the SED. He worked in the party's central secretariat for the overall management of the party executive committee and as head of the party operations department. From August 1947 he was deputy head of the central administration, from February 1948 deputy head of the main administration of interzonal and foreign trade at the German Economic Commission .
After the founding of the GDR in October 1949, Appelt became head of the diplomatic mission in Moscow. After the representation was converted into an embassy in 1953, he was appointed ambassador and received a second accreditation in Ulaanbaatar / Mongolia . In October 1954 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.
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His urn is buried in the memorial of the socialists at the Friedrichsfelde central cemetery in Berlin-Lichtenberg .
literature
- Munzinger: International Biographical Archive. 33/1955 of August 8, 1955
- Siegfried Bock , Ingrid Muth , Hermann Schwiesau (eds.): GDR foreign policy. An overview. Volume 3: data, facts, people (= political science. Volume 173). LIT-Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10559-2 , p. 289.
- Bernd-Rainer Barth : Rudolf Appelt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in Neues Deutschland from July 5, 1955
Rudolf Appelt (1949–1955) | Johannes König (1955–1959) | Rudolf Dölling (1959–1965) | Horst Bittner (1965–1974) | Harry Ott (1974–1981) | Egon Winkelmann (1981–1987) | Gerd König (1987–1990)
Rudolf Appelt (1953–1955) | Johannes König (1955–1958) | Johannes Dick (1958–1960) | Karl Speiser (1961–1964) | Klaus Willerding (1964–1968) | Willy Hüttenrauch (1968–1972) | Berthold Handwerker (1972–1976) | Egon Rommel (1976-1981) | Heinz Bauer (1981–1986) | Lothar Zöllner (1987–1990)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Appelt, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KSČ) and ambassador of the GDR in Moscow (1951–1955) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lower Hanichen (Reichenberg district), today Liberec- Dolní Hanychov |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1955 |
| Place of death | Moscow |