Waldemar Röhricht

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Waldemar Röhricht (born July 8, 1922 in Lampersdorf , Wohlau district ; † September 23, 2011 ) was General Secretary of the German Red Cross of the GDR (DRK).

Life

Röhricht, the son of a shoemaker , also learned this profession after attending primary school . In 1941 he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and then into the Wehrmacht . He did military service as a medic and in 1945 was taken prisoner by the British .

In 1947 he returned from captivity and joined the SED . He became a member of the FDGB and the DRK. He worked first as a transport worker, then as a youth functionary in Greifswald. In 1948/1949 he was secretary of the FDGB district association Greifswald , 1949/1950 department head in the FDGB state board Mecklenburg and from 1950 to 1952 second secretary of the FDGB district association Greifswald. In 1952 he became a trainer at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald . From 1952 to 1957 he was chairman of the DRK district committee in Greifswald. Röhricht attended evening school and completed an apprenticeship as a state-certified nurse in 1960 . He later studied at the party college "Karl Marx" with a degree in social science . From 1957 to 1960 he was chairman of the Rostock DRK district association . From 1961 to 1966 he was General Secretary of the DRK of the GDR and a member of the Presidium of the DRK. Later he worked as secretary of the DRK district board Schwerin .

Röhricht was a holder of the DRK badge of honor and an honorary member of the DRK district association Rostock.

Fonts

  • The German Red Cross in Rostock. From its beginnings to 1932 . Ingo Koch Verlag, Rostock 2005, ISBN 3-938686-30-8 .

literature

  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 729.
  • Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan et al. (Ed.): The parties and organizations of the GDR. A manual . Dietz, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-320-01988-0 , p. 1066.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Ostsee-Zeitung from October 1, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Reeds, Waldemar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German General Secretary of the German Red Cross of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Lampersdorf , Wohlau district
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 2011