Walter Buchheim
Walter Buchheim (born January 28, 1904 in Pegau ; † November 1, 1979 ) was a German politician , trade unionist and chairman of the People's Solidarity .
Life
Buchheim was born the son of a shoemaker . After attending primary school in Cöllnitz and Groitzsch , he did an apprenticeship as a metal grinder from 1918 to 1922 , and worked in this profession until 1929. From 1929 to 1931 Buchheim was a miner in the lignite mining industry.
In 1923 Buchheim joined the KJVD , for which he fulfilled functions at the regional level. In 1926 he became a member of the KPD . From 1931 to 1933 he was a city councilor in Groitzsch and a full-time city councilor.
time of the nationalsocialism
After the NSDAP came to power , Buchheim took part in the resistance against National Socialism . He was arrested several times: from August to November 1933 imprisonment, 1934–1936 and from August to October 1944 Sachsenhausen concentration camp . After his release from the concentration camp, he worked again as a metal grinder until 1945.
After the Second World War
From 1945 to 1949 Buchheim was a city councilor of the KPD and SED and from August 1945 to 1949 mayor of Groitzsch. In 1949 he attended the German Administration Academy in Forst Zinna and in 1950/1951 was district administrator in the district of Zittau . After attending the SED state party school in Meißen (1951/1952), he was first secretary of the SED district leadership in Chemnitz and Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1952 to 1959 and a member of the district assembly there from 1952 to 1958 .
From 1954 to 1963 Buchheim was a member of the Central Committee of the SED and from 1958 to 1963 a member of the People's Chamber .
From 1959 to 1961 - as successor to Otto Lehmann - deputy chairman of the federal executive committee of the FDGB , from 1961 to 1971 chairman of the central committee of people's solidarity . From 1969 to 1971 he was a member of the Presidium of the National Council of the National Front of the GDR .
In 1971 Buchheim retired. He died in 1979. His urn was in the grave conditioning Pergolenweg the Memorial of the Socialists in the Central Cemetery Friedrichsfelde buried.
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit (VVO) in gold (1954)
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal
- Gold medal for the VVO (1969)
- Karl Marx Order (1974)
literature
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 93.
- Andreas Herbst : Buchheim, Walter . In: Dieter Dowe , Karlheinz Kuba, Manfred Wilke (Hrsg.): FDGB-Lexikon. Function, structure, cadre and development of a mass organization of the SED (1945–1990). Berlin 2009.
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs , Andreas Herbst: Buchheim, Walter . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
Walter Buchheim (1952–1959) | Rolf Weihs (1960–1963) | Paul Roscher (1963–1976) | Siegfried Lorenz (1976–1989) | Norbert Kertscher (1989–1990)
Helmut Lehmann (1946–1959) | Jenny Matern (1959–1960) | Walter Buchheim (1961–1972) | Robert Lehmann (1972–1982) | Alois Groom (1982–1989) | Jost Biedermann (1990-2002) | Gunnar Winkler (2002–2014) | Wolfram Friedersdorff (since 2014)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buchheim, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD, SED), MdV |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pegau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1979 |