Werner Behrend
Werner Behrend (born November 2, 1918 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † March 19, 1987 ) was a German politician . He worked in the upper party branches of the CDU in the GDR .
Life
Behrend, born the son of a businessman, learned the trade of a car mechanic from 1935 to 1938 , after which he completed a commercial apprenticeship. In 1939, Behrend passed the clerk examination. On May 1, 1937, Behrend joined the NSDAP .
After the Second World War , Behrend became a member of the CDU and head of price monitoring at the Schönberg district administration in 1945 . Between 1947 and 1951 he was district councilor in Schönberg and Grevesmühlen . In 1951/52 he was a consultant in the CDU regional association of Mecklenburg and in 1952 in the council of the Schwerin district. From 1952 to 1955 he acted as chairman of the Schwerin- Stadt district association .
From 1956 to 1968 he was chairman of the Suhl district association . At the same time he was a member of the Suhl district assembly and candidate for the successor to the main CDU board. From 1968 to 1970 Behrend acted as chairman of the Gera district association of the CDU. In May 1970 he was elected chairman of the Erfurt district council of the CDU, a position he held until he retired in 1984. Behrend was a member of the Erfurt district assembly and a member of the main board of the CDU.
Honors
- Medal of Merit of the GDR (1959)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal (1959)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1962), silver (1970) and gold (1983)
- Banner of Labor , Stage I (1978)
- Medal of Merit of the GDR
- Otto Nuschke Decoration of Honor of the CDU in bronze, silver and gold
- Badge of Honor of the National Front
literature
- Behrend, Werner . In: Federal Ministry for All German Issues (ed.): SBZ biography. A biographical reference book on the Soviet occupation zone , compiled by the investigative committee of freedom lawyers . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Bonn 1964, p. 29.
- Secretariat of the main board of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (ed.): 15th party congress of the CDU , Dresden 1982, Bulletin, members of the main board.
- 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. 42 ( digitized version ).
- Harry Waibel : Servant of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 .
- Olaf Kappelt : Brown Book GDR. Nazis in the GDR . 2nd Edition. Berlin historica, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-939929-12-3 , p. 267.
- Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , pp. 30-31.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Investigative Committee of Freedom Jurists (ed.): Former National Socialists in Pankow's service , Berlin-Zehlendorf, undated, p. 9.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 6, 1983, p. 3.
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , April 26, 1978, p. 6
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Behrend, Werner |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU) |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1987 |