Werner Eidner
Werner Eidner (born December 28, 1923 in Chemnitz ) is a former German politician ( SED ). He was chairman of the Potsdam district council .
Life
Eidner, the son of a milling cutter , attended elementary school in Chemnitz and completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker from 1939 to 1942 . Then he worked in the profession. Drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1942, he was taken prisoner of war in Italy in 1945 . After his release he worked again as a toolmaker in Chemnitz between 1946 and 1948. In 1946 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).
In 1948/49 he was secretary of the works party organization at the IFA plant in Chemnitz and from 1949 to 1951 an instructor in the SED state leadership in Saxony . After a course at the SED state party school in Meissen , he was first second secretary in 1952, then first secretary of the SED district leadership in Grossenhain (until 1958). In 1956/57 he completed a distance learning course at the party college "Karl Marx" with a degree in social science. From 1958 to 1960 he was the first secretary of the SED district leadership in Zittau . From 1960 to 1964 he was the second secretary of the SED district leadership in Dresden . In 1963 he became a member of the Central Revision Commission of the SED (until 1989). Between 1964 and 1966, Eidner completed a degree at the Berlin School of Economics with a degree in economics. From 1966 to 1974 he acted as the second secretary of the SED district leadership in Potsdam. From 1967 he was a member of the Potsdam District Assembly . From 1974 to 1977 he was chairman of the Potsdam district council.
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1958) and in silver (1969)
literature
- Rosemarie Preuss: Eidner, Werner . In: 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. 151.
- Andreas Herbst , Gerd-Rüdiger Stephan, Jürgen Winkler (eds.): The SED. History, organization, politics. A manual. Dietz, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-320-01951-1 .
- Mario Niemann : Eidner, Werner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
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SURNAME | Eidner, Werner |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SED) |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |