Willi Ehrlich

Willi Ehrlich (born January 13, 1916 in Leipzig ; † October 9, 1977 ) was a German politician ( SED ) and cultural functionary. Among other things, he was Lord Mayor of Görlitz and Director of the Goethe National Museum of the National Research and Memorial Sites of Classical German Literature (now the Klassik Stiftung Weimar ).

Life

Ehrlich, son of a metalworker, learned the profession of typesetter . He joined the Socialist Workers' Youth . In 1933 he became a member of the Communist Party of Germany .

After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, Ehrlich and his brother, the architect Franz Ehrlich, participated in the illegal struggle of the KPD. In 1934 he was arrested and sentenced by the Higher Regional Court to four years in prison. In 1942 he was drafted into the 999 Penal Battalion . He became a US prisoner of war , where he remained until 1946.

In 1946 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and worked as a department head for economics and economic planning of the Leipzig city ​​administration , later as a department head for internal administration and as deputy mayor of Leipzig. From October 1950 to 1954 he was Lord Mayor of Görlitz. Ehrlich was relieved of this position because of "capitulant behavior on June 17, 1953 ".

He then worked as administrative director of the Dresden University of Technology . In 1958 he became first secretary of the party organization of the SED at the Technical University or Technical University of Dresden. In 1964 he came to the National Research and Memorial Centers for Classical German Literature (NFG) as part of the “Workers' Movement and Classics” project . In November 1965, he received his doctorate at the Humboldt University of Berlin about the kingdom of Trustees for efficiency or the rationalization of Trustees of the German economy to Dr. rer. oec.

In the same year he became director of the Goethe National Museum of the National Research and Memorial Sites in Weimar .

Fonts

• Socialism and classicism . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1964.
• The "Reichskuratorium für Wirtschaftlichkeit" and the "Rationalisierungskuratorium der Deutschen Wirtschaft" - an organization of the German monopolies: a study of the history of ideas . Berlin, Humboldt University, 1965 (dissertation).
• Red October and classic German literature . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1967.
• Bad Lauchstädt . Historic spa facilities and Goethe Theater . National Research Centers and Memorials of Classical German Literature, Weimar 1968 (7th edition, 1981).
• The Wittumspalais in Weimar . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1970 (10th edition, 1982; new edition 1984).
  • Вдовий дворец в Веймаре (Russian translation, 1972)
  • Vdovský palác ve Výmaru (Czech translation, 1974).
  • Özvegyi-palota Weimarban (Hungarian translation, 1974).
  • Palac Wittumspalais w Weimarze (Polish translation, 1975).
  • Le palais de la douairière à Weimar (French translation, 1975).
• Goethehaus Stützerbach . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1972.
• Goethe Memorial Jagdhaus Gabelbach . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1971.
• Charles Gore . A painter and draftsman in Anna Amalia's round table . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1971.
• (together with Marie-Luise Kahler): Goethe's mineralogy collection . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1972
• Ilmenau , Gabelbach, Stützerbach. The Goethe memorials and the “In Goethe's footsteps” hiking trail . National research and memorial sites for classical German literature, Weimar 1972 (5th edition 1990).
• Kochberg Castle . Goethe memorial . National Research Centers and Memorials of Classical German Literature, Weimar 1975 (9th edition, 1983).
• Adam Friedrich Oeser : friend and teacher of Winckelmann and Goethe . Winckelmann Society, Stendal 1976.
• The Herder Museum in Morąg . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1977.
  • Pamie̜ci JG Herdera (Polish translation, 1978).
• (together with Alfred Paszkowiak): Weimar . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1977.
• The Roman house in the park on the Ilm . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1977.
• Goethe's house on Frauenplan in Weimar . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1978 (9th edition 1990).
  • Дом Гете на Фрауенплане в Веймаре (Russian translation, 1979, 5th edition 1990).
  • Goethe's house on the Frauenplan at Weimar (English translation, 1980; 3rd edition, 1989).
  • Goethův dům na Frauenplánu ve Výmaru (Czech translation, 1980, 2nd edition, 1988).
• Goethehaus Stützerbach . National research and memorial centers for classical German literature, Weimar 1985

Awards

• National Prize of the GDR 2nd class (collective, 1969)
• Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze

literature

• Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . Volume II. Arani-Verlag, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 59.
• Günther Buch: names and dates. Biographies of important people in the GDR. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1973, ISBN 3-8012-0020-5 , p. 55.
• 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. 148.
• Lothar Ehrlich, Gunther Mai (Hrsg.): Weimar Classics in the Ulbricht era . Böhlau, Köln / Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-412-13399-X , p. 324.

Web links

• Short biography from the page "Old Town Görlitz".