Helen Berg ( German Helene Berg ; April 10, 1906 - February 21, 2006 ) - activist of the Communist Party of Germany, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, left German politician, activist of resistance against national socialism [2] . From 1958 to 1989, she was a member of the Central Committee of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the German Democratic Republic . Former director of the Berlin Academy of Social Sciences . Graduated from the Lenin International School.
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| Helene berg | |
| Date of Birth | April 10, 1906 |
| Place of Birth | Mannheim |
| Date of death | February 21, 2006 (99 years) |
| Place of death | |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| Occupation | politician, teacher |
| Education | Lenin International School |
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Biography
Helen Berg, maiden name Veser, was born on April 10, 1906 in the city of Mannheim . Her father had previously worked as a miller, had a forest business, his mother was a housewife. In 1923, Helen graduated from high school and began to master the sewing business.
In 1921, she became a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) SADGE ( Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend ) , which operated within the Social Democratic Party of Germany . In 1922, she joined the sectoral branch of trade union workers, and in 1924, Helen became a member of the Socialist Youth Association (KJVD).
In October 1927, she joined the German Communist Party (KKE) [3] .
Until 1928 she held senior positions in the party in Baden-Baden, then went to study in the USSR. In Moscow, she went to study at the International Lenin School . She studied until 1931, took Soviet citizenship . In 1929, she became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . In 1931, she returned to Germany, where she occupied high positions in the German Communist Party (KKE). In 1931-1932 she was an instructor in the agitation and propaganda department in Berlin . In 1932, she became the secretary of the KPG agitation and propaganda department for the Hannover region.
In 1933, political parties were banned in Germany and Helen switched to underground work in the party. In 1933 she was the secretary of the Agitprop district of Halle . In 1934–1935 she worked as a party instructor under the pseudonym "Lotte" in the city of Saar . In 1935 she left for France , from where she emigrated to the USSR . In the USSR, she worked under the "party nickname" Helen Berg. Under this name she began to live after the end of the Second World War .
Moscow
From 1935 to 1937, Helen Berg worked in Moscow at the International Lenin School , participated in the German labor movement. In 1938, she got a job on radio in Moscow, then as a consultant at the Soyuzmultfilm children's film studio .
Until 1941, she worked with the German historian Rudolf Lindau , studying the history of the KPD. During the war years she worked in the leadership of the German branch of the Comintern . It was evacuated near Ufa ( Kushnarenkovo village).
In East Germany
After the war, in April 1946, Berg returned to East Germany , became a member of the new ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the country, got a teaching job at the Karl Marx Higher Party School in Liebenwald . In 1951, appointed and. about. Academy Director Karl Marx Academy, remaining in this position until 1958.
From 1954 to 1958, Berg was a candidate for the Central Committee of the party, from 1958 to 1989 - a member of the Central Committee of the party. From 1958 to 1971 she worked as an editor of the international political newspaper Problems of Peace and Socialism . In 1979, she retired, while remaining working from 1979 to 1989 as a consultant in the Department of International Relations of the Central Committee.
Family
Berg was married to GDR First Minister of Education Paul Wandel . Helen Berg passed away on February 21, 2006, just seven weeks before her hundredth birthday.
Awards
- Clara Zetkin Medal (1955)
- Order For Services to the Fatherland (GDR) in silver (1956)
- Order of the Banner of Labor (1965)
- Order of Karl Marx 1966 ()
- Order of Merit in Gold (1968)
- Order of Honor in Gold (1971)
- Order "Star of Friendship of Peoples" in gold (1976)
- Big Star of Friendship of Peoples in Gold (1981)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1012764672 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Helmut Müller-Enbergs .Berg, Helene (Lene) geb. Veser * 10.4.1906, † 21.2.2006: SED-Funktionärin, Direktorin des Instituts für Gesellschaftswissenschaften beim ZK der SED . Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. The date of appeal is November 16, 2014.
- ↑ GOTTFRIED HAMACHER unter Mittbeit von André Lohmar, Herbert Mayer, Günter Wehner und Harald Wittstock Gegen Hitler. Deutsche in der Résistance, in den Streitkräften der Antihitlerkoalition und der Bewegung "Freies Deutschland" Kurzbiografien (Reihe: Manuskripte / Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung; Bd. 53) . Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung iA Karl Dietz , Berlin (2005). The appeal date is November 15, 2014.