Karl Schirdewan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German politician
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Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
About Karl Schirdewan
- Karl Schirdewan (14 May 1907 – 14 July 1998) was a German communist activist who after 1945 became a top East German politician.During the mid 1950s Schirdewan was seen as a potential successor to Party General Secretary Walter Ulbricht, but in 1958 he fell out of favour.
- Ulbricht continued to lead the government till 1971 while 1958 was the year in which Schirdewan was thrown out of the Politburo and placed in charge of the National Archives at Potsdam, a position from which he retired in 1964 or 1965.
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| Description | German author, writer and photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1 March 1929 | 10 April 2006 | |
| Location of birth/death | Leipzig | Leipzig | |
| Work period | from 1945 until 2000s | ||
| Work location | Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig | ||
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| Renate Rössing
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| Description | German photographer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 15 April 1929 | 11 July 2005 | |
| Location of birth/death | Dresden | Leipzig | |
| Work period | from 1945 until 2000s | ||
| Work location | Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig | ||
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Source: Deutsche Fotothek
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE
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