Paul Merker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Merker

East German politician

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1894

Place of Birth: Oberlößnitz, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 13-May-1969

Profession: politician, resistance fighter, trade unionist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Paul Merker (1 February 1894, in Oberlößnitz – 13 May 1969, in Eichwalde) was an activist member of Germany's Communist Party (KPD / Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) who later became a politician and a top official of East Germany's ruling SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany/Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands).Merker featured for several years in the show trial culture of the time, placed under a lengthy investigation process that formally began in 1950, and jailed for eight years as a spy in 1955.
Released less than a year later, he appeared as a reluctant witness against his friend Walter Janka at another show trial in 1957.