Ernst Lohagen | |
|---|---|
 Ernst Lohagen Roger & Renate Rössing, 1951 | |
| Born | 12 May 1897 |
| Died | 2 November 1971 (aged 74) |
| Occupation(s) | Political activist Senior politician |
| Political party | KPD SED |
| Spouse | Paula Niewöhner (1897-1942) |
Ernst Lohagen (12 May 1897 - 2 November 1971) was a German politician (KPD, SED). He was a member both of the German parliament (Reichstag) before the Nazis took power in 1933 and of the East German equivalent assembly between 1946 and 1952, although under the Leninist power structure applied in East Germany it was his membership of the party Central Committee till 1952 that was of greater significance.[1]
He suffered a fall from grace in February 1952 and never recovered his former political influence.[2][3]
A record of political activism meant that he spent most of the twelve Nazi years in state detention: Lohagen's wife was murdered in Auschwitz.[4]
- ^ Bernd-Rainer Barth; Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Lohagen, Ernst * 12.5.1897, † 2.11.1971 Vorsitzender der SED-Landesleitung Sachsen". "Wer war wer in der DDR?" (top half of the web page). Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "SED - Nie mehr betrunken". Der Spiegel (online). 12 March 1952. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Purges and arrests in the GDR" (PDF). Information from foreign documents or radio broadcasts ... sanitized copy approved for release 2011/09/23. Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington DC. 26 February 1952. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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