Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1985 - 10 Pfennig

Meritorious Personalities of the German Workers 'Movement, Edition 1985 The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes three special postage stamps depicting meritorious personalities of the German workers' movement. No Special First Day Cover Special cancellation from 8 January to 7 March 1985 Meritorious Persons of the German Workers Movement, Edition 1985 Anton Ackermann Eugen Hanisch, became known under the 1935 adopted code name Anton Ackermann, was on 25 December 1905 in Thalheim (Erzgebirge) as the son of a Worker family born. After the elementary school first one year laborer in a cardboard factory, then worked as a trained hosiery until 1928 in Thalheim. With the school dismissal 1920 entrance into the KJD and in the union. In August 1927 admission as a member of the KPD in the Ortsgruppe Thalheim. In 1929 delegated by the KPD to the semester course to the International Lenin School in Moscow. Because of his good achievements then completion of the basic course and simultaneous use as a lecturer at the Leninschule. 1931 short-term work in the propaganda department of the Central Committee of the KPD in Berlin, then from 1932 to 1933 lecturer and aspirant at the International Lenin School. In March 1933 return to the illegal work to Germany. As an employee of the illegal state leadership of the KPD under John Schehr and later political leader of the KPD district leadership Anton Ackermann had a significant share in the transformation of the party on the battle conditions of illegality. 1935 participation in the VII World Congress of the Communist International and at the Brussels party conference of the Communist Party, which elected him a member of the Central Committee and candidate of the Politburo. During the emigration from 1935 to 1945 as an employee of the operational foreign leadership of the KPD in Prague and Paris as well as the leadership of the KPD in Moscow played a decisive role in the organization of the anti-fascist resistance struggle; In 1943 co-founder of the National Committee "Free Germany" and editor-in-chief of the radio station of the same name until 1945. Returning to Germany in the last days of the war, Anton Ackermann was the leader of the initiative group of the Central Committee of the KPD in the state of Saxony leading the creation of anti-fascist-democratic self-governing organs and elaboration He was a member of the central block committee of the four anti-fascist-democratic parties and was a member of the study commission for the preparation of the unification of the KPD and SPD After the unification for many years member of the party executive committee of the SED and the central committee The SED and member of the Central Secretariat and candidate of the Politburo Co-founder of the Kulturbund and member of the Presidential Council of the Kulturbund since 1945. From 1946 to 1950 member of the Landtag in Saxony and from 1949 to 1954 Member of the Volkskammer Founding of the GDR with the exercise of important functions in the central state apparatus entrusted: 1949-1953 Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1954-1958 Head of the Central Film Administration in the newly formed Ministry of Culture and Deputy Minister, 1958 until his serious illness 1962 Member and Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission. Anton Ackermann died on May 4, 1973 in Berlin.