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Journalist, writer, politician (1902?1982)
Alexander Abusch
(14 February 1902 ? 27 January 1982)
[1]
was a German journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician.
According to one source he was born into a Jewish family in
Krakow
,
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
,
Austria-Hungary
.
[1]
According to another source, he was born in
Nuremberg
,
[2]
where, in the suburb of
Gostenhof
, he grew up, attended school, served his apprenticeship and had his first full-time job.
[1]
His father worked as a
coachman
and scrap metal dealer, and later opened a hat shop. His mother also worked as a small trader.
[1]
Abusch joined the
Communist Party of Germany
(KPD) in 1918. He was editor of several KPD publications. In 1937, he became part of the exiled KPD leadership in Paris, later in
Toulouse
. In 1941, he moved to
Mexico
, where he became a member of the
Free Germany Movement
. Between 1948 and 1950 he was part of the party leadership of the
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
. He worked as a
Secret Informer
for the
Stasi
. Between 1958 and 1961 he served as Minister of Culture of the
German Democratic Republic
(East Germany).
[3]
It was in his role as Minister of Culture that he ordered the demolition of princely castle of Putbus on Rugen.
[4]
He published under the
pen name
Ernst Reinhardt.
[1]
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