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Heinz Eichler (14 November 1927 – 12 September 2013) was a German politician who served as the Secretary of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic or East Germany.[1]
Early life and education
Heinz Eichler was born to a working-class family in Leipzig. He join the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) in 1944 at the age of sixteen.[2] He graduated from the University of Leipzig in 1950.
Political career
After World War II, Eichler became an employee of the Oschatz District Council. He joined the Communist Party of Germany and became a member of the Oschatz District Anti-Fascist Youth Committee. In 1946, Eichler joined the Free German Youth and became a member of the Socialist Unity Party after the merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany.[3] After taking courses at the Socialist Unity Party State Party School in Ottendorf, Eichler was elected to the Oschatz District Board of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and remained there until 1948.
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