Cultural Association of the GDR

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Cultural Association of the GDR
Kulturbund der DDR
Formation8 August 1945
Dissolved1990
Headquarters East Berlin
Location
Membership (1987)
273,000
Chairman
Johannes Robert Becher (1949–1958)
Max Burghardt (1958–1977)
Hans Pischner (1977–1990)
Celebration of the association's first birthday in 1946. Prominent in the front row are the painter Max Pechstein (left) and Berlin's first post-war mayor, Arthur Werner (right). Fotothek df pk 0000220 017 Portrats, Prof. (Max ^) Pechstein, (Johannes^) Stroux, Kraus, Benedik, Lederer,.jpg
Celebration of the association's first birthday in 1946. Prominent in the front row are the painter Max Pechstein (left) and Berlin's first post-war mayor, Arthur Werner (right).

The Cultural Association of the GDR (German : Kulturbund der DDR, KB) was a federation of local clubs in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It formed part of the Socialist Unity Party-led National Front, and sent representatives to the Volkskammer. The association had numerous writers as its member, including Willi Bredel, Fritz Erpenbeck, Bernhard Kellermann, Victor Klemperer, Anna Seghers, Bodo Uhse, Arnold Zweig. Its first chairman was Johannes Robert Becher.

Wilfried Maaß was the Secretary of Kulturbund 1984–1990. [1] As of 1987, membership stood at 273,000. [2]

Chairmen of the Cultural Association of the GDR

NameEntered OfficeLeft Office
Johannes Robert Becher 19491958
Max Burghardt 19581977
Hans Pischner 19771990

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References

  1. "Wilfried Maaß, Bundesarchiv".
  2. Dirk Jurich, Staatssozialismus und gesellschaftliche Differenzierung: eine empirische Studie, p.32. LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, ISBN   3825898938