Erwin Kramer

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Erwin Kramer
Minister of Transport
In office
1954–1970
Preceded byHans Reingruber
Succeeded byOtto Arndt
Member of the Volkskammer
In office
1958 – 1979
General Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
In office
1950 – 1970
Preceded byWilli Kreikemeyer
Succeeded byOtto Arndt
Personal details
Born22 August 1902
Germany
Died10 November 1979
East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Political partyKPD
SED
OccupationPolitician
Military service
AllegianceSpain Second Spanish Republic
Branch/service International Brigades
Years of service1937 – 1938
WarsSpanish Civil War

Erwin Kramer (22 August 1902 – 10 November 1979) was an

East German politician who served as both Minister of Transportation and General Director of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
.

Kramer was born in

Schneidemühl (Province of Posen) (today Piła, Poland), where he grew up. After a traineeship at the Reichsbahnausbessungswerk Schneidemühl he studied electrical engineering and railroadsciences at the Technical University of Berlin. He joined the Young Communist League of Germany in 1919, the Red Student's Aide in 1924-27 and the Communist Party of Germany in 1929. In 1930-32 Kramer worked as a workmaster for the Reichsbahn administration of Berlin.[1]

In 1932 Kramer emigrated to the Soviet Union and worked at the "Central Research Institute of Transportation" in Moscow. In 1937 he passed a course in "Military Tactics" at the Red Army's military school at Tambov and fought as a member of the XI. International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War.[2]

In 1939 he was interned in a

Samara (Kuybyshev)
in October 1941.

After

Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany and joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946. He became the head of the machinery technical branch of the German Economic Commission (Deutsche Wirtschaftskommission--DWK), the central economical administration of the Soviet Zone, and Deputy President of the Reichsbahn administration Berlin in 1946. In 1949 Kramer became the Deputy Director and in 1950 General Director of the Reichsbahn (until 1970), in 1953 Vice Minister of Transportation and 1954 Minister of Transportation (until 1970).[3]

Kramer was a member of the Central Committee of the SED (1954–1970) and member of the Volkskammer (1958–1979).

Kramer died in 1979 in Berlin.

References

  1. ^ Biography at Munzinger.de
  2. ISBN 3-320-02941-X
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  3. ^ Straschewski, Mike; Dittrich, Michael (16 June 2013). "Geschichte und Geschichten rund um die Berliner S-Bahn". Geschichte und Geschichten rund um die Berliner S-Bahn (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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