Gerhard Beil
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Gerhard Beil (28 May 1926,
Life
After completing primary school, Beil trained as a commercial clerk. From 1943 to 1945 he was with the
In 1945 he became a locksmith and worked in the sales department of
In 1949 Beil joined the
From 1961 Beil worked again in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, initially as head of Western Europe (until 1965), 1969 to 1976 as
From 1976 he was a candidate, from 1981 to 1989 member of the
Beil was one of the authors of the "Analysis of the Economic Situation of the GDR with Conclusions" together with
Until his retirement, Gerhard Beil was an advisor to the Government of Maizière.
Beil and his wife were members of the party Die Linke. Gerhard Beil saw himself as a communist.[2]
Gerhard Beil died on 19 August 2010 of heart failure in Berlin-Karolinenhof.[3]
Literature
- Gerhard Beil: Foreign trade and politics. A Minister remembers , Berlin: ISBN 978-3-360-01805-2.
- Lothar de Maizière: I don't want my children to have to lie anymore , Freiburg: Herder, 2010, ISBN 978-3-451-30355-5, pp. 98–100, 105.
References
- ^ Gerhard Beil: Politician who helped bring down the Berlin Wall, The Independent Obituary, 6 November 2010.
- ^ a b Young World: A Solitaire, 21 August 2010 wording of the article Archived 12 April 2013 at archive.today
- ^ "Die halbe Wahrheit – Gerhard Beil verstorben. Das leztes Zeugnis eines Außenhändlers" (in German). neues-deutschland.de (fee-based). Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.