Lotte Ulbricht

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Lotte and Walter Ulbricht, 1967

Charlotte "Lotte" Ulbricht (

East German leader Walter Ulbricht
.

Biography

She was born the younger of two children in

compositor at a foreign language printer, and later for the Comintern until 1945.[1]

Walter and Lotte Ulbricht at the Leipzig Trade Fair, 1964

Kühn's older brother, Bruno, was discovered by the Gestapo in Amsterdam in 1943, working as a radio operator for the NKVD. He was executed in 1944, probably in Brussels.

Until 1947, she was a member of the central committee of the Communist Party. After 1947, she was a personal assistant to Walter Ulbricht, whom she knew from their time in Moscow, where they lived at the

speeches and writings published by the Institute. She closely oversaw the editorial board members of the SED publications, namely Einheit and Neuer Weg.[2]

In addition, she was a member of the Women's Commission of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and of the

Grand Star of Friendship of Nations
.

In a rare interview, after German reunification, in 1990, she complained that "Honecker wasted my husband's inheritance".[1][3][note 1]

Ulbricht died on 27 March 2002. She lived at 12 Majakowskiring Street, Pankow, Berlin. She and Walter adopted a Russian girl, Beate Ulbricht (1944–1991).

Notes

  1. ^ "Honecker hat das Erbe meines Mannes verspielt"

References

  1. ^
    Associated Press News
    . Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. JSTOR 45367976
    .
  3. ^ Leinkauf, Thomas (28 March 2002). "Exil am Majakowskiring". Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 19 March 2014.

External links

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