Kurt Bürger

Kurt Bürger in 1949

Kurt Bürger (Karl Wilhelm Ganz; 27 August 1894 – 28 July 1951) was a German politician.

Bürger was born in Karlsruhe, Baden. From 1912 to 1918, he was a representative of the Social Democratic Party. In 1919, he was a cofounder of the Communist Party of Germany.

After World War II, he became a member of the East German Socialist Unity Party and served as minister-president of the East German State of Mecklenburg in 1951.[1][2]

On 28 July 1951, Bürger died in Schwerin.

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References

  1. ↑ Van Melis, Damian (1996). Entnazifizierung in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH. ISBN 978-3-486-56390-0.
  2. ↑ Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung (in German). Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus beim ZK der SED. 1969. p. 840.