Paul Merker
East German politician (1894-1969) · Politicians · Died at 75
Paul Merker was a German trade unionist and politician of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) who later became a leading official of East Germany's ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).
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The airship hall at Yambol where the German Empire operated a military base during the First World War, and where Paul Merker served as a soldier.
Merker's official Landtag portrait, 1925
Merker (far left) with several other East German dignitaries, 1946
Otto Grotewohl (front, second from right) and Merker (front, third from right) at the inauguration of the Soviet memorial in Treptow, 1949Awards
About this person
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1894 to 1969 · aged 75
