Ernst Goldenbaum

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East German politician

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Field	Value
name	Ernst Goldenbaum
image	Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-85676-0001, Berlin, Mauerbau, Volkspolizei.jpg
caption	Goldenbaum and members of the Volkspolizei near the Berlin Wall, 1961
office1	Chairman of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
term_start1	1948
term_end1	1982
predecessor1	office established
successor1	Ernst Mecklenburg
office2	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
(East Germany)
term_start2	1949
term_end2	1950
predecessor2	office established
successor2	Paul Scholz
office3	Member of the Volkskammer
term_start3	1949
term_end3	1990
office4	Mayor of Parchim
term_start4	1945
term_end4	1945
predecessor4	Rudolf Prestien
successor4	Otto Schmidt
office5	Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
term_start5	1924
term_end5	1932
birth_date
birth_place	Parchim, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire
death_date
death_place	East Berlin, East Germany (now Berlin, Germany)
party	Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (1948–1990)
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946–1948)
Communist Party of Germany (1920–1946)
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1919–1920)
spouse	Käte Goldenbaum
(1925-1951)
children

| awards = Order of Karl Marx (1973) Star of People's Friendship (1969) Hero of Labour (1968) Patriotic Order of Merit, honor clasp (1965) Banner of Labor (1964) Medal for Fighters Against Fascism (1959) Patriotic Order of Merit, in gold (1958) Patriotic Order of Merit, in silver (1955) (1955) | allegiance = German Empire | branch = Imperial German Army | serviceyears = 1917-1918 | unit = | battles =

First World War
- Western Front (WIA)

Ernst Goldenbaum (15 December 1898, Parchim – 13 March 1990, East Berlin) was a German politician who served as the chairman of the Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany from 1948 to 1982.

Biography

Goldenbaum was born in Parchim, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. During World War I, he served in the Imperial German Army and he participated in the German November Revolution. In 1919, he joined the left-wing USPD and a few years later the Communist Party of Germany.

From 1923 to 1925, he was a member of the city council of Parchim, and from 1924 to 1932 he was a member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. From 1932 to 1933, he was the editor of Volkswacht, a communist newspaper. After the Nazis seized power, he became a farmer and a member of the German resistance.

In 1944, he was arrested and he spent the last year of the war in Neuengamme concentration camp. In 1945, he was one of very few who survived the sinking of the SS Cap Arcona which claimed over 4000 lives.

After the war, he joined the Socialist Unity Party (SED), but in 1948, he co-founded the communist-sponsored Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD). The DBD was a close ally of the SED as a bloc party or a satellite party. Until 1982, Goldenbaum was the chairman of the party.

From 1949 to 1990 Goldenbaum was a member of the People's Chamber (Volkskammer). From 1949 to 1950, Goldenbaum was East Germany's first Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Goldenbaum supported the SED's collectivisation in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1963, he was the deputy chairman of the People's Chamber. After 1963, he was a member of the Presidium of the People's Chamber.

References

Müller-Enbergs, Helmut. (2010). "Wer war wer in der DDR? Ein Lexikon ostdeutscher Biographien". Ch. Links Verlag.

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