List of Volkskammer members (3rd election period)

This list provides an overview of all members of the Volkskammer of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the 3rd legislative period (1958–1963).

Composition

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In the Volkskammer election of 1958, according to official figures, 99.87% of the voters supported the proposal put forth by the National Front.

Faction Seats of East German Deputies Seats of Deputies from Greater Berlin Total Seats According to Party Affiliation
SED 100 17 117
DBD 45 7 52
CDU 45 7 52
LDPD 45 7 52
NDPD 45 7 52
FDGB 45 8 53 -
DFD 25 4 29 -
FDJ 25 4 29 -
Kulturbund 15 3 18 -
VdgB[1] 10 2 12 -
Independent
Total 400 66 466

The election did not influence the strength of the factions. Their size was predetermined. The right column of the above table reflects the party affiliations of the members of the FDGB, DFD, FDJ, VdgB, and Kulturbund factions.

Presidium

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Faction Leaders

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Deputies

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Name Faction Notes
Kurt Abendroth DBD no longer a Member of Parliament from October 4, 1960
Moritz Abt CDU
Alexander Abusch KB
Richard Adam CDU
Wilhelm Adam NDPD
Rudolf Agsten LDPD
Lieschen Ahrendt DBD
Otto Albrecht VdgB on April 25, 1960, for Rep. Benecke moved up
Kurt Anclam LDPD
Georg André NDPD no longer a Member of Parliament from April 17, 1963
Herbert Angermann LDPD no longer a Member of Parliament from April 25, 1960
Luise Angermann DBD
Erich Apel SED
Heinz Arnold VdgB
Hermann Axen SED Berlin representative
August Bach CDU
Walter Badke FDJ
Friedrich Ball FDGB
Erwin Bär DBD
Fritz Barth SED
Karl-Heinrich Barthel NDPD
Bruno Baum SED Berlin representative
Edith Baumann SED
Helga Baumgärtel FDJ
Erich Baumgarten NDPD
Gertrude Below DBD
Otto Benecke VdgB deceased on March 4, 1960
Hilde Benjamin SED
Gerhard Bensch LDPD on January 24, 1962, for Rep. Pridöhl moved up
Charlotte Bergmann LDPD
Hans Bertram LDPD Berlin representative
Dietrich Besler VdgB Berlin representative
Wilhelm Beyer DBD on October 4, 1960, for the Ab. victory moved up
Jost Biedermann CDU Berlin representative
Walter Biering SED
Otto Binger NDPD Berlin representative
Horst Bischek SED
Gerhard Bläsing SED
Karl Blue NDPD
Rudolf Blue SED
Ursula Blue FDGB
Waldemar Bogenschneider FDJ
Georg Böhm DBD
Otto Böhnhardt FDGB
Lothar Bolz NDPD
Herbert Born DBD
Alois Bräutigam SED
Walter Breitfeld SED
Arno Brömme SED
Magdalene Bruckmann VdgB
Hans Brückner LDPD
Theodor Brugsch KB Berlin representative

died on July 11, 1963

Walter Buchheim SED
Otto Buchwitz SED Senior President
Hermann Budzislawski FDGB
Heinz Buss LDPD
Erich Correns KB
Franz Cott DBD
Bruno Curth DBD
Georg Dalibor FDJ
Elfriede Dallmann NDPD Berlin representative
Siegfried Dallmann NDPD
Kurt Debes NDPD
Gerd Delenschke NDPD Berlin representative
Johannes Dieckmann LDPD President of the People's Chamber
Karl-Heinz Diedrich FDGB
Ilse Dietze CDU
Ursula Dirumdam FDJ
Marta Dittmar SED
Irma Dockhorn FDJ
Rudolf Dölling SED
Walter Dörner DBD
Otto Dohne SED Berlin representative

no longer a Member of Parliament from April 17, 1963

Konrad Dorow FDGB Berlin representative
Maria Drechsler FDJ
Gerhard Dziallas FDGB
Klaus-Jürgen Ebelt LDPD
Friedrich Ebert SED Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Hugo Eckardt KB on July 6, 1961, for the Ab. Meusel moved up
Charlotte Eichler FDGB Berlin representative
Rudolf Eichhorn CDU
Franz Eiselt CDU
Elfriede Eisold FDGB
Ilse Endter FDJ
Christine Enke LDPD
Gerhilde Engelhardt LDPD Berlin representative
died on June 7, 1959
Luise Ermisch SED
Arno Ettrich SED
Theodor Eversmann CDU
Martha Faust FDGB deceased on June 10, 1962
Wilhelm Feldmann NDPD
Gerhard Fickel CDU
Gerhard Fischer LDPD Berlin representative
Manfred Flegel NDPD
Rosemarie Flesch CDU
Fritz Flint CDU Berlin representative
Peter Florin SED
Hans Heinrich Franck KB deceased on December 21, 1962
Dieter Franke DBD on October 4, 1960, for the Ab. Abendroth moved up
Willi Franke NDPD on April 17, 1963, for Rep. Rosenthal moved up
Erich Franz KB died on February 10, 1961
Reinhold Franz DBD
Anna Frenzel SED
Helmut Friedrich CDU Berlin representative
Ursula Friedrich CDU
Ruth Fritzsche FDJ
Paul Fröhlich SED
Gisela Fuchs DFD
Wilhelm Funder NDPD
Otto Funke SED
Richard Gebel NDPD
Paul Geisler FDGB
Manfred Gerlach LDPD
Alfred Geßner LDPD on October 19, 1962, for the Ab. Nicely moved up
Erich Giebner SED died on February 8, 1960
Ernst-Joachim Gießmann KB
Else Girke SED
Gerald Götting CDU
Margarete Götzelt FDGB
Eduard Götzl SED
Arnold Gohr CDU Berlin representative
Ernst Goldenbaum DBD
Harry Goldschmidt LDPD
Hans Gorzynski CDU
Günther Graul FDGB
Kurt Gregor SED
Fritz Greuner LDPD
Hermann Grimm LDPD
Karl Grittke SED Berlin representative
Grete Groh-Kummerlöw FDGB Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Roberta Gropper FDGB Berlin representative
Otto Grotewohl SED
Gerhard Grüneberg SED
Erich Grützner FDGB
Kurt Grulich DBD
Herbert greeting FDGB
Hildegard Günther DBD
Hans Güth CDU Berlin representative
on March 28, 1962, for the deputy Mascher moved up
Nelly Haalck CDU
Heinz Haase DBD Berlin representative
Sonja Haberkorn DFD on April 17, 1963, for Dept. Thälmann moved up
Kurt Hager SED
Martha Hagel SED Berlin representative
Kurt Hahn LDPD
Emmy Handke DFD Berlin representative
Georg Handke SED deceased on September 7, 1962
Ludwig Harms CDU
Robert Havemann KB
Werner Heidinger NDPD
Emma Heinrich CDU
Horst Heinrich NDPD
Artur Helbing FDGB
Katharina Helbing DFD Berlin representative
Walter Hellbach SED
Leonhard Helmschrott DBD
Otto Hemmann FDGB on October 4, 1960, for the Ab. Orlop moved up
Georg Hempel LDPD
Adolf Hennecke SED
Gertrud Henseler VdgB
Elsa Hentschke SED
Hans Herkner DBD
Friedrich Herte CDU
Hans-Joachim Heusinger LDPD on March 24, 1961, for Rep. hole moved up
Wolfgang Heyl CDU
Ursula Hintze NDPD
Frida Hockauf FDGB
Friedel Hoff CDU
Ernst Hoffmann SED Berlin representative
Heinz Hoffmann SED
Herbert Hoffmann DBD
Werner Hohlfeld FDGB
Gertrud Holl DFD
Heinrich Homann NDPD Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Erich Honecker FDJ
Ernst Höppner FDGB
Ursula Hörenz FDGB
Irene Hornemann LDPD
Walter Hruschka FDGB on March 28, 1962, for Rep. Svihalek moved up
Gustav Hübner FDGB
Max Hübner FDGB
Martha Israel SED on April 17, 1963, for Rep. M. Müller moved up
Gisela Jänsch DFD Berlin representative

on April 17, 1963, for Dept. Saefkow moved up

Hans Jendretzky SED
Max Jühnichen DBD
Hertha Jung CDU Berlin representative
Karl-Heinz Just LDPD Berlin representative
Erna Kadow SED Berlin representative
Hermann Kalb CDU
Otto Kalb CDU Fled to West Germany in 1960
Hans-Joachim Kalke DBD
Martha Kanow VdgB
Fritz Karguth SED on April 17, 1963, for Rep. Handke moved up
Fritz Karsunke DBD
Rolf Kaulfersch NDPD
Karl Kayser SED
Jörgen Keiderling LDPD Berlin representative moved up on March 28, 1962
Wally Keller DFD
Katharina Kern DFD
Erika Kessler NDPD
Heinz Kessler FDJ
Hans Kiefert SED Berlin representative
Bruno Kiesler SED
Friedrich Kind CDU
Alfred Kirchner SED on September 30, 1959, for the Abg. H. Lehmann moved up
Franz Kirchner CDU
Rudolf Kirchner FDGB
Günter Kirsten FDJ
Werner Klütsch DBD
Herbert Koch CDU
Minna Köhler SED
Bernard Koenen SED
Wilhelm Koenen SED died on October 19, 1963
Walter König NDPD
Erwin Körber DBD
Willi-Peter Konzok LDPD
Gertrud Korb KB
Werner Kraft NDPD
Erwin Kramer SED
Erwin Krause SED
Johanna Krause DBD
Otto Krauss LDPD
Kurt Krenz SED
Horst Kreter NDPD
Erich Kripstädt FDJ Berlin representative
Herbert Kröger SED
Anton Krückl CDU
Ernst Krüger FDGB
Margot Krüger NDPD
Charlotte Küter KB
Alfred Kurella SED
Paul Kurzawa SED
Herbert Countryman CDU Berlin representative
Gerhard Lange CDU on March 24, 1961, for Rep. Otto Kalb moved up
Günther Lauterbach FDJ
Karl Laux KB
Erich Lehmann FDGB Berlin representative
Heinz Lehmann LDPD
Helmut Lehmann SED died on February 9, 1959
Irene Lehmann DFD
Otto Lehmann FDGB
Robert Lehmann FDJ
Fritz Leimbach LDPD
Johannes Leipoldt CDU
Arno von Lenski NDPD
Benno Lentzsch FDGB Berlin representative
Heinz Leubner FDGB on April 17, 1963, for Dept. Faust moved up
Harri Leupold LDPD Berlin representative
Bruno Leuschner SED
Günter Liebig LDPD died on February 5, 1962
Gerhard Lindner LDPD Berlin representative
Marianne List LDPD
Heinz List DBD
Hans Loch LDPD died on July 13, 1960
Manfred Löffler LDPD on October 19, 1962, for the Ab. A. Otto moved up
Jonny Lohr NDPD
Werner Lorenz SED
Gerhard Lucht VdgB
Eva Ludwig NDPD Berlin representative
Helmut Ludwig NDPD
Margaret Ludwig FDGB
Käte Lüders DFD Berlin representative
Elisabeth Lüer FDGB
Kurt Lüftner NDPD
Franz Lukowiak CDU
Paul Luzemann FDGB
Hans Marchand LDPD
Erich Markowitsch SED
Karl Maron SED
Hans-Joachim Martens LDPD Complementary to a semi-public textile company
Werner Marx DBD Berlin representative
Heinz-Wolfram Mascher CDU Berlin representative
arrested on August 26, 1961
Werner Masseck NDPD deceased on August 27, 1962
Hermann Matern SED 1st Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Klaus Matschoß FDJ Berlin representative
Georg Matthias DBD
Friedrich Mayer CDU
Georg Mayer SED
Walter Mechler LDPD
Heinrich Meier NDPD
Helene Meinhold DFD
Horst Meischner NDPD
Kurt Menger DBD Berlin representative
Other Brand DBD
Alexander Mette KB Berlin representative
Alfred Meusel KB deceased on September 10, 1960
Charlotte Mewes DFD
Karl Mewis SED
Erich Mielke SED
Rudolf Mitschke SED Berlin representative

on April 17, 1963, for Rep. Dohne moved up

Hans Modrow FDJ Berlin representative
Otto Möller NDPD
Heinrich Moritz CDU
Karl Mörl CDU
Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt DFD
Erich Mückenberger SED
Frieda Müller DBD Berlin representative
Hans Müller FDGB Berlin representative died on March 12, 1962
Helmut Müller FDJ
Max Müller SED no longer a Member of Parliament from April 17, 1963
Gerhard Münch NDPD
Karl Namokel FDJ
Luise Nattermüller DFD
Hans Nechels SED
Barbara Neuhaus DBD Berlin representative
Heinz Neukrantz FDGB Berlin representative
Alfred Neumann SED
Anni Neumann FDGB
Wilhelm Neumann FDGB died April 17, 1963
Elisabeth Nitschke DFD
Albert Norden SED
Hans-Georg Oehm CDU
Georg Ohm SED
Dora Opitz DFD
Max Opitz SED
Josef Orlopp FDGB Berlin representative died on April 7, 1960
Ernst Ostermeyer LDPD deceased on June 23, 1962
Herbert Ott LDPD
Adolf Otto LDPD deceased on April 7, 1962
Martha Pässold DBD
Fritz Panteleit DBD
Margarethe Paul NDPD
Willy Perk FDGB Berlin representative
on April 17, 1963, for the deputy H. Müller moved up
Walter Petersohn SED
Friedrich Pfaffenbach NDPD Berlin representative
Susanne Pfannenberg CDU
Paul Pflock LDPD
Erwin Pingel DBD
Werner mushroom FDJ
Hans Pitra KB Berlin representative
Anneliese Pischker DFD
Alois Pisnik SED
Anton Plenikowski SED
Arthur Ploetz SED
Brigitte Pluntke FDJ
Hans-Joachim Pohl KB on April 17, 1963, for Rep. Franck moved up
Karl Polak SED
Emil Posch LDPD
Lydia Poser SED
Charlotte Praechter DFD
Charlotte Praße DFD
Elfriede Prautzsch DFD
Ernst Pridöhl LDPD deceased on June 23, 1961
Günter Prillwitz FDGB
Emma Puppel VdgB
Bernhard Quandt SED
Ernst-August Rabe LDPD
Wolfgang Ranft CDU
Erich Rätsch SED
Heinrich Rau SED deceased on March 23, 1961
Herbert Recknagel CDU
Fritz Reck SED Berlin representative
Hans Reichelt DBD
Rudi Reichert FDJ
Paul Reim SED Berlin representative
Helmut Ressel CDU on January 24, 1962, for Rep. Saxons moved up
Elli Reuter DFD
Fritz Reuter SED
Hermann Richter NDPD on October 4, 1960, for the Ab. Thiele moved up
Walter Riedel CDU
Hans Rietz DBD
Heinz Ritter LDPD
Ilse Rodenberg NDPD Berlin representative
Heinz Röhrer CDU
Hansjürgen Rösner CDU
Wolfgang Rösser NDPD
Berthold Rose DBD
Fritz Rosenmüller NDPD
Herbert Rosenthal NDPD died on July 3, 1962
Florentiene Rossa DFD Berlin representative

Resignation announced on July 31, 1963

Ewald Roßbach DBD
Erich Rost LDPD Berlin representative
on April 25, 1960, for the Dept. Engelhardt moved up
Siegfried Roth NDPD
Christian-Wilhelm Rowoldt NDPD
Otto Rühle NDPD
Willy hull SED
Other Runge DFD
Hermann Ruthenberg SED
Wolfgang Saxony CDU died on February 4, 1961
Otto Sadler CDU
Aenne Saefkow SED Berlin representative
deceased on August 4, 1962
Gertrud Sasse LDPD
Max Skull FDGB
Elisabeth Schäfer NDPD
Willy Schäfer DBD
Ella Schaffernicht SED
Herbert Schalwat FDGB
Rudi Scheffler SED
Anita Scherf FDJ
Josef Schicketanz SED on January 24, 1962, for Rep. Rough moved up
Helga Schilling FDJ Berlin representative
Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher DFD Deputy President of the People's Chamber
Walter Schlee NDPD
Otto Schlegelmilch FDGB
Josef grindstone KB
Paula Schlitter DFD
Ursula Schlosser VdgB
Ella Schmidt FDGB
Else Schmidt DBD
Kurt Schmidt SED
Richard Schmidt SED
Berthold Schmitt SED
Brunhilde Schmook DFD
Günter Schneider LDPD
Hans Schneidereit SED Berlin representative
Hans Schnitzler DBD
Ernst Scholz SED
Georg Scholz LDPD
Paul Scholz DBD
Eva beautiful FDGB
Otto Schön SED
Edelfried Schoppe CDU
Karl-Heinz Schoolmaster KB
Margarete Schulz SED Berlin representative
Elfriede Schulze DFD died on July 25, 1963
Rudolph Schulze CDU
Gustav-Adolf Schur FDJ
Kurt Schwarz LDPD
Otto Schwarz KB
Richard Black NDPD on April 17, 1963, for Rep. Masseck moved up
Max Sefrin CDU
Annelore Sehm FDGB
Kurt Seibt SED
Karl Seidenstricker SED on April 25, 1960, for Rep. Giebner moved up
Ernst Seifert FDGB
Alfred Seiffarth NDPD
Hans Seigewasser SED
Fritz Selbmann SED
Charlotte Sembdner NDPD
Max Seydewitz SED
Ewald Sieg DBD no longer a Member of Parliament from October 4, 1960
Gustav Siemon NDPD Berlin representative
Max Simon NDPD Resignation announced on July 31, 1963
Paul Simon SED
Renate Simon FDJ
Klaus Sorgenicht SED
Hermann Spencker LDPD
Erich Spiering DBD
Gerhard Spremberg SED
Max Staffeldt CDU
Max Steffen SED
Luitpold Steidle CDU
Siegfried Steudte FDJ
Willi Stoph SED
Franz Striemann FDGB
Edgar stockings DBD
Karl Svihalek FDGB
Ludmilla Tampier DFD
Ingeburg Tauschke VdgB
Rosa Thälmann DFD deceased on September 21, 1962
Heinz Thiele NDPD no longer a Member of Parliament from October 4, 1960
Ilse Thiele DFD
Fritz Thiemes DBD Berlin representative
Wilhelm Thiemke SED Berlin representative
Walter Thierfelder LDPD
Paul Thomas CDU
Walter Thürmer LDPD
Walter Tille FDGB
Heinrich Toeplitz CDU
Curt Trepte KB on July 6, 1961, for the Ab. E. Franz moved up
Erich Uhlich SED
Walter Ulbricht SED
Wilhelm Ullrich LDPD Berlin representative
Lydia Uncertain FDGB
Irma Uschkamp DFD
Paul Verner SED
Werner quarter FDGB
Kurt Voigt SED Berlin representative
Paul Voitel SED
Fritz Waack SED
Herbert Warnke SED
Johannes Warnke SED
Erich Wegner DBD
Friedrich Wehmer VdgB
Cecilie Weidenbach-Blum FDGB
Elsa Weigelt SED
Christian Weißbach LDPD deceased on March 24, 1962
Fritz Weißhaupt DBD Berlin representative
Erich Wendt KB
Kurt Wendt SED Berlin representative
Josef Wenig FDGB
Martin Wenzke NDPD on April 17, 1963, for Rep. André moved up
Otto Werner DBD
Wilhelm Werner NDPD
Harald Werthmann LDPD
Richard O. Wilhelm LDPD on April 25, 1960, for Rep. Angermann moved up
Hans-Joachim Winkler FDGB
Luise Winkler VdgB Berlin representative
Otto winemaker SED
Klaus Wolf DBD
Richard Wolf SED Berlin representative
Fritz Wolff LDPD
Horst Wolter FDJ
Lucie Wolter FDJ
Werner Wolter DBD
Wolfgang Wonderful FDJ
Kurt Wishes LDPD
Alfred Zirnstein DBD
Arnold Zweig KB

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Liste der Mitglieder der Volkskammer der DDR (3. Wahlperiode); see its history for attribution.

Sources

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  • Volkskammer der DDR Protokolle der Sitzungen der Volkskammer in der 3. Wahlperiode 1958–1963
  • Volkskammer der DDR Handbuch der Volkskammer der DDR 3. Wahlperiode Kongreß-Verlag Berlin, 1959

References

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  1. ^ The faction was filled equally with deputies from VdgB and the Association of Consumer Cooperatives.