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Feb 01, 1894 Oberlößnitz, Saxony, Germany Died on 13 May 1969 (aged 75)
East German politician
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About Paul Merker
- Paul Merker (1 February 1894, in Oberlößnitz – 13 May 1969, in Eichwalde) was an activist member of Germany's Communist Party (KPD / Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands) who later became a politician and a top official of East Germany's ruling SED (Socialist Unity Party of Germany/Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands).Merker featured for several years in the show trial culture of the time, placed under a lengthy investigation process that formally began in 1950, and jailed for eight years as a spy in 1955.
- Released less than a year later, he appeared as a reluctant witness against his friend Walter Janka at another show trial in 1957.
