German Economic Commission
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The German Economic Commission was the top administrative body in the Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany prior to the creation of the German Democratic Republic.
The former Air Ministry building in Berlin, then named 'House of the DWK', was the seat of the German Economic Commission (DWK). The title above the pillars is Deutsche Wirtschaftskommission. Above this the DWK logo and a banner with the title 'The Two-Year Plan secures our future' can be seen. The banner on the right reads "Two-Year Plan = Work and Bread * Marshall Plan = Ruin and Despair". Date of photo: 8 January 1949.
Fritz Selbmann
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Friedrich Wilhelm "Fritz" Selbmann was a German communist politician and writer who served in several legislative positions in the Weimar Republic and East Germany between 1932 and 1963. In the latter
Selbmann's official Landtag portrait, 1932
Selbmann's official Reichstag portrait, 1932
Selbmann (center, in white suit) gives a speech at a meeting of the Free German Youth in Bautzen, August 1946
Selbmann gives a speech in Leipzig, 1948