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Johannes R. Becher
Johannes Robert Becher was a German politician, novelist, and poet. He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) before World War II. He was part of the literary avant-garde, writing in an expressionist style.
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Born 22 May 1891 · Died 11 October 1958 · Q58057
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1958· 1 entry
Died 1958-10-11.
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1955· 1 entry
The German Institute for Literature was founded and originally named in Becher's honor
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1954· 1 entry
Career landmark: minister of culture (1954–1958).
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1953· 1 entry
Was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize (later the Lenin Peace Prize)
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded International Stalin Prize for Peace (1952).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary doctor of the Humboldt University of Berlin (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Volkskammer (1950).
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1949· 1 entry
Helped found the East German Academy of Arts, Berlin, and served as its president from 1953 to 1956
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1946· 1 entry
Becher was selected for the Party Executive Committee and the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party
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1943· 1 entry
Became one of the founders of the National Committee for a Free Germany
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1935· 2 entries
Was accused of links with Leon Trotsky
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Becher emigrated to the Soviet Union as did other members of the central committee of the KPD
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1933· 1 entry
And settled in Paris for a couple of years
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1925· 1 entry
Government reaction against his anti-war novel, (CHCl=CH)3As (Levisite) oder Der einzig gerechte Krieg, resulted in his being indicted for literarischer Hochverrat (literary high treason)
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1923· 1 entry
Returned to the KPD and very actively worked within the party
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1920· 1 entry
Left the KPD, disappointed with the failure of the German Revolution, and embraced religion
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1917· 1 entry
Then went over to the Spartacus League in 1918 from which emerged the Communist Party of Germany (KPD)
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1891· 2 entries
Born 1891-05-22.
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The son of Judge Heinrich Becher and his wife Johanna, née Bürck
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