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Hans Reichelt

Hans Reichelt (30 March 1925-14 Januar y2025) was a DBD member of the East German Volkskammer from 8 November 1950 to 5 April 1990. Born in Proskau, Upper Silesia (now Proszkow, Poland) in 1925, he joined the NSDAP on 20 April 1943 and served as a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He attended an anti-fascist school while in Soviet prisoner-of-war camps until 1949, after which he joined the DBD and served as Agriculture Minister in 1953 and from 1955 to 1963 and Environment Minister from 1972 to 1990. He was involved in forced collectivization, agricultural industrialization, and land improvement, resulting in environmental disasters. He died in 2025.

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