Peasants Mutual Aid Association
Friedrich Wehmer (1950–1964)
Ernst Wulf (1964–1979)
Fritz Zeuner (1979–1982)
Fritz Dallman (1982–1990)
Karl Dämmrich (1990)
The Peasants Mutual Aid Association (German: Vereinigung der gegenseitigen Bauernhilfe, VdgB) was an East German mass organization for peasants and farmers, later also gardeners. It was founded in the 1945–1946 period and was a participant in the National Front. From 1950 to 1963 and again in 1986, it had representation in the Volkskammer.[1]
In 1989, a GDR publication put the membership of the VdgB at 632,000 persons.[2] During the Peaceful Revolution, the VdgB suffered because of its extensive connections with the ruling Socialist Unity Party.[3] In February 1990, it changed its name to the Farmers Association of the GDR but was unable to make the transition from East German society to that of a reunified Germany. It was fully liquidated in 1994.
From 1979 to 1990, the VdgB operated the Ringberghaus, a large hotel east of the city of Suhl. The hotel's purpose was to provide accommodation for farmers on holiday in the Thuringian Forest, and a VdgB voucher was required for lodging.
Chairmen of the VdgB
Name | Term | Party |
---|---|---|
Otto Körting | November 1947 – March 1950 | SPD, SED |
Friedrich Wehmer | March 1950 – February 1964 | SED |
Ernst Wulf | March 1964 – October 1979 | SED |
Fritz Zeuner | October 1979 – September 1982 | SED |
Fritz Dallmann | September 1982 – March 1990 | SED |
Karl Dämmrich | 1990 | SPD |
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