Alexander Abusch
Former Minister of Culture of the German Democratic Republic
Alexander Abusch was a German journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician.
According to one source he was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary. Wikipedia
Born: February 14, 1902, Kraków, Poland
Died: January 27, 1982 (age 79 years), East Berlin
Previous office: Minister of Culture of the German Democratic Republic (1958–1961)