He was persecuted, imprisoned and forced to serve in the 999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht) during the National Socialism as a trade unionist and Communist, he was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany and editor of the Sächsische Zeitung.
He was persecuted, imprisoned and forced to serve in the 999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht) during the National Socialism. As a trade unionist and member of the Communist, he became after the war a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany SED and editor of the Sächsische Zeitung.