# Herbert Fechner

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**Herbert Kurt Fechner** (27 August 1913 – 28 December 1998) was an [East German](/source/East_Germany) politician who served as the second [Lord Mayor of East Berlin](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_East_Berlin) from 1967 to 1974.[1][2][3][4]

## Biography

Fechner was born on 27 August 1913 in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), the capital of the [German Empire](/source/German_Empire) at the time.[5] His father was a carpenter. He joined the Sozialistische Arbeiterjugend (SAJ) or Socialist Workers' Youth (in English) in 1927 at the age of 13. He did various jobs as a child in Berlin from 1928 to 1933 and worked as a construction worker from 1933 to 1935, then as a telegraph construction worker until 1948. Fechner served for [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). After the end of the war in 1945, he joined the [Social Democratic Party of Germany](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany) (SPD) and was a member until 1946 when the SPD and the [Communist Party of Germany](/source/Communist_Party_of_Germany) (KPD) merged, then remained a member of the newly formed [Socialist Unity Party of Germany](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany). He was also a member of the [Free German Trade Union Federation](/source/Free_German_Trade_Union_Federation). In 1951, Fechner became a member of the [East Berlin](/source/East_Berlin) city council (until 1961). He served as the [Lord Mayor of East Berlin](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_East_Berlin) from 1967 to 1974. Additionally, Fechner was the President of the [Federation of German Sailors](/source/Bund_Deutscher_Segler) for nearly thirty years, serving from 1961 to 1990.[6]

Fechner died on 28 December 1998 and was buried in Waldfriedhof Oberschöneweide in [Oberschöneweide](/source/Obersch%C3%B6neweide), [Berlin](/source/Berlin).[7][4]

## References

1. ["An der Spitze Berlins"](https://berlingeschichte.de/historie/spitze/zukap5/herbertkurtfechner.htm) (in German). *berlingeschichte.de*. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

1. Hoffmann, Hans-Joachim (1998). *Berlin eine politische Landeskunde*. Leske + Budrich. ISBN 3-8100-2219-5. [OCLC 490650874](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/490650874)

1. Arndt, Melanie (2009). *Gesundheitspolitik im geteilten Berlin, 1948 bis 1961*. Böhlau. ISBN 978-3-412-20308-5. [OCLC 432735859](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/432735859)

1. ["Herbert Fechner - Munzinger Biographie"](https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Herbert+Fechner/0/11771.html) (in German). *www.munzinger.de*. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

1. ["Herbert Fechner"](https://www.akg-images.com/archive/-2UMDHUFKMVKX.html). *akg-images*. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

1. Herbst, Andreas; Ranke, Winfried; Winkler, Jürgen (1994). *So funktionierte die DDR Band 2 - Lexikon der Organisationen und Institutionen* [This is How the GDR Worked Volume 2 - Lexicon of Organizations and Institutions] (in German). Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 9783499163494.

1. ["Herbert Fechner (1913-1998) - Find A Grave Memorial"](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46767065/herbert-fechner). *Find A Grave*. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

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