# Stefan Heymann > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stefan_Heymann > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stefan_Heymann.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Heymann > Source revision: 1353507527 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox officeholder | name = Stefan Heymann | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-52145-001, 70. Geburtstag von Robert Siewert.jpg | alt = | caption = From left to right: [Robert Siewert](/source/Robert_Siewert), Stefan Heymann, [Walter Bartel](/source/Walter_Bartel), 1957 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|03|14}} | birth_place = [Mannheim](/source/Mannheim), [Republic of Baden](/source/Republic_of_Baden), [German Empire](/source/German_Empire) {{small|(now [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), [Germany](/source/Germany))}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|02|03|1896|03|14}} | death_place = [East Berlin](/source/East_Berlin), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) | resting_place = [Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde](/source/Zentralfriedhof_Friedrichsfelde) | known_for = | office1 = [East German Ambassador](/source/Ministry_for_Foreign_Affairs_(East_Germany)) to the
[Polish People's Republic](/source/Polish_People's_Republic) | term_start1 = 1953 | term_end1 = 1957 | predecessor1 = Aenne Kundermann | successor1 = [Josef Hegen](/source/Josef_Hegen) | office2 = [East German Ambassador](/source/Ministry_for_Foreign_Affairs_(East_Germany)) to the
[Hungarian People's Republic](/source/Hungarian_People's_Republic) | term_start2 = 1951 | term_end2 = 1953 | predecessor2 = [Erich Kops](/source/Erich_Kops) | successor2 = Sepp Schwab | office3 = Head of the [Culture and Education Department](/source/Departments_of_the_SED_Central_Committee) of the [Central Committee](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany) | 1blankname3 = {{nowrap|[Secretary](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany)}} | 1namedata3 = {{ubl|Fred Oelßner|[Hans Lauter](/source/Hans_Lauter)}} | term_start3 = 1949 | term_end3 = 1950 | predecessor3 = [Fred Oelßner](/source/Fred_Oel%C3%9Fner)
Richard Weimann | successor3 = Egon Rentzsch | office4 = Member of the
[Landtag of the Republic of Baden](/source/Landtag_of_the_Republic_of_Baden) | term_start4 = 4 June 1928 | term_end4 = 24 October 1929 | predecessor4 = Paul Schreck | successor4 = ''multi-member district'' | awards = {{hlist|[Patriotic Order of Merit](/source/Patriotic_Order_of_Merit), 2nd class}} | alma_mater = | spouse = Erika Heymann | party = [Socialist Unity Party](/source/Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany)
{{small|(1946–1967)}} | other_party = [Communist Party of Germany](/source/Communist_Party_of_Germany)
{{small|(1919–1946)}} | module = {{Infobox military person | embed = yes | embed_title = Military Service | allegiance = {{flagicon|German Empire}} [German Empire](/source/German_Empire) | branch = [Imperial German Army](/source/Imperial_German_Army) | service_years = | unit = | rank = | awards = | battles = [First World War](/source/First_World_War){{WIA}} }} }} '''Stefan Heymann''' (March 14, 1896 – February 3, 1967) was a German diplomat, politician, and [Holocaust survivor](/source/Holocaust_survivors). == Life == Heymann was born on March 14, 1896, in Mannheim to a [Jewish](/source/Jews) family.{{Cite book |last=Hartewig |first=Karin |title=Zurückgekehrt: Die Geschichte der jüdischen Kommunisten in der DDR |publisher=Böhlau Verlag |year=2000 |isbn=978-3412028008 |location=[Cologne](/source/Cologne) |language=de |trans-title=Returned: The History of Jewish Communists in the GDR}} After completing school, he did an apprenticeship as a banker. Heymann volunteered for military service in the [First World War](/source/World_War_I) and was wounded several times. At the conclusion of the war, he took part in the proclamation of a [Soviet](/source/Soviet_(council)) in the [Palatinate](/source/Palatinate_(region)) alongside [Ernst Toller](/source/Ernst_Toller) and [Erich Mühsam](/source/Erich_M%C3%BChsam). Heymann joined the [Communist Party of Germany](/source/Communist_Party_of_Germany) upon its foundation. He was dismissed from his job at a bank in Mannheim due to his communist sympathies. Heymann was an active member of the [''Rotfrontkämpferbund''](/source/Roter_Frontk%C3%A4mpferbund), and held regional leadership roles in the organization. In 1924 he was sentenced by a court in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig) to three and a half years in prison for "preparing for high [treason](/source/treason)", but was pardoned in 1926.{{Cite book |last=Barth |first=Bernd-Rainer |title=Wer war wer in der DDR? |publisher=Ch. Links Verlag |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-86153-561-4 |edition=5th |volume=2 |location=[Berlin](/source/Berlin) |language=de |trans-title=Who was who in the GDR?}} Heymann was active in the charitable organizations ''[Rote Hilfe](/source/Rote_Hilfe)'' and [Workers International Relief](/source/Workers_International_Relief). From 1928 to 1929 he was a member of the [Landtag of the Republic of Baden](/source/Landtag_of_the_Republic_of_Baden), succeeding Paul Schreck. From 1930 to 1932 he worked as an editor of the ''[Die Rote Fahne](/source/Die_Rote_Fahne)'' in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). From January 1933, Heymann was editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Arbeiterzeitung'' in [Breslau](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw). After the [Nazi Party](/source/Nazi_Party) seized power in 1933, Heymann was arrested and later sent to the [Kislau concentration camp](/source/Kislau_concentration_camp) in 1936. In 1938, he was transferred to the [Dachau concentration camp](/source/Dachau_concentration_camp) and then in 1940 to the [Buchenwald concentration camp](/source/Buchenwald_concentration_camp). In 1942, he was sent to the [Auschwitz-Monowitz](/source/Auschwitz_concentration_camp) concentration camp, where he was a clerk in the infirmary, and in January 1945 he was sent back to Buchenwald.{{Cite book |title=Konzentrationslager Buchenwald |publisher=Thüringer Volksverlag |year=1949 |editor-last=Heymann |editor-first=Stefan |location=[Weimar](/source/Weimar) |language=de |trans-title=Buchenwald Concentration Camp}}{{Cite book |last=Koch |first=Heinz|last2=Wohlfeld|first2=Udo |title=Das deutsche Buchenwaldkomitee. Die Periode von 1945 bis 1958|year=2010 |isbn=978-3-935275-14-9 |location=[Weimar](/source/Weimar) |language=de |trans-title=The German Buchenwald Committee: The period from 1945 to 1958|pages=179}} Stefan Heymann's first marriage was with Erika Heymann (née Geck), the daughter of the [Reichstag](/source/Reichstag_(Weimar_Republic)) member and [Offenburg](/source/Offenburg) publisher Adolf Geck. The marriage produced two children, daughter Sonja Nerlich (née Heyman) and Dr. Dieter Heymann. After the liberation from Nazi rule, Heymann was a member of the [Communist Party](/source/Communist_Party_of_Germany) regional leadership in [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia) and founding member of the [Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime – Federation of Antifascists](/source/Association_of_Persecutees_of_the_Nazi_Regime_%E2%80%93_Federation_of_Antifascists).{{Cite news |date=1949-04-30 |title=Stephan Heymann sprach über Paris |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/30410.stephan-heymann-sprach-ueber-paris.html?sstr=Stephan|heymann |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=[Neues Deutschland](/source/Neues_Deutschland) |pages=2 |language=de}} From 1950 to 1953 he was the ambassador of the [German Democratic Republic](/source/East_Germany) to [Hungary](/source/Hungarian_People's_Republic). In 1953, he became the ambassador to [Poland](/source/Polish_People's_Republic), replacing Aenne Kundermann.{{Cite news |date=1955-03-06 |title=Weitere Verhandlungen in Warschau |trans-title=Further Negotiations in [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw) |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/1116926.weitere-verhandlungen-in-warsdiau.html?sstr=Stephan|heymann |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=[Neues Deutschland](/source/Neues_Deutschland) |pages=1 |language=de}}{{Cite news |date=1956-03-14 |title=Glückwünsche des ZK der SED für Stephan Heymann |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/1207276.glueckwuensche-des-zk-der-sed-fuer-stephan-heymann.html?sstr=Heymann |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=[Neues Deutschland](/source/Neues_Deutschland) |pages=5 |language=de}}{{Cite book |last=Baumgartner |first=Gabriele |title=Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR. 1945–1990. |last2=Hebig |first2=Dieter |publisher=[De Gruyter](/source/De_Gruyter) |year=1996 |isbn=978-3598111303 |volume=1 |location=[Munich](/source/Munich) |pages=449 |language=de |trans-title=Biographical Handbook of the SBZ/DDR}} He would remain in this role until 1957, when he was succeeded by Josef Hegen.{{Cite book |last=Herbst |first=Andreas |title=SED-Kader: Die mittlere Ebene, Biographisches Lexikon |publisher=Brill Schoningh |year=2010 |isbn=978-3506769770 |pages=224–225 |language=de |trans-title=SED Cadres: The Middle Level}} He then became head of the press department in the [Ministry for Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_for_Foreign_Affairs_(East_Germany)) and in 1960 professor at the ''[Walter Ulbricht](/source/Walter_Ulbricht)'' Academy of Political Science and Law. Heymann died on February 3, 1967, in [East Berlin](/source/East_Berlin).{{Cite news |date=1967-02-05 |title=Stefan Heymann - Nachruf des Zentralkomitees |url=https://www.nd-archiv.de/artikel/1648265.stefan-heymann.html?sstr=Heymann |access-date=2024-10-18 |work=[Neues Deutschland](/source/Neues_Deutschland) |pages=8 |language=de}} == Selected works == * Heymann, Stefan (1950). ''[Balzac](/source/Honor%C3%A9_de_Balzac), der grösste kritische Realist der französischen Literatur.'' Berlin: Volk u. Wissen. * — (as co-editor) (1949). ''Konzentrationslager Buchenwald''. [Weimar](/source/Weimar): Thüringer Volksverlag. * — (1949). ''Wirtschaft, Horatio! Wirtschaft!'' Weimar: Werden und Wirken Verlag. * — (1948). ''Kampf um Wahrheit und Freiheit''. Weimar: Thüringer Volksverlag. * — (1948). ''Marxismus und Rassenfrage''. Berlin: Dietz Verlag == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heymann, Stefan}} Category:1896 births Category:1967 deaths Category:20th-century German Jews Category:People from Mannheim Category:People from Berlin Category:German Jewish military personnel of World War I Category:Rotfrontkämpferbund members Category:Communist Party of Germany members Category:Buchenwald concentration camp survivors Category:Auschwitz concentration camp prisoners Category:German Holocaust survivors Category:Socialist Unity Party of Germany members Category:Ambassadors of East Germany to Poland Category:Ambassadors of East Germany to Hungary Category:Recipients of the Banner of Labor Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stefan Heymann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Heymann) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Heymann?action=history)). 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