Anton Plenikowski was a German

Germany

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 communist politician of the Free City of Danzig

Free City of Danzig

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 and East Germany.

Biography

Plenikowski was born in Zoppot. He served in the German Army

German Army (German Empire)

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 in World War I

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 and became a member of the Soldier's and Workers' council

Workers' council

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 of Breslau in 1918. After the war he worked as a teacher in Zoppot. He was a member of the municipal parliament of Liessau

Lisewo Malborskie

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 (1925–28) and the district parliament of Landkreis Großer Werder (1926–1930). In 1926 he joined the Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig

Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig

The Social Democratic Party of the Free City of Danzig was a political party in the Free City of Danzig. After the creation of the Free City of Danzig in 1919, the Danzig branch of the Social Democratic Party of Germany separated itself from the party, and created the Social Democratic Party of...

 and the Communist Party

Communist Party (Free City of Danzig)

The Communist Party in Danzig was initially founded as a subdivision of the East Prussian section of the Communist Party of Germany . In 1921 a separate branch of the KPD in the Free City of Danzig was built...

 in 1927. He represented the Communist Party in the Volkstag

Volkstag

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 parliament in 1928-1937, at times as its fraction leader. He was dismissed from public service in 1933. After the ban of the Communist Party on 28 May 1934 by the Nazi Government it continued to run in the 1935 Volkstag elections as "List Plenikowski".

In 1937 he emigrated to Sweden

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. In 1940-1941 he was detained at the Smedsbo prison camp. After his release he settled down in Uppsala

Uppsala

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. From 1943 onwards he was involved in the Stockholm

Stockholm

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 branch of the KPD. Plenikowski returned to Germany in 1946. He joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany

Socialist Unity Party of Germany

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 (SED) and worked in various positions in the SED administration. Plenikowski was a member of the Volkskammer

Volkskammer

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 in 1950-1967, candidate to the Central Committee of the SED (1954–1967) and head of the office of the council of ministers (1956–1963).

Plenikowski died in Berlin

Berlin

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