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5 unusual facts about Kurt Vieweg


Kurt Vieweg

He was at various times Secretary General of the VdgB (the Peasants Mutual Aid Association), deputy in the parliament (the Volkskammer) and a member of the Central Committee of the SED.

During his stay in Sweden, he was greatly influenced by the agricultural policies of the Swedish Social Democratic Party program.

In this role, Vieweg designed, within the framework of the existing Soviet policy on Germany, several agricultural programmes, including some for the whole of Germany, influenced by German and Scandinavian social democratic programmes, but also using ideas from the Reichsnährstand, the agricultural regulatory body from the Nazi period.

As well as his research Vieweg also worked for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Stasi.

As it was suspected that he might flee, he was kept under observation by the Ministry of State Security (the Stasi).



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