Otto Buchwitz

Otto Buchwitz (27 April 1879 – 9 July 1964) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism, politician and party functionary of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Socialist Unity Party (SED).

A Social Democratic politician in the Weimar Republic, Buchwitz went into exile in Denmark until being arrested and imprisoned in 1940. After the war, he supported the forced merger of the SPD and KPD and subsequently co-chaired the SED in Saxony and, briefly, the powerful Central Party Control Commission (ZPKK).

His career was cut short in 1950, when former Social Democrats were largely purged from party functions. Provided by Wikipedia