Fritz Gäbler (12 January 1897 – 26 March 1974) was an

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...

politician. In 1932, he was a representative in the

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state parliament. Gäbler was imprisoned for most of the Nazi era, having been one of the first prisoners in

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. After the war, he became a member of the

Socialist Unity Party of Germany The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (, ; SED, ) was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from the country's foundation in 1949 until its dissolution after the Peaceful Revolution in 1989. It was a Mar ...

, where he was chairman of the . In 1987 he was commemorated by having a stamp designed with his face on it, in East Germany.

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