5-587: Homann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Heinrich Homann (1911–1994), East German politician Johann Homann (1664–1724), German geographer and cartographer Peter Homann (born 1960), Australian Paralympic cyclist Theodor Homann (1948–2010), German footballer, -coach and businessman See also [ edit ] Christian Homann Schweigaard (1838–1899), Norwegian politician Homan (disambiguation) Hohmann (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
10-575: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Heinrich Homann Heinrich Homann (6 March 1911 – 4 May 1994) was a communist politician and former Wehrmacht officer who held a number of offices in the German Democratic Republic . Heinrich Homann was born the son of a shipping company director in Bremerhaven in 1905. He studied law at the universities of Tübingen , Jena , Göttingen , and Hamburg . In 1933 he joined
15-636: The National Democratic Party (NDPD), which largely represented former members of the Nazi Party and helped bind them to the state ideology of the German Democratic Republic . He was first elected to the Volkskammer in 1949 and held his seat in the chamber for the remainder of his career. He became a Deputy Chairman in the State Council in 1960 and in 1972 he succeeded Lothar Bolz as Chairman of
20-773: The Nazi Party and the following year entered the military. He eventually rose to the rank of Major in the Heer and fought on the Eastern Front in World War II . In 1943 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets at the Battle of Stalingrad . During his time as a prisoner of war, Homann became a member of the anti-Nazi National Committee for a Free Germany . After the war, Homann returned to Soviet-occupied Germany and began his work in politics. He joined
25-440: The surname Homann . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homann&oldid=948118671 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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