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Jul 03, 1904 Wolferode, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 17 Dec 1985 (aged 81)
German politician and author
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About Otto Gotsche
- Otto Gotsche (3 July 1904 – 17 December 1985) was a German political activist (KPD) and writer.
- After 1945 he moved into mainstream politics. During the Nazi years he worked effectively in the country's resistance movement.
- Having survived, he became a leading member of the East German literary establishment.
- A committed adherent to the country's political path during the 1950s and 1960s, he enjoyed the confidence of Walter Ulbricht, at times employed as an official spokesman for the leader.
- In 1966 he became a member of the country's powerful Party Central Committee.
- After Ulbricht lost power in 1971, the public profile of Otto Gotsche quickly faded, and he found himself retiring, one by one, from the various party offices he had acquired.
- He continued to be officially honoured for his work as a writer till the end, however.
