Cultural Association of the GDR

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The Cultural Association of the GDR (German: Deutsche Kulturbund, KB) was a federation of local clubs in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It formed part of the Socialist Unity Party-led National Front, and sent representatives to the Volkskammer. The association had numerous writers as its member, including Willi Bredel, Fritz Erpenbeck, Bernhard Kellermann, Victor Klemperer, Anna Seghers, Bodo Uhse, Arnold Zweig. Its first chairman was Johannes Robert Becher.

Wilfried Maaß was the Secretary of Kulturbund 1984-1990.^[1]

[edit] Chairmen of the Cultural Association of the GDR

Name	Entered Office	Left Office
Johannes Robert Becher	1949	1958
Max Burghardt	1958	1977
Hans Pischner	1977	1989

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