ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SED

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2000
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• Publication Date: July 28, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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M RAL I T LU GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Organizational Structure of the SEX)
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The basic units of the SED are g
a the Basic Local Group (Einfach, ni c,ht untergegliederte
Ortsgruppe)
b0 the Factory Group (Betriebsgru)pe/
co the Residential District- Grour (Woh2nbezirksgruppe)
The Basic Local Gro, exists in small villages and communities with
less than one hundred party meher:t,t unless these members have
already been organized into a Factory Group.
The Subdivided Local Group (unterg:Iieelerte Ortsgruppe) exists in
communities wi th mars' tha one hundred and less than one thousand
members. It is composed of the local ;?actory and Residential
District Groups, which have been organ. zed according to the status
and principles laid down by the p,%irty Executive Committee in its
directive of 18-19 September 1946, Tho Executive Committee of a
numerically--weak Subdivided Local Group is elected at a general
meeting of the local party members (Mitgliederversamm?ung), and
in a numerically-strong group at an assembly of delegates from
the Factory and Residential District; Groups, The Subdivided Local
Group does not have the characteristics of a. Basic Local Group,
but functions as a higher echelon! unit.
c.ity_ Districts (Start t hezirke) . Yf the party members in a town
number more than one thousand,_, they are organized into Residential
District and Factory Groups. MMedium-_ i.zed towns are further organ-
ized into City Districts, each of which corresponds to the Sub-
divided Local Group in smaller towns. The City District Executive
Committee (Stadtbezirksvorstand) is elected at a conference of
delegates from the component Residential District and Factory
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City Orzan1zations (Sta.d.tsorganisation) o The various City Districts
in a medium-slzed. city are united within the framework of a City
Organization, with an Executive Committee elected at a conference
of City delegates. In smaller cities the City delegates are elected
directly by the Resi..dent:i,al District and Factory Groups, and in
larger cities at City District conferences (Stadtbe dirks Delegierten
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Xonte.renzen). In cities independent of treises (Kreisfreie
Staedte), the County Organization replaces the City Organization.
In County cities (Kreisstaedt(), in which the County Executive
Committee (Kreisvorstand) is not at the same time the Executive
Committee of the respective City Organization, one of the Chair-
men of the Executive Committee of the City Organization must be
a member of the County Secretariat (Kreis Sekretariat)
6. Party Structure in Large CitAo In Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz
Zwickau, Halle and Magdeburg, the basic units are united into City
Districts, as in the medium--sized cities. The City Districts are
formed into Ward Sections (Stadtteile), which have the same
character as the City Organizations in medium-sized cities. Rules
which apply to the Executive Committee of the City Organization in
medium-sized cities apply to '-)'..;he Executive Committee of the Ward
Section in large cities, In Greater Berlin, the SED is organized
Into Basic Units, City Districts, Counties, and a State Association
(Landesverband).
7. 003nty (Kreis) and District, ( ezirk).b The County Executive
Committee assumes the leadersiip of the united organizations in
the large cities Practical experience in the State .Association
(Landesverband) has demonstrated that a division into Districts
(Bezirke) is not always necessary. If such a grouping is required,
the proper Executive Committees can appoint trained and experienced
members as instructors for directing lower party units. Such
appointments, however, remain temporary, and complete responsibility
for the political life of the lower units is to be borne "iy
properly-elected Executive Committees.
The Work Sphere (Arbeitsgebiet). Because of the large number of
new Local Groups, it has became necessary to include several Local
Groups within one Work District, regardless of the geographical
size of these Local Groups. Not more than ten Local Groups, how-
ever, can be included in one Work District. The Work Districts
are set up and financed by the Executive Committee of the Kreis.
As of December 1946, Dresden had six such Work Districts.
9, Party Di:rect~i Units. Every elected directing unit is called
an Executive Committee (Vorstand), According to SED statutes each
party unit must elect an Executive Committee. Executive Committees
which are large in number, such as the Landesvorstaende, elect a
Secretariat from their midst to handle current work,
10. Departments (Abteilungen) and Commissions (Kommissionen) are
formed in the higher echelondirecting units to carry out work
in special fields.
This document contai):.. information
affectlr : the national defense of the
United states within the meaning of
the Espionage Act 50, U,, :,C, 31 and
32 as amended Its transmission or
the revelation of its contents In any
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