THE KARL MARX SED SCHOOL

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 18, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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SUPPLEMENT
IST. .rnrcj.ber 1947
L. The second basic class at the highest SEd school, the Karl Marx School,
located at Lleben lde/Sieburg (Brandenburg), extended from January through
July 1947. As indicated previously,, some students will stay up to two years
at the school; the first formal two-year course for party functionaries was
rc!heduled to start 1 October 1947. Entrance requirements for this long
course include prior attendance at. Kress or Land schools or, a rastery of the
i:aterial covered by those schools. The two-year course is supposed to be
given at the Rakeburg School building in Klein-Machnow (Z-73). The move
to this new location will make it possible for students to bring their
families with them.
onment, The move to Klein-Wtchnow has been confirmed by another
Up to the present, the faculty at Liebenwalde has consisted of twelve regular
instructors who have all attended schools as well as teacher training insti-
tutes in Russia. These are in charge of the various seminars. In addition,
-there are numerous assistants: former students who did well and were selected
to stay at Liebenwalde. Many of these have now passed their teachers' examin-
ations and will serve as full instructors in the two-year course. In addition,
SED Central Secretariat personnel, including Pieck, Grotewohl, and Ulbricht,
have lectured at Liebenwalde and have participated in discussion groups. The
r-.h lef SEA} representative. however, has been Anton Ackermann, who is in charge
of the Press, Recruiting, and Indoctrination Department in the Central Secre--
t sat, Russians as such have never appeared as lecturers or instructors in
the school.
The half-year courses will continue at Liebenwalde, but only as special courses
for high party officials. The course for journalists will also be continued
at that school.
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2. The two-year school will take the form of a "university", with faculties
in philosophy, history, economics, and government. The study of a foreign
language--a choice of Russian, English, or French--will be required. The
first half-year of study will be general; after that, specialization accord-
ing {o ability and interest in one of the four faculties will follow.
DATE:
This dcUment is here':y reg:"aded to
CONFD N~~ ;,AL in acco:dances with the
letter c: i3 October 1373 from the
Director of Central lnteii,genoe to the
Archivist of the United Slates.
Next Review Date: 2008
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7".`-c t taf' at +'e ':iehemwalde school includes Dr. '-ill i Krnnn anA Kart ore
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a., Lconor-i es f oul+v:
_o-fr=ed Lemr.itz Dean
Thrt F'ert_olz instructor
r'oinz Abrararr Instructor
errel 7.1agner Assistant
,ISn ?er ii hre Assistant
i1=.fred 1'f inke less- start
'elnut Finfuehr lsssistant
3ernl-ard Thiel Assistant
?' ! nn Prunner Ass- scant
Fistory faculty:
?;s I& P-iterna Dean
Gertrud hropn Instructor
Felix Possrann Instructor
''runo Uueffler Ass; s+ ant
'`crbert Ernst iissistant
Gerard Poobel Assistant
' i e .fro ed Sah,warz i:ss -1 start
'"erbert I'odmer Ass'stant
t l ; losonrtl faculty:
Der Viktor Stern Dean
'tto "eckert Instructor
i.r?.l cur Dorf Instructor
Gotz Sc'_-arf Ass- start
d. Tea&inr' rna*erials:
Dr Frieda rubiner
o. Librarian:
Li_ Seer of
6. In addition +o the SED officials mentioned above, the followin have also
a.rreared at Liebenwalde for lectures and discussion mostings: Friedrich
Oelssner and Y the' Vern of the Central Secretariat of t.?-e SED; 1ernann
!'stern, chairman of +T?e : ED in Perlin; Paul V andel, President of t1-.c Central
Adrs-=is?ration for Ediucation; and T.dwir. Eoerr_le, President of tho Central
Adrinistration for i.gricu''_ture.
7. The Liebenwalde study nlar includes under r~ i'osophy an introduction to
'Zlrxisr" (Ackernrinn),, dialectics, v n,' nhilosor :ical and 1,istorical raterialisn
( t.ern). The eoonor. cs faculty features lectures on carital, rroducl.ien,
=rites (Oelssner), state-nonopollstle ?war canitaliar:, and features of Garr an
im'erialisn (Aclcerri.nn). German ' istory i^cludes special emrhasis on t."e
.ndustri? 1 revolution in England, t',e IP4P revolution in Gerrany, the Faris
Corv une, 'he '-vio world wars, and +1-e history of the Gcr^+an labor rover-ent.
"PI-e "istory of Pussia is studied rore thoroughly, with 1.ec;ures b~' Fubiner,
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Stern, and Libral am.. Theoretical principles and actual probiers include the
study of classes and t Ye class struggle, the ?rarxist t..eac':ings on the sta'_e
(Ackerrann), policies of the SED (Ulbricht), ques+;.ons concerning unions,
youth., women, farmers, eu'_+ure, schools,ard education in general. General
theres embrace rhetoric, style, and the too!-.riques of "spiritual" work.
8. The first two six-r?onti, courses and tl'?e Journalists' course ' ave been attended
by ??_7 students.
11-09-rent: The SED land schools graduated 2,878 students as of 1 Septem-
ber , 7. T?,ere are now said to be eight land se'noole in existence, two of
which are for "special training". The 109 district (Kreis) schools now in
exis+enoe trained 6,P80 students as of 1 Sentonber 1947.)
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