Eberhard Heinrich

Eberhard Heinrich (12 March 1926 – 2019) was a German journalist.

He was a member of the Party Politburo Agitation Committee in the German Democratic Republic from 1965, and in 1981 he replaced Harri Czepuck as chairman of the country's national Union of Journalists.

Life Eberhard Heinrich was born in a small rural town in Lower Silesia, roughly 80 km (50 miles) west of Breslau. His father was a clerical employee. Heinrich attended a commercially focused school and started on an industrial/commercial training. In 1943 he was arrested and held in youth detention for several months on account of "illegal political activity". In 1944 he was excluded from the Hitler Youth and conscripted for National Labour service. At this stage of the war, with the German army having suffered massive casualties, national labour service rapidly became conscription into the army even for boys who a few years earlier would have been considered too young to serve. Heinrich deserted from the army in 1945 which was the year in which, in May 1945, the war ended. He spent 1945/46 as a Prisoner of War, held by the Americans, at the same time working at agricultural labour and relief work in Lützelsachsen. The merger took effect on 1 January 1950. (under the Pseudonym Hans Adler) Berlin in jenen Tagen. Berichte aus der Zeit von 1945–1948 (together with Klaus Ullrich/Huhn) Befehdet seit dem ersten Tag. Über drei Jahrzehnte Attentate gegen die DDR (together with Klaus Ullrich/Huhn) Nacht über Grenada. Die Geschichte einer USA-Aggression (together with Klaus Ullrich/Huhn) Der Krieg einer unsichtbaren Armee. Porträt der CIA

Eberhard Heinrich was married to Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich, a journalist and, between 1963 and 1990, a longstanding member of the National Legislature (Volkskammer).

Awards and honours 1959 German Democratic Republic Service Medal 1961 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 1965 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver 1970 Lenin Jubilee Medal 1970 Distinguished Service Medal (army) 1974 Patriotic Order of Merit in gold 1976 Banner of Labor 1986 Star of People's Friendship