Rolf Frick

Rolf Frick (born Chemnitz 16 September 1936: died 31 December 2008) was a German university professor and politician (LDP / FDP).

Life Rolf Frick was born in Chemnitz in the southern part of what was then central Germany. (Between 1953 and 1990 Chemnitz would be known as "Karl-Marx-Stadt", which is naturally reflected in contemporary sources.)

His father was the director of a publishing house and, a new government regime would later determine, a committed Nazi supporter. By the time he was 9, World War II had ended and Chemnitz found itself in the Soviet occupation zone of what remained of Germany. The leadership pursued a strategy which would lead to the creation, formally in 1949, of a stand-alone Soviet sponsored state, the German Democratic Republic. By 1949 a merger of political parties had already taken place, in April 1946, which formed the basis for a rapid return to centrally directed one-party government. Because of his father's Nazi past, Frick received no direct government authorization for his secondary education. Instead he undertook an apprenticeship as a type-setter (in the "campus" then, as now impressively accommodated in Giebichenstein Castle). a plant and machinery manufacturer located approximately 50 km (30 miles) north-west of Halle.

Honour Honorary professorship from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg