page_title: Arthur Pieck
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Pieck
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Porträt Pieck Vater und Sohn (Wilhelm mit Arthur) English: Arthur Pieck looking over his father's shoulder at the latter's seventieth birthday which took place in 1946
context_page_description: Arthur Pieck was a qualified typesetter. He was a committed political activist who became a stage and movie actor and, later, a Communist party official. He topped off his unusually varied career, between 1955 and 1960, as a senior director - ultimately General Director - of Interflug, the East German national airline. After this he served, between 1960 and 1965, as a junior Transport Minister.
  Arthur Pieck's father, Wilhelm Pieck, served as the President of East Germany between 1949 and 1960.
context_section_description: Arthur Pieck (28 December 1899 - 13 January 1970) was a qualified typesetter.  He was a committed political activist who became a stage and movie actor and, later, a Communist party official.   He topped off his unusually varied career, between 1955 and 1960, as a senior director - ultimately General Director - of Interflug, the East German national airline.   After this he served, between 1960 and 1965, as a junior Transport Minister.
  Arthur Pieck's father, Wilhelm Pieck, served as the President of East Germany between 1949 and 1960.
caption: Arthur Pieck standing behind his father at President Pieck's birthday celebrationAbraham Pisarek, 1946
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