page_title: Robert Siewert
section_title: Rehabilitation
hierarchical_section_title: Robert Siewert / Biography / Rehabilitation
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gedenktafel, Robert Siewert, Roemerweg 36, Berlin-Karlshorst, Deutschland English: Memorial plaque, Robert Siewert, Roemerweg 36, Berlin-Karlshorst, Germany Koordinate:52°29′30″N 13°31′27″E&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;52.49167°N 13.52417°E
context_page_description: Robert Siewert was a German politician and fought in the German Resistance against National Socialism. He is a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he helped save the life of Stefan Jerzy Zweig, among others.
context_section_description: After Stalin's death and the revelation of his crimes, the SED was "destalinized" and Siewert was rehabilitated. He was recognized with a number of national awards. He remained employed in the Ministry of Construction and was active in the leadership of the GDR's Union of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime.
  Siewert died on 2 November 1973 in Berlin and was laid to rest in the "Pergolenweg" of the Memorial to the Socialists at the Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde. The official SED obituary called him one of the "closest comrades of Ernst Thälmann," founder of the KPD. Three official memorial brochures omitted any mention of his leadership or activity in the KPO.
caption: Memorial plaque for Siewert on Römerweg in Berlin
exif: {"Image XResolution": "78", "Image YResolution": "78", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 2, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[52, 29, 34654/1141]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[13, 31, 33062/1211]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "37", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[21, 11, 17]", "GPS GPSSatellites": "0", "GPS GPSMapDatum": "WGS-84", "GPS GPSDate": "2009:05:22", "Image GPSInfo": "90"}