Facts: - profession: printer , politician - death place: east berlin , east germany - president: wilhelm pieck walter ulbricht - successor: willi stoph - party: uspd , spd , sed - death date: 23 september 1964 - predecessor: '' as last head of government of nazi germany none '' lutz graf schwerin von krosigk , - office: prime minister of east germany - spouse: marie martha louise - term end: 23 september 1964 - children: 2 - term start: 12 october 1949 - birth date: 11 march 1894 - name: otto grotewohl - nationality: german - image: otto grotewohl anefo.jpg - birth place: braunschweig , german empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of otto grotewohl .
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otto grotewohl -lrb- ; 11 march 1894 -- 23 september 1964 -rrb- was a german politician and the first prime minister of the german democratic republic from 1949 until his death in 1964 .