Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck ( born 3 January 1876 in Guben ; today Gubin , Poland ; died 7 September 1960 in Berlin ) was a German politician , a Social Democrat and a late communist .
Simplified: Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck ( ; 3 January 1876 -- 7 September 1960 ) was a German politician and a Communist .