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BackMartin Gutzeit, Mitbegründer der Ost-SPD und Berliner Beauftragter für Stasi-Akten, ist tot
Martin Gutzeit, Mitbegründer der Ost-SPD und Berliner Beauftragter für Stasi-Akten, ist tot
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Martin Gutzeit, Mitbegründer der Ost-SPD und Berliner Beauftragter für Stasi-Akten, ist tot

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  • Martin Gutzeit, Mitbegründer der Sozialdemokratischen Partei in der DDR und langjähriger Berliner Beauftragter für die Stasi-Akten, ist im Alter von 74 Jahren in einem Krankenhaus gestorben.
  • Er wurde von seinem Weggefährten Stephan Hilsberg bestätigt.
  • Gutzeit spielte eine zentrale Rolle in der Friedlichen Revolution und der Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur.

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Martin Gutzeit war Mitbegründer der Sozialdemokratischen Partei in der DDR im Oktober 1989 und später Abgeordneter in der ersten frei gewählten Volkskammer. Er diente viele Jahre als Berliner Beauftragter für die Stasi-Akten und trug zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur bei.

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Der Mitbegründer der Sozialdemokratischen Partei in der DDR und langjährige Berliner Landesbeauftragte für die Stasi-Akten, Martin Gutzeit, ist tot. Er starb am Dienstag im Alter von 74 Jahren in einem Krankenhaus. Das sagte Gutzeits politischer Weggefährte und enger Freund, Stephan Hilsberg, der Nachrichtenagentur dpa. Zuvor berichtete der »Tagesspiegel«.

Der Berliner Aufarbeitungsbeauftragte Frank Ebert würdigte Gutzeit als originellen Denker und mutigen Oppositionellen. »Mit ihm verliert Berlin einen herausragenden Akteur der Friedlichen Revolution und der Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur«, hieß es in einer Mitteilung weiter.

Landesbeauftragter für Stasi-Unterlagen

Der evangelische Theologe Gutzeit hatte zusammen mit Markus Meckel im Oktober 1989 die Sozialdemokratische Partei in der DDR (SDP) gegründet. Gutzeit wurde 1990 als SPD-Abgeordneter in die erste freigewählte Volkskammer der DDR gewählt und war so zwischen Oktober und Dezember auch Mitglied im Bundestag.

Sein Weggefährte Hilsberg, auch Gründungsmitglied der Ost-SPD, nannte Gutzeit »mutig und klug«. Er habe der Widerstandsbewegung in der DDR »den entscheidenden Push« verliehen mit seiner realisierten Idee zur Gründung einer sozialdemokratischen Partei. »Das ist der radikalste Schritt zur Entmachtung der SED gewesen.«

Open Questions

  • Welche konkreten Beiträge leistete Gutzeit zur Stasi-Aufarbeitung außerhalb seiner offiziellen Funktion?
  • Gab es Kontroversen um seine politische Haltung nach der Wende?
  • Wie wird sein Erbe in der aktuellen deutschen Erinnerungskultur bewertet?

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This article was originally published by Spiegel Deutschland.

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