Herbert Taschner
| Herbert Täschner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 July 1916 Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| Died | 10 May 1984 (aged 67) Berlin, East Germany |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | LDPD |
| Spouse(s) | Gertraude |
Herbert Täschner (7 July 1916 – 10 May 1984) was a politician in the German Democratic Republic who later in his career became a publisher. Between 1950 and 1954 he served as General Secretary of the country's Liberal Democratic Party.
Täschner was born in Dresden, in the southern part of what was then central Germany, during the middle of the war. His father was an administrative worker. He attended school locally. His secondary school was a Handelsschule, intended to prepare pupils for careers in commerce and administration. On leaving school Täschner took administrative internships in Dresden, Pirna and Heidenau.
1937 was the year of his 21st birthday, and he was called up for National Labour Service. The next year he was conscripted into the army. By the time the war ended, in May 1945, he was a junior Non-commissioned officer and a prisoner of war. In 1946 Herbert Täschner returned home to what was now the Soviet occupation zone in what remained of Germany. The defeat of Naziism appeared to have marked the end of one-party government, and Täschner joined the Liberal Democratic Party, becoming a leading party activist in the party's so-called "Friedrich Naumann" group - effectively the party local leadership team - in Dresden. Between 1946 and 1949 he served as the party's district secretary, becoming in 1949 the party General Secretary (still based in Dresden) for the whole of Saxony.
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