Rudolf Jahn

{{Infobox person

| name = Rudolf Jahn

| image = Rudolf Jahn (cropped).jpg

| caption = Jahn (1953)

| other_names = Rudi Jahn

| birth_date = 4 November 1906

| birth_place = Paunsdorf near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|9|30|1906|11|4|df=y}}

| known_for = Minister-President of Brandenburg

}}

Rudolf "Rudi" Jahn (4 November 1906 – 30 September 1990), was a German politician (KPD, SED) and Minister-President of Brandenburg (1949–1952).{{Cite book |last=Müller-Enbergs |first=Helmut |url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/de/recherche/kataloge-datenbanken/biographische-datenbanken/rudolf-rudi-jahn |title=Wer war wer in der DDR? |publisher=Ch. Links |isbn=978-3-86153-561-4 |edition=5th |location=Berlin, DE |publication-date=2010 |language=de |trans-title=Who Was Who in the GDR? |chapter=Jahn, Rudolf (Rudi) |author-link=Helmut Müller-Enbergs}}{{Cite book |last1=Werner |first1=Oliver |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C00pDwAAQBAJ&dq=Rudolf+Jahn+(1906+%E2%80%93+1990)&pg=PA104 |title=Bildung und Etablierung der DDR-Bezirke in Brandenburg |last2=Kotsch |first2=Detlef |last3=Engler |first3=Harald |date=2017-03-15 |publisher=BWV Verlag |isbn=978-3-8305-3744-1 |pages=723 |language=de}}{{Cite book |last1=Weber |first1=Hermann |title=Deutsche Kommunisten: biographisches Handbuch 1918 bis 1945 |last2=Herbst |first2=Andreas |date=2008 |publisher=K. Dietz |isbn=978-3-320-02130-6 |edition=2., überarb. und stark erw. Aufl |location=Berlin |trans-title=German Communists: Biographical Handbook 1918 to 1945}}

Biography

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Rudolf "Rudi" Jahn was born in Paunsdorf near Leipzig. His father was a metalworker. After attending elementary school, from 1921 until 1925 Jahn training as a construction and furniture carpenter. At the beginning of his apprenticeship, Jahn joined the Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend (SAJ, or Socialist Worker Youth).

In 1922 he became a member of the German Woodworkers' Association, and in 1923 a member of the Young Communist League of Germany (KJVD). Around 1924, he had two investigations for high treason due to his participation in the “Congress of the Working People” in Eisenach, and in the armed fighting during the "{{III|Bloody Sunday of Halle|de|Deutscher Tag}}".

Between 1925 until 1928, Jahn traveled to Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, and Yugoslavia. After he returned to Saxony, Jahn became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).