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{{Infobox organization
| name                = Cultural Association of the GDR
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| native_name         = Kulturbund der DDR
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| formation           = 8 August 1945
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| dissolved           = 1990
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| headquarters        = [[East Berlin]]
| location            = [[East Germany]]
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| membership          = 273,000
| membership_year     = 1987
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| leader_title        = Chairman
| leader_name         = [[Johannes Robert Becher]] (1949–1958)<br>[[Max Burghardt]] (1958–1977)<br>[[Hans Pischner]] (1977–1990)
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[[File:Fotothek df pk 0000220 017 Porträts, Prof. (Max ^) Pechstein, (Johannes^) Stroux, Kraus, Benedik, Lederer,.jpg|thumb|left|Celebration of the association's first birthday in 1946.  Prominent in the front row are the painter [[Max Pechstein]] (left) and Berlin's first post-war mayor, [[Arthur Werner]] (right).]]
The '''Cultural Association of the GDR''' ({{langx|de|Kulturbund der DDR}}, KB) was a federation of local clubs in the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]] (GDR). It formed part of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]]-led [[National Front (East Germany)|National Front]], and sent representatives to the [[Volkskammer]]. The association had numerous writers as its member, including [[Willi Bredel]], [[Fritz Erpenbeck]], [[Bernhard Kellermann]], [[Victor Klemperer]], [[Anna Seghers]], [[Bodo Uhse]], [[Arnold Zweig]]. Its first chairman was [[Johannes Becher|Johannes Robert Becher]].

[[Wilfried Maaß]] was the Secretary of ''Kulturbund'' 1984–1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nachlassdatenbank.de/viewsingle.php?category=M&person_id=40748&asset_id=46022&sid=1fbfbf9449392211da6a7|title=Wilfried Maaß, Bundesarchiv}}</ref> As of 1987, membership stood at 273,000.<ref>Dirk Jurich, ''Staatssozialismus und gesellschaftliche Differenzierung: eine empirische Studie'', p.32. LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, {{ISBN|3825898938}}</ref>

==Chairmen of the Cultural Association of the GDR==

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!Name
 !Entered office
!Left office
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|[[Johannes Becher|Johannes Robert Becher]]
|1949
|1958
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|[[Max Burghardt]]
|1958
|1977
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|[[Hans Pischner]]
|1977
|1990
|}

==References==
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