Hubert Egemann was born in the Karlsgrund quarter of
Kreuzburg in the western part of
Upper Silesia, to a working-class family. His education included attendance at senior school. In 1945 the frontier between Poland and Germany
moved west and Egemann was one of the millions of Germans
obliged to relocate as part of this
militarily and politically driven process, ending up in the
Soviet occupation zone of Germany which was in the process of becoming the
German Democratic Republic (East Germany). In 1946 Egemann relocated to
Aschersleben in
Saxony-Anhalt and undertook a period of practical work-related training before accepting a job with what was becoming the
East German Railway organisation (DDR). in
Forst Zinna, which marked him out as a high-flyer in terms of government service. From 1953/54 he was an Operation Assistant in the Ministry for Railways, also heading up the freight traffic department at the
DDR Main Office in
Aschersleben. Between 1954 and 1987, for more than thirty years, Egemann sat as a member on the Central Committee of
The Party: from 1958 he was section leader, and from 1960 deputy Department Head, and then from 1962 till 1987 as Chief of the
Central Committee departments covering Traffic and networks and Transport and Communications. ==Publications==