[1] In 1935, Winzer went to the Soviet Union, and he stayed there until the end of World War II.

[3] He was named the deputy editor of the party's official paper Neues Deutschland in 1949.

[4] Winzer was Secretary of State from 1949 to 1956 and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956 to 1965.

He was removed from his post due to ill health[5] and died at age 72 on 3 March 1975.

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