Eberhard Bud

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Eberhard Knospe (born May 12, 1958 in Görlitz ; † May 5, 1982 in Sommersdorf ) was a GDR border soldier killed on duty . As a post leader in the border service, Knospe was shot dead from his post, who then fled to the west.

Life

Eberhard Knospe was a trained bricklayer and worked for the ZBO Landbau Görlitz / Kiesdorf , ie a "building brigade" of agricultural production cooperatives (LPG) , before starting military service . In the spring of 1981, Knospe was called up for one and a half years of military service with the border troops of the GDR in the border command north and trained there for the first half of the year in the 7th border training regiment "Martin Hoop" in Halberstadt . In autumn 1981 he was transferred to the border service in border regiment 25 "Neidhardt von Gneisenau" / 4th border company based in Sommersdorf . The border service was always carried out by at least two soldiers, a soldier in the second half of the service usually acted as a post and was commanded by a private in the third half of the service as a post leader.

On April 26, 1982, 19-year-old Klaus D. was transferred from training in Halberstadt to the 4th border company. On May 2, 1982 he did his first border duty. On May 4th he was assigned to the strip area of ​​the railway line for interzonal trains across from Oebisfelde . His post leader was the 24-year-old private Eberhard Knospe. The soldier Klaus D. considered the opportunity to escape in this border service after a previous border inspection as well as official instructions and discussions with comrades as favorable, since the dog run area was only partially occupied, in places no mines were laid and the 3.20 m high metal mesh fence had no self-firing systems (SM 70). Therefore, D. decided to implement his escape plans that same night from May 4th to 5th.

Soldier D. was armed with a Kalashnikov type submachine gun and 30 rounds of ammunition, while Private Bud was armed with the IMG variant of the same type. The pair of guards stayed on top of the section's observation tower, only to switch to an earth observation post at dusk. According to D.'s testimony in his criminal trial in West Germany, he asked Knospe at around 2:10 am: “Watch out, are you coming to the West with me?” According to D., Knospe gave no answer, but jumped up and picked up his weapon , but did not load it. D. unlocked his own weapon and set it to single fire, reloaded and fired four single shots at Bud, who died on the spot. D. fled via the barriers to Helmstedt , where an arrest warrant was issued against him .

Work-up

Knospe was posthumously promoted to sergeant and was awarded the battle title “For services to the people and fatherland” . On May 13, 1982, Knospe was buried in the cemetery of his hometown Gersdorf / Landkreis Görlitz. The memorial service in the presence of Major General Karl Leonhardt took place in the LPG cultural center in Reichenbach / OL .

The Youth Chamber of the Landgericht Braunschweig sentenced Klaus D. on 20 December 1982 for manslaughter to a juvenile sentence of 5 years. In the judgment, the court denied the existence of low motives and thus the criminal offense of murder . On May 17, 1983, the 1st Criminal Senate of the Berlin Military Court sentenced the perpetrator in absentia to life in prison for murder .

In the GDR in 1987 was a company of Border Troops named after bud; this happened at the same time as such "honorary names" were given to border companies in memory of the similar cases of Ulrich Steinhauer , Manfred Weiß and Siegfried Widera .

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  1. ↑ a b College of the Ministry of National Defense (ed.): Honorable commemoration for Sergeant Eberhard Knospe . In: The People's Army of May 1982, ISSN  0505-9259 . (Official obituary)
  2. ↑ a b c Hans-Jürgen Grasemann: A forgotten fate . In: Freedom and Law , Edition 2007/1 (March 2007), pp. 10–11.
  3. ↑ Bud, Eberhard. August 19, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ Lieutenant Colonel Horst Liebig: Murdered border soldier buried with military honors . In: The People's Army of May 1982, ISSN  0505-9259 .
  5. ^ GDR press article
  6. ^ ADN: Army General Kessler honors border troops . In: Neues Deutschland from November 30, 1987, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Bud, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German GDR border soldier, shot on duty
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz
DATE OF DEATH May 5th 1982
Place of death Sommersdorf