Alfred Heydel

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Alfred Heydel (born November 14, 1919 in Chemnitz ) is a former German police officer. He was major general and from 1967 to 1983 head of the main traffic and protection police departments of the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR (MdI) .

Life

After attending elementary school, he learned the trade of toolmaker. During the Second World War he was drafted into the armed forces for military service.

After the end of the war, he became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1945 (after the forced unification of the SPD and KPD in 1946, the SED ) and joined the German People's Police . As a police officer, he was temporarily chief sergeant in Chemnitz-Altendorf , most recently district manager. In 1950 he was transferred to the traffic police and acted as head of inspection or chief of the traffic police in the district authorities of the German People's Police (BDVP) in Karl-Marx-Stadt , Potsdam and Cottbus . He completed a distance learning course in 1961 as a motor vehicle engineer. From 1967 to 1971 he was Colonel of the People's Police and Head of the Main Traffic Police Department in the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR (successor to Colonel Heinz Trebstein ). From 1972 to 1983 he was head of the main police department of the MdI (successor to Major General Heinz Münchow ). At the same time he was chairman of the central judo commission of the Dynamo sports association . On June 26, 1973 he was appointed major general by the Chairman of the National Defense Council of the GDR , Erich Honecker . In 1983 he retired.

Awards

literature

  • Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1982, ISBN 3-8012-0081-7 , p. 121.
  • Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 316.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Major General Heydel is coming". In: Volksstimme of February 1, 1978, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Heydel, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Major General of the People's Police (GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz