Bernd Fischer (MfS employee)
Bernd Fischer (born May 20, 1940 in Chemnitz ; † April 19, 2018 ) was a colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1987 to 1990 he was head of Department I of the Central Enlightenment Administration (HVA), the GDR's foreign intelligence service, responsible for the “State Apparatus of the Federal Republic of Germany”.
Life
After graduating from high school and training as a driver, Fischer attended a workers 'and farmers' faculty and graduated from high school in 1958 . In 1957 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Until 1965 he studied political science at the Institute for International Relations in Moscow and passed his diploma.
In 1965, Fischer was hired by the MfS and became an employee of HVA Department III, responsible for “legally covered residences ”. In 1979 Fischer became deputy head of department, in 1984 first deputy head of department and colonel. In 1984/85 he completed a course at the Institute for Marxist-Leninist Further Education of the Ministry of the Interior (MdI) of the GDR and in 1987 became head of HVA Department I, responsible for the "State Apparatus of the Federal Republic of Germany".
After the fall of the Wall and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , Fischer worked for the group to dissolve the HVA and was responsible for the systematic destruction of a large number of MfS files. On the day of German reunification , he was arrested in Berlin on suspicion of being a secret service agent, but was quickly released.
He later worked for a time in a law firm.
Fischer was one of the permanent authors of the communist-socialist monthly RotFuchs .
literature
- Jens Gieseke : Bernd Fischer . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jens Gieseke: Who was who in the Ministry for State Security (MfS manual) . BStU, Berlin 2012, p. 22 (pdf; 1.3 MB).
- Jens Gieseke: The full-time employees of the State Security . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-227-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Sontheimer : The end of a legend . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1999, p. 40-51 ( Online - Jan. 18, 1999 ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Bernd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2018 |