Claus Mansfeld
Claus Mansfeld also Klaus Mansfeld (born March 8, 1902 in Brekendorf , † January 14, 1973 in Berlin ) was a German major general and chief of the riot police in the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR .
Life
As the son of a farmer, after attending elementary school from 1916 to 1920, he initially stayed with his parents, then completed an apprenticeship as a boat builder until 1924 and then worked at a boatyard in Fürstenberg / Havel . In 1920 he joined the ADGB . In 1923 he was a co-founder of the KPD in Fürstenberg / Havel and until 1933 political leader of the KPD local group Fürstenberg, 1923/24 at the same time military director of the Red Front Fighters League Fürstenberg. In 1924 he was arrested for “preparing to commit high treason and explosives offenses”, but released again in 1925 without a sentence. From 1930 to 1933 he was unemployed. During the time of fascism he was under Gestapo supervision and was imprisoned several times. In 1940 he was drafted into the Air Force and worked as a body builder in the Air Force vehicle workshop in Dresden-Nickern. In April 1945 he became an American prisoner-of-war as a corporal.
In April 1946 he came to Neustrelitz , became a member of the SED and joined the German People's Police . He became head of the Neustrelitz district police office and joined the Mecklenburg border police in Schwerin in August 1946. After visiting the VP University in Berlin in 1949 he became head of the border police and readiness department of the state of Brandenburg. In 1949/50 he was on a special course at a military academy in the USSR. From 1952 to 1957 he was Colonel Chief of Staff and Head of the Border Service Department of the Central Administration of the German People's Police (HVDVP). From March 1957 to 1959 he was chief of staff and from 1959 to 1962 commander of the riot police in the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR (successor to Major General Hans-Hugo Winkelmann ). In October 1960 he was appointed major general of the People's Police. In August 1961 he played a major role in the preparation and implementation of the construction of the wall . After the dissolution of commands riot police and the conversion into an inspection Willingness he was from 1 July 1962 until his discharge from the service in 1963 chief of this inspection. He then lived as a pensioner in Fürstenberg / Havel.
Awards and honors
- 1954 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, 1962 in silver and 1972 in gold
- 1967 Order of Labor Banner
- 1969 Gold Medal of Merit of the organs of the Ministry of the Interior
- Medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945
- 1977 Awarded the name "Claus Mansfeld" to the municipal vocational school in Gransee .
literature
- Bernd-Rainer Barth : Mansfeld, Klaus (Claus) . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 218.
- Torsten Diedrich, Hans Ehlert u. Rüdiger Wenzke, In the service of the party - Handbook of the armed organs of the GDR, Links Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-86153-160-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Junge Welt, March 17, 1978
- ↑ Protocol No. 46/60 of the Politburo (Federal Archives)
- ^ Junge Welt, March 17, 1978
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mansfeld, Claus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mansfeld, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German policeman, General of the People's Police of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brekendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1973 |
| Place of death | Berlin |