Erich Peter

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Erich Peter, second from left, at Lutz Meier's funeral in Ahlsdorf in 1972

Erich Peter (born July 17, 1919 in Salza near Nordhausen ; † October 11, 1987 in Bad Saarow ) was Colonel General in the National People's Army and for many years head of the GDR border troops .

Life

Peter was the son of a blacksmith . He learned the trade of a locksmith from 1933 to 1936 . After the Reich Labor Service from 1937 to 1938, Peter worked in the profession he had learned until the beginning of the Second World War . From 1939 to 1945 he served in the armored weapon of the German Wehrmacht . As a non-commissioned officer , Peter went into American captivity in 1945 .

From 1945 to 1946 Peter worked again as a locksmith. During this time he joined the KPD and after the founding of the SED he became a member of the party. Peter served in Nordhausen from 1946 to 1949 in various positions in the local people's police . After a special course in the Soviet Union, in which the later leadership elite of the GDR armed forces was trained, Peter served again in the People's Police and in the Barracked People's Police (KVP) from 1950 to 1956 . After graduating from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR “K. J. Voroshilov ” in Moscow from 1957 to 1959, Peter was the commander of the 9th Panzer Division in Eggesin . He then became head of the German border police in 1960 and, after they were renamed, head of the border troops (successor to Paul Ludwig ). He held this post until his departure on July 14, 1979. Peter was appointed major general on October 7, 1963 and promoted to lieutenant general on September 26, 1969 .

In 1972 the border troops were formally hived off from the NVA. This changed the name of Peters' position. He was now deputy minister for national defense and head of the border troops (successor: Klaus-Dieter Baumgarten ). After his promotion to Colonel General (retired) on July 14, 1979, Peter was one of eleven generals who achieved this rank.

Honors

Publications

  • 30 years of reliable security of the state border of the German Democratic Republic. In: Militärwesen , 20. Jg. (1976), Heft 12, S. 3ff.

literature

Web links

Commons : Erich Peter  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical street names in Nordhausen - NordhausenWiki
  2. ^ Rainer Hellberg. With the help of Dirk Schröter: Streets in Nordhausen through the ages. Vol. 2. le petit, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812078-3-5 , 644243910 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , Union Catalog of Public Libraries 1338843893 , p. 255.
  3. ^ Wilfried Strenz: On the Crimderöder Chaussee / Crimderöder Straße / Harzstraße / Hindenburgallee / Walter-Rathenau-Allee / Parkallee: Nordhäuser street names in the 19th and 20th centuries. In: Contributions to local history from the city and district of Nordhausen. Vol. 20. Nordhausen 1995, ZDB -ID 982697-x , 884679985 in the GVK - Common Union Catalog , Union Catalog of Public Libraries 1355086671 , p. 20.
personal data
SURNAME Peter, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military, Colonel General in the NVA and head of the GDR border troops
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Salza near Nordhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1987
Place of death Bad Saarow