Erich Wöllner
Erich Wöllner (born March 16, 1931 in Kirchhasel , Schwarza district ) is a former major general of the border troops of the GDR .
Life
The son of a carpenter learned the trade of a shoemaker from 1945 to 1949. He initially worked as a transport worker and in August 1949 became a member of the German People's Police . He attended the VP School in Döbeln and served as an officer in the Barracked People's Police from 1952. In 1953 he became a member of the SED . From 1955 to 1959 he attended the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union and was then appointed deputy and then chief of staff of a motorized rifle regiment. From 1962 to 1965 he was in command of the Mot.Schützen-Regiment 16 " Robert Uhrig " in Bad Frankenhausen . After attending the General Staff Academy of the USSR from 1965 to 1967, he was 1st Deputy Commander until 1971, then Chief of Staff of the 4th Motorized Rifle Division until 1973. From 1973 to 1979 he was commander of the NCO's " Paul Fröhlich " school of the NVA in Zwickau . On March 1, 1976, he was appointed major general.
Erich Wöllner was in command of the Central Border Command from 1979 to 1990, where nearly 12,000 soldiers were subordinate to him. Within its competence, among others, the shooting of East German refugees were Marienetta Jirkowsky in November 1980 and Chris Gueffroy in February 1989. The four border guards drew Wöllner involved in the shooting of Gueffroy then with the badges of border troops and 150 Mark premiums from. On April 30, 1990, he was released from military service.
In 1997 Erich Wöllner was charged with "multiple manslaughter and attempted manslaughter or aiding and abetting" before the Berlin Regional Court . In March 1998 he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for manslaughter in six cases, which he did not have to serve for reasons of age (he was considered incapable of detention).
From 1984 to 1986 he was a candidate, then until 1989 a member of the SED district leadership in Berlin.
Awards
- 1981 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1986 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- Battle medals "For services to people and fatherland" in gold
literature
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 1030 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- Roman Grafe : German Justice. Trials against GDR border guards and their commanders. Siedler, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88680-819-X .
- Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke , Military History Research Office (ed.): The generals and admirals of the NVA: A biographical manual . 5th, through. Edition. Ch. Links Verlag , Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86153-438-9 , p. 206, online in the Google book search.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wöllner, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military, major general of the border troops of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchhasel , Schwarza district |