Friedhelm Rausch
Friedhelm Rausch (born April 29, 1931 , † February 25, 2003 ) was a German police officer. He was Lieutenant General and from 1986 to 1989 President of the People's Police in Berlin .
Life
By profession agricultural assistant, he joined the German People's Police (DVP) in 1949 . He studied and graduated as a graduate military scientist. Rausch later became a colonel in the district authority of DVP Karl-Marx-Stadt , was GDR representative in the border commission and head of the border marking working group from 1973 to 1976 . As Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of the Interior , he was appointed major general in 1980. As successor to Werner Gröning , he was appointed President of the People's Police in Berlin on January 6, 1986. From 1986 to 1989 Rausch was a member of the SED district leadership in Berlin and the city council of Berlin. In 1987 he was promoted to lieutenant general.
While at a press conference on October 25, 1989, he claimed that the demonstrators of the 7th / 8th October provoked and intended to move to the Brandenburg Gate to break the border there, questions about the attacks by the security forces forced him to make a public apology four days later. On December 13, 1989, Interior Minister Lothar Ahrendt accepted his resignation . VP Colonel Joachim Griebel was entrusted with the management of the official business, who was then replaced on January 8, 1990 by Major General Dirk Bachmann .
Rausch died at the age of 71 and was buried in the St. Petri Cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
Awards
- 1975 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1979 Order Banner of Labor Level I
- 1983 Honorary title Honored People's Police of the German Democratic Republic
literature
- Andreas Herbst , Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3, 1994, p. 269
Web link
- Friedhelm Rausch on chronicle of the turning point
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of May 13, 1986
- ^ New Germany of December 14, 1989
- ^ New Germany of January 9, 1990
- ↑ http://familienangebote.genealogy.net/detailstod.php?ID=137516&PID=45
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Intoxication, Friedhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German police officer and general of the People's Police |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1931 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2003 |