Günther Pöschel
Günther Pöschel (born June 14, 1933 in Jechaburg ) is a former German officer. He was rear admiral of the People's Navy and long-time commander of the naval forces section at the Friedrich Engels Military Academy of the National People's Army in Dresden .
Life
The son of a worker completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic after attending a 12-class school from 1947 to 1951. On July 10, 1951, he became a member of the DVP and went to the maritime police . From 1952 to 1954 he attended a special course in the USSR and was then employed from 1954 to 1958 as 1st officer on watch and in command of a mine-laying and clearing ship (MLR). After his driving time he became a training officer with the staff of the 3rd flotilla (coastal security flotilla) in Sassnitz in 1958 and after the dissolution of the 3rd flotilla on December 31, 1958, he became a training officer with the naval command and from 1960 of the People's Navy. From 1961 to 1964 he studied at the Naval War Academy of the USSR in Leningrad and then from 1965 to 1972 he was Deputy Chief and Chief of Staff of the 4th Flotilla . From 1972 to 1976 he served with the rank of sea captain as head of the combat training department of the naval forces at the command of the People's Navy.
From 1976 to 1989 he was commander of the Naval Forces section at the Military Academy in Dresden (successor to Rear Admiral Wilhelm Nordin ). In the course of his service as commander of the section, he obtained a PhD A in 1981 and a B PhD in 1985 . In October 1984 Günther Pöschel was appointed rear admiral and in 1987 he was appointed associate professor. From 1989 until his discharge from military service on September 30, 1990, he was then dean of the military science faculty at the Dresden Military Academy.
In December 1989 he announced in a letter to the new Minister for National Defense of the GDR , Theodor Hoffmann , that he was leaving the SED .
Fonts
- Günther Pöschel, frog swimmer, torpedo rider, miniature submarines, German Military Publishing House , Berlin, 1961
literature
- Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke : The generals and admirals of the NVA. A biographical manual. 4th edition. Ch. Links, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-209-3 , p. 159 f.
- Friedrich Elchlepp u. a .: People's Navy of the GDR. - German naval forces in the Cold War. Mittler Verl., Hamburg 2000, 2nd through. Ed., ISBN 3813207153 , p. 344.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Theodor Hoffmann, The Last Command - A Minister remembers. ES Mittler & Sohn , Herford 1994, p. 82
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pöschel, Günther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pöschel, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, rear admiral of the People's Navy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jechaburg |