Georg Steiger
Georg Steiger (born April 24, 1928 in Lichtenstein ; † February 26, 2015 in Leipzig ) was a German officer . He was lieutenant general of the East German NVA and deputy head of the Technical Committee of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty .
Life
The son of a worker completed an apprenticeship as a knitting machine fitter after attending elementary school from 1942 to 1944. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht as an air force helper in 1944 and was an anti-aircraft gunner at the end of the war in 1945.
From 1945 to 1948 he worked as a knitter in his hometown Lichtenstein. He joined the KPD and the SED in 1946 . In September 1948 he became a member of the German People's Police (VP) and began his service as a sergeant in the VP district office in Glauchau . In the same year he came to the IV. VP readiness Saxony and in 1951 to the guard battalion in Berlin. After a further assignment in the motor vehicle transport battalion in Berlin-Adlershof, he became an officer auditor at the officers' school in Erfurt in 1953. Then he came to the CIP readiness in Potsdam. From 1954 to 1956 he was the deputy commander for rearward services in a transport regiment and in the staff of the KVP.
After founding the National People's Army in 1956, he became an officer auditor at the College of Officers and attended a military academy in the USSR from 1957 to 1961. 1961-62 he was chief officer for organization / planning of the 7th Armored Division and 1962-63 Chief of Staff of the Rear Services of the command of the Military District V . The service as deputy to the chief of Military District V and chief of the rear services from 1963 to 1965 was followed by a degree at the General Staff Academy of the USSR until 1967. He was then from 1967 to 1972 Deputy Head of Military District III and Head of Rear Services. During this time he was appointed major general on November 2, 1970 by the chairman of the GDR's National Defense Council , Walter Ulbricht . From 1972 to 1981 he was Deputy Chief and Chief of Staff of the Reverse Services in the Ministry of National Defense (MfNV). On October 7, 1979 he was promoted to lieutenant general by Ulbricht's successor, Erich Honecker . From January 1, 1982 to July 31, 1987 he was deputy head of the Technical Committee of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty (successor to Norbert Wolff ). From 1987 until his discharge from military service on April 30, 1988, he was General of the Reserve in the MfNV.
After the reunification in the GDR he was a member of the Initiative Group for the Protection of Social Rights (ISOR). He last lived in Leipzig. Steiger died at the age of 86 and was buried in the Kleinzschocher cemetery in Leipzig .
Awards
- 1988 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- Battle medals "For services to people and fatherland" in gold
literature
- 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. 183.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiger, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and lieutenant general (NVA) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 2015 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |