Hans Carlsohn
Hans Carlsohn (born December 2, 1928 in Leipzig , † July 18, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German secret service agent of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) and personal assistant to Erich Mielkes .
Life
Hans Carlsohn was born in Leipzig in 1928. His father was a worker, his mother a housewife. After attending primary school , Carlsohn began an apprenticeship as a coppersmith, which he did not complete. Then he was drafted into the Reich Labor Service (RAD). After the war he first worked for a saddler and from 1946 as a heating assistant. In 1946 Carlsohn joined the SED . In 1948 he was employed by the People's Police in the Leipzig district. Readiness followed in Grossenhain , Küstrin and Potsdam before he worked as an employee for Political Culture. In 1951 Carlsohn switched to the MfS. In the main department (HA) Personal Protection, he worked as Erich Mielke's personal companion. In 1953 he was appointed his personal assistant. His wife Sonja, née Klemm, had spent childhood and youth in the Soviet Union as the daughter of German emigrants and also worked for the MfS as a first lieutenant in Main Department V (HA V).
From 1971 he was head of the secretariat of the Minister for State Security. "Mielke's right hand" was responsible for the personal care of the minister, the distribution of mail, the selection and collection of documents, the forwarding of basic provisions and official regulations to the management office (BdL), for the organization of the distribution list for circulations and for responsible for receiving management reports (chief reports). In 1983 he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold. In 1985 he was promoted to major general of the State Security. Even after Erich Mielke's resignation on November 7, 1989, Carlsohn remained responsible for his care and stood by him until his death. In the course of the turning point and peaceful revolution in the GDR , Carlsohn was released from his position in December 1989 and finally dismissed in January 1990. In 1996 he testified as a witness in the trial against Wolfgang Vogel . Carlsohn lived as a pensioner in Berlin until his death.
literature
- Roger Engelmann , Bernd Florath , Helge Heidemeyer , Daniela Münkel , Arno Polzin, Walter Süß : The MfS Lexicon. 3rd updated edition, Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86153-900-1 , p. 68.
- Jens Gieseke : Hans Carlsohn . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (PDF, 537 kB), MfS-Handbuch V / 4, Berlin 1998, p. 11.
- Jens Gieseke: Carlsohn, Hans . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Gieseke: Who was who in the Ministry for State Security. (pdf) MfS manual. P. 11 , accessed on June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ See Karl Wilhelm Fricke / Roger Engelmann : "Concentrated Beatings" - State Security Actions and Political Processes in the GDR 1953–1956. Berlin 1998, p. 29.
- ↑ Der Spiegel 2/1992: Caviar account 528 .
- ↑ Cf. BStU, KS 1262/90, Schwanitz personnel file, Bl. 388–389: W. Schwanitz: "Note on the dismissal interview with Comrade Erich Mielke" of November 24, 1989 .
- ↑ Cf. geraldpraschl.de: Document: The funeral speech for Erich Mielke
- ↑ Sigrid Averesch: Mielke Secretary: Vogel was not an IM. In: Berliner Zeitung . July 25, 1996, accessed June 8, 2015 .
- ↑ Good neighborhood . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1990 ( online - Nov. 5, 1990 ).
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SURNAME | Carlsohn, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German head of the secretariat of the Ministry for State Security |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 2006 |
Place of death | Berlin |