Hans Suess (General)

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Hans Suess (1988)

Hans Süß (born April 20, 1935 in Buchholz ; † November 17, 2009 in Dresden ) was a German military scientist and general of the National People's Army (NVA) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

He was a university lecturer and commander of the officers' college of the air forces / air defense "Franz Mehring" and, before his release from active military service in 1990, chief inspector of the NVA (1988–1990) and head of the military academy "Friedrich Engels" of the NVA in Dresden (1990).

Life

Origin and education

Hans Süß was born on April 20, 1935 in Buchholz, Annaberg / Erzgebirge district, and grew up in a working-class family. The father was a marketer. There he attended school and passed the Abitur .

With his voluntary entry on July 27, 1953, Suss became a member of the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP) of the GDR and completed an officer training course at the KVP's officers' school in Dresden as a student / officer student (1953-1956). There he also became a candidate for the SED and a member of the SED in 1955.

career

At the beginning of 1956, Süß was taken over into the National People's Army (NVA) of the GDR and appointed to the first officer rank. He was then sent to a military academy in the Soviet Union to study at a university from 1956 to 1960 and trained in radar technology. He completed his studies as a graduate engineer.

After returning from the Soviet Union, Suss served in the radio technology regiment 4 (FuTR-4) as 1st deputy commander (1961), then as deputy commander and chief of staff (1961–1962).

In 1962 he was transferred to the LSK / LV command in Strausberg . There Suss was employed as the deputy of the chief radio technical troops (1962-1965) and then on the post of chief radio technical troops (1965-1974).

In the years 1974 to 1976 Hans Suss completed general staff training at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR "KJ Voroshilov" in Moscow.

After successfully completing his second academic degree as a military scientist (Dipl.-Mil.), Süß was transferred to the 1st Air Defense Division (NVA) (LVD) in Cottbus and worked for two years as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 1st LVD.

On November 1, 1978, Suss succeeded Manfred Lange as the commander of the Air Force Officers' College / Air Defense Franz Mehring (1978-1988). On October 7, 1979, Suss was appointed major general.

Part-time graduated from Sweet unscheduled postgraduate and was at the Military Academy "Friedrich Engels" in Dresden (mil rer Dr...) Doctor of Military Science PhD .

For the subsequent employment as chief inspector of the NVA in the Ministry of National Defense , he moved to Strausberg (1988–1990). On October 7, 1988, he was promoted to lieutenant general .

During the peaceful revolution in the GDR (1989/90), Hans Süß was appointed head of the military reform commission in the MfNV and at the same time secretary of the government commission for military reform in the GDR and recognized by the round table . A military reform was designed under his leadership. In March 1990, Suss became head of the "Friedrich Engels" military academy . In the same year he was appointed associate professor .

Before the dissolution of the NVA with German reunification , Hans Süss was released on September 30, 1990.

After German reunification

In 1990, Süß was one of the founding members of the Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V. and was a board member until 1991 and until 1994 member of the association. Süß died in Dresden in 2009 and was buried in the Kamenz cemetery.

Appreciation

In 2009, Wolfgang Scheler wrote in an obituary that Suss, “grew up in a working-class family”, had led to serving in the NVA at a “young age, internalized rejection of fascism and war” because it had been instructed to prevent the disaster from repeating itself to protect. His "intellectual abilities, his alert mind and his energy" helped him to a steep career. He continues to write:

“Finally, with him, the military academy got a boss who combined the qualities of a commander and a scientist in one person. As head of the military academy and chairman of its senate, he was able to realize yet another characteristic of military reform himself, namely to give science free rein in the military: full freedom for research and the dissemination of its results, and an end to that, as he aptly put it , the lecture hall is just another form of the parade ground. "

Awards in the GDR

See also

Publications

  • New thinking and military reform. In: Philosophical Thinking About War and Peace. Revolutionary insights at the military academy and their continued impact in the Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V. Contributions to the colloquium on September 13, 2005. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven (DSS) e. V .: DSS working papers , Dresden 2005, Issue 76, pp. 36–44. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-339867
  • Greetings to Major General a. D. Prof. Dr. Rolf Lehmann on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In: Common Security - A Difficult Learning Process. Festschrift. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V., DSS working papers, issue 70, Dresden 2004, p. 7. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-340207
  • Aspects of the military reform in the GDR. Interview. In: Military monthly magazine military being, Berlin 1990, No. 1, pp. 22-25.
  • Military reform, why and how? In: Military weekly newspaper Volksarmee , Berlin 1989, No. 49, p. 4.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The generals and admirals of the NVA. Military history of the GDR A biographical handbook, p. 186. Ed. Military history research office by Rüdiger Wenzke , Klaus Froh
  2. ↑ National-Zeitung, August 20, 1985.
  3. ↑ See Hans Süss: New thinking and military reform. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V .: Philosophical thinking about war and peace. Revolutionary insights at the military academy and their continued impact in the Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V., DSS working papers, Issue 76, Dresden 2005, pp. 36–44. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-339867
  4. ^ Obituary for Hans Suess. In: Wolfgang Scheler: Lieutenant General a. D. Prof. Dr. Hans Suess in memory. In: (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V., DSS working papers, Issue 97, Dresden 2010, pp. 78–80. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-339717
  5. ↑ See obituary by Wolfgang Scheler: Generalleutnant a. D. Prof. Dr. Hans Suess in memory. In: The Great Depression and Peace. (Ed.) Dresdener Studiengemeinschaft Sicherheitspektiven e. V., DSS working papers, Issue 97, Dresden 2010, pp. 78–80. urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-qucosa2-339717
personal data
SURNAME Sweet, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military, major general of the LSK / LV of the National People's Army
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchholz
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 2009
Place of death Dresden