Heinrich Seeliger

Heinrich Seeliger (* 1907 in Löbau ; † 1995 ) was a German officer in the Reichswehr , Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr , most recently in the rank of Brigadier General , and headed the Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) from 1964 to 1967 .

Life

Seeliger joined the Reichswehr in 1927, where he was initially trained as a naval officer. In 1933, however, he switched to the new Luftwaffe and was on July 5, 1940 as Major Group Commander of the III. Group of the Jagdgeschwader 77 . In the second year of the war he completed his training as a general staff officer . At the end of the Second World War , Seeliger became an American prisoner of war . After his release, he worked in the private sector until 1956, most recently as sales manager for a British airline in Hamburg .

In March 1956, Seeliger was accepted into the Bundeswehr with the rank of lieutenant colonel . Because of his knowledge of foreign languages ​​he was employed in the military attaché system . In 1964 he succeeded Josef Selmayr as the second head of the Bundeswehr Security Office (ASBw), the headquarters of the MAD. On July 30th of that year the Federal Government took note of the proposal to appoint Seeliger as Brigadier General and approved it. In 1967, Seeliger handed over the office to his successor, Armin Eck , and retired.

literature

• “Always on the enemy!” - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 209 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : Joachim Krase (1925–1988) - An inconspicuous gray colonel: The MAD vice as IM of the Stasi . In: Helmut Müller-Enbergs , Armin Wagner (ed.): Spies and news dealers - secret service careers in Germany 1939–1989 . 1st edition. Ch. Links Verlag , Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86153-872-1 , p. 278 .
2. ^ Minutes of the 133rd cabinet meeting - personal details. In: Federal Archives. July 30, 1964, accessed March 28, 2020 .