Heinz Irmscher

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Heinz Irmscher (born July 6, 1920 in Göritzhain ; † September 2004 ) was a German naval officer , most recently Rear Admiral of the People's Navy .

Seafaring from 1935 to 1945

Irmscher attended elementary school and was trained as a seaman from 1935. He drove as a cabin boy , ordinary seaman and seaman before he graduated from 1939 to 1941 at the seafaring school in Hamburg to become a nautical officer in the merchant marine . Then he drove as III. and second officer on various tankers , including from 1945 on the Celebes , which was subordinate to the Navy , but had a civilian crew. Irmscher therefore did not become a soldier, but remained in the merchant navy as a civilian. In 1942 Irmscher became a candidate for the NSDAP .

Career after 1945

From 1945 to 1946 Irmscher worked as a construction worker in his place of birth and in 1946 he joined the SED , for which he worked as a functionary in the Rochlitz district .

In 1950 Irmscher as a speaker in the Main Administration Sea Police , and was one of the senior officers who under Waldemar Verner , the People's Police lake constructions. From 1951 to 1954 he worked as a department head in the staff of the Seepolizei (Volkspolizei-See). From 1955 to 1957 he was head of the Peenemünde fleet base, from which the 1st Flotilla of the People's Navy emerged. In 1957/58 he was head of training in the command of the naval forces, in order to then himself take part in an officer course at the officers' college.

In 1961/62 he was operations manager and production director at VEB Peenewerft in Wolgast . From 1962 to 1970 he worked as deputy chief of staff for training in the command of the People's Navy in Rostock . In 1970 Irmscher took over the management of the OHS of the People's Navy in Stralsund and held this position until he retired on April 30, 1976. On March 1, 1971 he was appointed Rear Admiral. In 1976 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold. Irmscher last lived in Stralsund and was buried at sea after his death.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in Neues Deutschland from October 1, 2004
  2. ↑ Torsten Diedrich , Rüdiger Wenzke: The camouflaged army. History of the barracked People's Police 1952 to 1956 (= military history of the GDR 1). Links, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-86153-242-5 , p. 210.
  3. ↑ Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke : The generals and admirals of the NVA. A biographical manual. Approved license issue. Bechtermünz, Augsburg 2003, ISBN 3-8289-0542-0 .
  4. ^ New Germany of February 21, 1976
  5. ^ New Germany from October 1, 2004
personal data
SURNAME Irmscher, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German military, rear admiral of the People's Navy of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Goritzhain
DATE OF DEATH September 2004