Heinz Opitz
Heinz Opitz (born January 10, 1928 ) is a former German officer in the People's Police . He was major general and from 1983 to 1989 head of the readiness department in the Ministry of the Interior (MdI) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) .
Life
Opitz became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) , a member of the German People's Police and started an officer career.
From 1983 to 1989 he was Heinz Eichler's successor as head of the main readiness department in the MdI and responsible for barracked units of the MdI performing military service . On June 24, 1983 he was appointed major general by the chairman of the GDR's National Defense Council , Erich Honecker . In November 1989 he became secretary to Lothar Ahrendt , the Minister for Internal Affairs of the GDR, and on December 21, 1989 a member of the government commission that was supposed to carry out military reform. Opitz was dismissed from the police force in 1990.
Awards
- 1981 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1985 Scharnhorst Order
- 1988 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
Fonts
- with Günter Huthmann, Franz Fiebig and others: Historical outline of the structure and development of the People's Police standby 1945–1985 . MdI of the GDR, Berlin 1988.
literature
- Frank Nägler (Ed.): The Bundeswehr 1955 to 2005: Flashbacks - Insights - Perspectives. R. Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-57958-1 , p. 456.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erich Honecker appointed generals . In: Neues Deutschland , June 25, 1983, p. 1.
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| SURNAME | Opitz, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Major General of the People's Police |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1928 |