Heinz Stocker
Heinz Stöcker (born January 22, 1929 in Lobenstein ) is a former major general in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He was head of the MfS department for special military tasks.
Life
After attending primary school in 1943, Stöcker, the son of an employee, began an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk. In the last months of the Second World War , he was drafted into the Volkssturm at the end of 1944 . He was taken prisoner by the Americans in 1945 .
After the war he continued his apprenticeship, became a member of the SPD in 1945 and the SED in 1946 . From 1946 to 1948 he worked as a commercial assistant and warehouse worker. In 1948 he became a member of the German People's Police (DVP) and began his service in the VP district office in Schleiz . After a deployment in the Gera border readiness, he attended the VP School in Döbeln in 1949/50. From 1950 he served in the VP readiness Burg and attended the VP school in Kochstedt in 1951/52. He then became a teacher for infantry tactics at KVP and NVA schools.
Stöcker was hired in 1957 at the MfS in the main department management and training (HA KuSch) and was there from 1958 head of department for military training. From 1962 head of department in the minister's working group (AGM), in February 1964 he became head of the independent department IV / 2 for special issues (then AGM / S , from 1988 department XXIII). His tasks included the combat training of divers and securing foreign missions of the GDR.
From 1964 to 1968 he completed a correspondence course in criminology at the Humboldt University in Berlin . He completed another distance learning course at the Potsdam-Eiche Law School from 1969 to 1972 with a degree in law. On February 4, 1985 he was appointed major general by the chairman of the National Defense Council of the GDR, Erich Honecker . In May 1989 he was discharged from the service and retired.
literature
- Torsten Diedrich, Hans Ehlert u. Rüdiger Wenzke, In the service of the party - Handbook of the armed organs of the GDR, Links Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-86153-160-7 , p. 712.
- Jens Gieseke : Heinz Stöcker . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (PDF, 537 kB), MfS-Handbuch V / 4, Berlin 1998, p. 73.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , February 5, 1985, p. 1.
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| SURNAME | Stocker, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stocker, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German major general in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Praise stone |