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H. Scheibe in the picture on the right with two other commanders of the NVA Air Force / Air Defense
(left W. Reinhold , middle H. Kessler )

Herbert Scheibe (born November 28, 1914 in Hohenmölsen ; † February 7, 1991 in Berlin ) was a German Colonel General and Chief of the Air Force / Air Defense Command (Kdo. LSK / LV) of the National People's Army .

Life

As the son of a worker, he was raised by his grandparents, both of whom were members of the KPD . After attending a twelve-grade school in basic subjects, he learned the profession of typesetter . From 1930 to 1933 Scheibe was a member of the Communist Youth Association of Germany (KJVD). During the Third Reich he was mostly imprisoned, among others in Zwickau prison and in Buchenwald concentration camp .

After 1945

In 1945, Scheibe became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). On June 1, 1945, he joined the German People's Police in what was then the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ). From 1945 to 1948, Scheibe was deputy head of the criminal police in Leipzig and from 1948 to 1949 head of the Kripo in Görlitz . The following year he was sent to the USSR for a special course . After his return he served in Prenzlau with the local police station. From 1951 until the founding of the National People's Army in 1956, Scheibe was employed in various positions and areas of the Barracked People's Police .

Promotions

Colonel
October 7, 1961 Major General ( appointment )
March 1, 1966 Lieutenant General
March 1, 1972 Colonel General

From 1956 until the beginning of his studies at the General Staff Academy of the USSR in 1957 he served in the Ministry of National Defense (MfNV) as head of the intelligence administration . After his return from the Soviet Union, he became deputy head of the main staff and head of the operational administration in the MfNV. From 1960 to 1967 he was deputy head of the LSK / LV and chief of staff in the LSK / LV command. In 1967 Herbert Scheibe was appointed commander of the NVA air force / air defense and head of the LSK / LV command . Herbert Scheibe was active in this prominent top application until 1972.

Party official

Disk was a candidate since 1967 and from 1975 to 1986 a member of the Central Committee of the SED . From 1972 until his discharge from active service on March 15, 1985, Colonel General Scheibe was the successor to Lieutenant General Walter Borning as head of the department for security issues of the Central Committee of the SED .

Orders, decorations and awards

1964 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver

1966 gold medal for "For services to the people and fatherland"

1973 "Grand Order for Military Merit" (highest military honor in Chile)

1974 Karl Marx Order

1975 Friedrich Engels Prize

1979 Scharnhorst Order

1979 Ernst Schneller Medal in gold

1979 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

1981 Gold Medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit

Medal of Merit of the GDR

Gold Medal of Merit of the National People's Army

literature

Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke : The generals and admirals of the NVA. A biographical manual. 4th edition. Ch. Links, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-209-3
Bernd-Rainer Barth , Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Scheibe, Herbert . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Armeerundschau No. 10-1983
^ New Germany from June 6, 1975

personal data
SURNAME	Disk, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Colonel General
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hohenmölsen
DATE OF DEATH	February 7, 1991
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Armeerundschau No. 10-1983

[2] New Germany from June 6, 1975