Horst Jänicke
Horst Jänicke (born January 4, 1923 in Strausberg ; † January 1, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German secret service agent. He was the deputy chief of the GDR foreign intelligence.
Life
The son of an independent merchant graduated after attending the elementary school from 1937 to 1940 trained as a baker . In 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and achieved the rank of non-commissioned officer . In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets .
After his release in 1949, he joined the SED and became a teacher at the district party schools in Briesen and Schiffmühle , and later head of the district party school in Treuenbrietzen . When he was appointed head of the state administration school in Königs Wusterhausen in 1951, he did a two-year distance learning course at the German Administration Academy "Walter Ulbricht" .
From 1952 Horst Jänicke belonged to the International Intelligence Service Institute for Economic Research (IWF). It later became the Enlightenment Headquarters (HVA) headed by Markus Wolf . From 1953 to 1956 he headed the military espionage department, among other things . From 1966 to 1968 he studied political science at the German Academy for Political Science and Law (DASR) in Potsdam - Babelsberg . In 1971 he was appointed second deputy head of the HVA and on October 4, 1972 , he was appointed major general by the chairman of the National Defense Council of the GDR , Erich Honecker . In 1986 he was promoted to First Deputy Head of the HVA and was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1987 . It was also Jänicke who, after the fascist coup by General Augusto Pinochet , headed the secret service operation from Berlin in 1973 , with which the persecuted Chileans were brought to safety. He was also a member of the "Foreign Policy Commission at the Politburo". In February 1989 Jänicke retired.
Awards
- 1964 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1973 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
Fonts
- Escape through the Sahara , in: The embassy refugee and other agent stories , edition ost, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-360-01074-2 .
- Preface, in: Escape from the Junta. The GDR and September 11th , edition ost, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-360-01067-4
literature
- Jens Gieseke: Jänicke, Horst . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany of February 11, 1964
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jänicke, Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German secret service agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strausberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2006 |
| Place of death | Berlin |