Johannes Börner
Johannes Börner (born August 12, 1917 , † February 2, 1988 in Suhl ) was a German police officer in the GDR . He was head of the district authority of the German People's Police (BDVP) Suhl .
Life
Börner was a trained locksmith, a member of the SPD and during the Second World War a member of the German Air Force .
After the war he became a member of the German People's Police (DVP) in October 1945 and a member of the SED in 1946 . From 1949 he held a leading position in the area of fire protection and from 1950 was a VP officer in the main administration training (HVA). From 1952 to 1956 he worked in the BDVP Leipzig and Magdeburg. On April 1, 1956, when the "Active Fire Protection Administration" (VAB) was organizationally separated from the fire brigade with the rank of VP Inspector (Colonel), he was head of this administration (successor to Erich Rathmann), which on July 1, 1958 in " Air Defense Command ”of the Ministry of the Interior was renamed. He held this position until 1960. From 1960 to 1962 he attended the Friedrich Engels Military Academy in Dresden. From 1962 to March 1978, he was the successor to Rudolf Ockernahl, head of the BDVP Suhl. At the same time he was a member of the SED district leadership in Suhl until February 1979 . On June 26, 1975, Erich Honecker appointed him major general. In March 1978 he retired from the police force and was then from April 1978 to July 1981 chairman of the Suhl district board of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship .
Börner died after a long and serious illness at the age of 70 and was buried in the cemetery in Suhl.
Awards
- June 30, 1955 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, 1974 in silver and 1977 in gold
- 1977 Fritz Heckert Medal in silver
- 1987 Gold medal for the Patriotic Order of Merit
- Honorary title Honored People's Police of the German Democratic Republic
- Medal Badge of Honor of the German People's Police
literature
- Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1979, ISBN 3-8012-0034-5 , p. 29.
- Torsten Diedrich, Hans Ehlert u. Rüdiger Wenzke, In the service of the party - Handbook of the armed organs of the GDR , Links Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-86153-160-7 , p. 690.
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituaries in Neues Deutschland from February 10th and 11th, 1988.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borner, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Borner, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Major General of the People's Police, SED functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1917 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2nd, 1988 |
| Place of death | Suhl |