Karl White (Admiral)
Karl Weiß (born April 6, 1935 in Oberfrohna ; † 2012 ) was a rear admiral in the People's Navy of the German Democratic Republic .
Life
Karl White, son of the trimmer, completed after school 1949-1952, a vocational training to locksmith and entered the on April 1st, 1952 armed forces of the GDR one. In 1952 he became a student at the Parow Seepolizeischule and was then an officer student at the college for engineering officers in Kühlungsborn between 1953 and 1955 . From 1955 to 1956 he was a platoon leader at the engineering officer school and in 1956 he also became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Subsequently, between 1956 and 1957, he was employed as head of the motor vehicle transport group of the Fourth Flotilla stationed in Warnemünde , in which he was an officer and senior officer for fuels and lubricants in 1958 and senior officer for organization and planning in 1959. After he was an officer auditor at the Friedrich Engels Military Academy in Dresden between 1959 and 1963 , he returned to the Fourth Flotilla as a senior officer for organization, planning and training between 1963 and 1965 as a graduate military scientist. From 1965 to 1971 he was head of the training subdivision in the rear services staff in the command of the People's Navy and between 1971 and 1989 he was deputy chief of rear services and chief of staff for rear services in the command of the people's navy.
On October 7, 1987, Captain White occasion of the 38th anniversary of the GDR to Rear Admiral promoted and was on 1 January 1990 as the successor to Vice Admiral Hans Hofmann deputy chief of the People's Navy and Chief of Rear Services in command of the People's Navy before it on 30 September 1990 was released. For his services in the GDR he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze as well as the battle medal “For merits to the people and fatherland” in silver. He also earned a doctorate in military science (Dr. rer. Mil.)
literature
- Klaus Froh & Rüdiger Wenzke , (ed.): The generals and admirals of the NVA: A biographical manual. P. 200, 5th, through. Edition. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86153-438-9
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rear admiral of the People's Navy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberfrohna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2012 |