Klaus Rösler
Klaus Rösler (born September 21, 1926 in Pethau , † May 12, 1999 in Berlin ) was a colonel in the Enlightenment Headquarters in the Ministry for State Security of the GDR.
The son of an accountant attended high school until 1944, went to the Reich Labor Service and the Wehrmacht, and from 1945 to 1949 was taken prisoner by the Soviets. After returning in 1949, the Antifa student became an FDGB functionary, joined the SED in 1950 and started working as an editor for the “ Lausitzer Rundschau ”. From 1952 Rösler worked for the international intelligence service Institute for Economic Research (IWF) (from 1953 in HA XV, from 1956 HV A of the MfS); he attended courses at the IMF school. From October 1952 he worked in HA I (political espionage); from 1955 in HA II (Western Allies, third countries); from 1958 in department 3 (third countries) became deputy department head there in 1962; from 1966 to 1969 he completed a partial course in education / psychology at the University of Leipzig , which he completed with a doctorate; In 1971 he rose to head the HVA department. XII (NATO / EG) and was promoted to colonel in 1972. As a command officer he supervised u. a. the top agents Rainer Rupp and Gabriele Gast . In 1990 he was released and testified against the agents in 1993, although he made use of the right to refuse to testify under StPO § 55.
Fonts
- Peter Richter / Klaus Rösler: Wolf's western spies. An inside report. Elefanten Press, Berlin 1992 ISBN 3885204207
literature
- Focus interview September 13, 1993
- Jens Gieseke : Klaus Rösler . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jens Gieseke: Who was who in the Ministry for State Security (MfS manual) . BStU, Berlin 2012. bstu.bund.de (PDF)
- Jens Gieseke: The full-time employees of the State Security . Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-227-1 .
Single receipts
- ↑ Klaus Marxen / Gerhard Werle : Criminal Justice and GDR Injustice: 4/1 Spionage , De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, p. 134
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rösler, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pethau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1999 |
| Place of death | Berlin |