Klaus Senf

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Klaus Senf (born May 14, 1923 in Bad Liebenstein ; † November 28, 1991 ) was an officer in the former National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic . Most recently he held the rank of major general .

Military career

After graduating from high school, Senf was immediately drafted into the Wehrmacht , where he was a non-commissioned officer in the Air Force from 1941 until the end of the war . At the end of the war, he was briefly captured by the United States and Britain in May 1945. After his release, he took up a job as a forest worker that same year , which he held until 1946. Senf then began studying at the University of Jena , which he completed as a forest engineer, which lasted until 1950 . He then worked until 1954 as an employee of the State Planning Commission in Berlin . During this time he joined the SED in 1952 .

After Senf joined the Barracked People's Police (KVP) of the GDR on May 15, 1954, he became a senior officer for forestry on the KVP's staff until 1955. From this position, Senf moved to the Ministry of National Defense (MfNV) in 1956 , where he was employed as a senior officer for forestry with the chief of construction and accommodation. In 1957 he was promoted to main consultant for military and economic forestry tasks in the MfNV, which he remained until 1959. From 1960 to 1972 he was head of the forestry department in the MfNV and from 1972 head of military forestry. Senf, who had been appointed major general on October 7, 1977, held this position until 1986. From 1986 until his retirement on June 30, 1988, he acted as head of the ten military forestry operations of the MfNV.

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  1. ↑ People's Army (newspaper) No. 50 - December 1989
personal data
SURNAME Mustard, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Liebenstein
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1991