Konrad Strieder
Konrad Strieder (born April 19, 1907 , † December 1, 1965 ) was a German police officer. He was head of the main police department in the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR (MdI).
Life
Strieder, a businessman by trade, did military service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War and was taken prisoner by the Soviets as a Wehrmacht officer and officer. He joined the National Committee Free Germany (NKFD) and fought in their ranks against German fascism.
Strieder returned to Germany in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945 , joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and became a member of the German People's Police (VP). As an autodidact he made a quick career and in 1953 became head of the main department of the protection police in the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR, initially with the rank of chief inspector of the German People's Police . In July 1957 he was reassessed major general and in October 1957 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. The management department of the MdI attested him “rich practical experience” in his field of work, but at the same time also “poorly developed class consciousness”. When the minister changed in November 1963, after Karl Maron , Hans-Hugo Winkelmann and Strieder were also dismissed from active service “for health reasons”.
Strieder died at the age of 58.
Fonts (selection)
- Secure socialist development in the countryside . In: Volkspolizei 11 (1958), issue 4, p. 9.
- The socialist working style in the Schutzpolizei service branch as a prerequisite for the fulfillment of the tasks of the service branch in the completion of the construction of socialism in the GDR . In: Series of publications by the German People's Police (1959), No. 39, pp. 957–970.
literature
- Thomas Lindenberger : People's Police. Rule practice and public order in the SED state 1952–1968 . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 978-3-412-02003-3 , pp. 190, 215, 217, 280, 289 and 353.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Awards with the Patriotic Order of Merit . In: Neues Deutschland , October 7, 1957, p. 5.
- ↑ Minutes No. 66/63 of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SED on November 13, 1963.
- ↑ Obituary notice. In: Neues Deutschland , December 10, 1965, p. 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strieder, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German police officer of the VP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1965 |