Kurt Zimmermann (MfS employee)

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Kurt Gerhard Zimmermann (born September 25, 1909 in Auerbach / Vogtl. , † December 18, 1983 in Berlin ) was a German police officer, Stasi employee and from 1961 to 1964 head of Department XVI of the Ministry for State Security (MfS ).

Life

Born in 1909 in Auerbach in Vogtland , Zimmermann graduated from elementary school from 1916 to 1924 and then began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer . In 1929 Zimmermann joined the KPD . From 1936 he worked as a driver and, after being drafted in 1940, he also worked for the Wehrmacht . On September 3, 1944, he got into Romania in Soviet prisoner of war and went through the prison camp Georgewsk, Pitschnik and Melitopol . There he attended the Antifa school and was released in March 1949.

He then took a job as a sergeant and motorbike driver at the People's Police District Office (VPKA) in Auerbach. In the same year Zimmermann joined the SED . On August 1, 1950, he was hired by the Ministry for State Security in Berlin . There he initially worked for Department IV, which was responsible for West Labor, before he was transferred to Department XIV (prison administration) in June 1952 for health reasons. There he took over the management of an operational unit and in September 1956 was even appointed acting head of department XIV. In the summer of 1960 he switched to the newly established Department XVI (securing prisons) as deputy head. There he worked as a so-called deputy for economics. In 1959 Zimmermann was promoted to major . As the successor to the late Paul Rumpelt , he took over the management of Department XVI in January 1961. In 1964 he was appointed deputy head of the main department (HA) Administration and Economics. On June 15, 1972, Kurt Zimmermann was dismissed from the service of the MfS as a pensioner. In 1974 he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.

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personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmermann, Kurt Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Stasi employee, head of Department XVI of the MfS
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Auerbach / Vogtl.
DATE OF DEATH 18th December 1983
Place of death Berlin