Leopold Gotthilf

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Leopold Gotthilf (born June 19, 1918 in Vienna ; † December 29, 1999 ) was an officer in the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic . Most recently he held the rank of major general .

Military career

As the son of a worker, Gotthilf learned the profession of office assistant from 1933 to 1938 after attending school, which he completed with secondary school leaving certificate. From 1938 to 1939 he was employed in the Reich Labor Service and then from 1940 to the end of the war in the Wehrmacht , most recently as a sergeant. At the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the Soviets, from which he was released in 1948.

However, he did not return to Austria , but settled in the Soviet occupation zone . Here he became a member of the SED in 1948 and joined the German People's Police on October 4th that same year . Here Gotthilf acted until 1949 as a Zug-Polit-Kultur-Officer in the Volkspolizei-Readiness Kirchmöser later Naumburg .

From 1949 to 1950 he was delegated to the Soviet Union for a special course . After his return, Gotthilf became commander of the People's Police School in Erfurt I. From 1953 to 1957 he was deputy in command of the College for Officers of the Barracked People's Police (KVP) and the NVA. In 1957 there was another delegation to the Soviet Union, where Gotthilf attended a General Staff Academy until 1959. On his return he became a colonel in command of the 1st Motorized Rifle Division . In 1963 he became the commander of the officers' college of the land forces "Ernst Thälmann" , where Gotthilf was appointed major general on October 7, 1968 . He held this position until 1974. He then became head of the Schools and Continuing Education Administration in the Ministry of National Defense . On December 31, 1980, he was adopted into retirement. Gotthilf was holder of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, holder of the Scharnhorst Order and other orders and decorations .

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SURNAME Gotthilf, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1999