List of military attachés of the German Democratic Republic
The military attaches were in the first years of the existence of the National People's Army of the Foreign Department Ministry of National Defense assigned. In 1974 they were placed under the Head of the Military Reconnaissance of the National People's Army . The following list contains a list of names of all military attaché and their assistants who were on duty for the German Democratic Republic from 1952 to 1990 . During the deployment, the ranks have changed in accordance with the career regulations of the National People's Army (promotions). The last known ranks are given in the list.
- Abel, Manfred ( Colonel )
- 1982–1983 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1984–1987 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1989–1990 military attaché in Iran
- Adam, Klaus-Dieter ( Lieutenant Colonel )
- 1982–1985 assistant to the military attaché in Afghanistan
- 1986–1990 military attaché in Switzerland
- Arnold, Karli (Colonel)
- 1974–1976 assistant to the military attaché in Poland
- 1977–1981 military attaché in Vietnam
- 1982–1984 military attaché in Egypt
- Audörsch, Manfred (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1975–1977 assistant to the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1978–1980 Representative of the Minister for National Defense in Libya
- 1982–1983 military attaché in Cambodia
- Bahnik, Horst (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1962–1964 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- Ballin, Hans-Ulrich (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1984–1988 military attaché in India
- Barthel, ( Major General )
- 1985–1987 military attaché in the USSR
- Barthel, Heinz (Colonel)
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1974–1978 military attaché in Hungary
- Bauer, Eberhard ( Major )
- 1957–1959 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Behring, Boris (Colonel)
- 1964–1966 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- 1966–1970 military attaché in Romania
- 1973–1978 military attaché in Finland
- Berndt, Klaus (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1977–1981 assistant to the military attaché in Poland
- 1982–1984 military attaché in Iraq
- 1984–1987 military attaché in Syria
- Bernhard, Wolfgang (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1977–1979 assistant to the military attaché in the CSSR
- 1980–1983 military attaché in Afghanistan
- Bag, Heinz (Colonel)
- 1958–1961 military attaché in Korea
- 1963–1967 military attaché in Hungary
- 1969–1974 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1985–1989 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Beutling, Horst (Colonel)
- 1969–1970 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- 1970–1974 military attaché in Romania
- 1980–1982 military attaché in Cuba , second accreditation in Nicaragua
- Biedermann, Bernd (Colonel)
- 1973–1974 assistant to the military attaché in China
- 1979–1982 assistant to the military attaché in China
- 1984–1988 military attaché in Belgium and Luxembourg
- Böhme, Kurt (Colonel)
- 1961–1962 military attaché in the USSR
- Böhme, Winfried (Colonel)
- 1968–1973 military attaché in Vietnam
- Bröske, Lothar (Colonel)
- 1977–1979 assistant to the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1980–1984 military attaché in Italy
- Brüdgam, Achim (lieutenant colonel)
- 1984–1988 assistant to the military attaché in Lebanon
- 1989–1990 military attaché in Egypt
- Creutzinger, Gerald (Colonel)
- 1984–1990 military attaché in Greece
- Dämmig, Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1983–1985 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1988–1990 military attaché in India
- Daume, Joachim (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1971–1972 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- Dietrich, Joachim (Colonel)
- 1976–1979 assistant to the military attaché in Finland
- 1983–1984 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- Draeger, Meinhard (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1989–1990 military attaché in Yemen
- Drews, Karl-Heinz (Major General)
- 1976–1978 military attaché in the USSR
- Eckert, Siegfried (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1979–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- Eichner, Siegfried (captain)
- 1982–1990 assistant to the military attaché in China
- Eisenblatt, Karl-Heinz (Colonel)
- 1960–1962 assistant to the military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1972–1976 Deputy Military Attaché in the USSR
- 1978–1982 military attaché in Hungary
- Engels, (Colonel)
- 1960–1962 military attaché in Poland
- Fehlauer, Emil ( frigate captain )
- 1967–1971 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- Fischer, Richard (Major General)
- 1954–1958 Ambassador of the GDR to North Korea
- 1962–1967 military attaché in the USSR
- Franke, Rolf (sea captain)
- 1960–1962 assistant to the military attaché in Poland
- 1963–1964 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- 1964–1967 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- Franz, Manfred (Major)
- 1958–1958 military attaché in Romania
- Friedewald, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1977–1981 military attaché in Peru
- 1983–1984 military attaché in Romania
- Funk, Günter (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1984–1986 military attaché in Sweden
- Gartmann, Hermann (Major General)
- 1957–1959 military attaché in the USSR
- Globisch, Bernward (Lieutenant Colonel, Dipl.rer.mil.)
- 1985–1988 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Mexico
- Grahl, Bruno (Colonel)
- 1971–1972 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1972–1977 military attaché in Poland
- 1982–1986 military attaché in Sweden
- Griesbach, Karl (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1965–1969 military attaché in the CSSR
- Großmann, Peter (Lieutenant Colonel, Dipl.rer.mil.)
- 1979–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1984–1988 military attaché in Angola
- Grünberg, Gottfried (Colonel)
- 1960–1961 military attaché in the USSR
- Grünberg, Heinz (Colonel)
- 1965–1970 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1970–1974 military attaché in Korea
- Grütz, Werner (frigate captain)
- 1974–1978 assistant to the military attaché in Egypt
- 1978–1980 military attaché in Algeria
- Gruve, Hans-Joachim (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1984–1988 military attachés in Cambodia
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Algeria
- Günzel, Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1976–1977 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Gutte, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1982–1984 assistant to the military attaché in Sweden
- Haake, Bruno (Colonel)
- 1957–1964 military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1974–1979 military attaché in Austria
- Haase, Klaus (Colonel)
- 1977–1980 assistant to the military attaché in Austria
- 1980–1984 military attaché in Belgium and Luxembourg
- Harder, Jürgen ( sea captain )
- 1973–1975 assistant to the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1977–1981 military attaché in Cyprus
- 1983–1984 military attaché in Greece
- Häßler, Alfred (sea captain)
- 1962–1963 assistant to the military attaché in China
- 1974–1975 intern at the military attaché in Romania
- 1977–1981 military attaché in Mexico
- 1981–1983 military attaché in Peru
- Heim, Gerhard (Colonel)
- 1981–1982 military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1982–1984 military attaché in Hungary
- Heindorf, Bernhard (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1971–1973 assistant to the military attaché in China
- 1973–1977 military attaché in Vietnam
- Herrmann, Rolf (Colonel)
- 1976–1977 assistant to the military attaché in India
- 1980–1985 military attaché in Yemen
- 1985–1989 military attaché in Egypt
- Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel)
- 1973–1974 assistant to the military attaché in Poland
- 1974–1975 military attaché in Italy
- 1975–1977 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- 1977–1980 military attaché in India
- 1981–1983 military attaché in Mexico
- 1983–1986 military attaché in Austria
- Hofmann, Klaus Eberhard (sea captain)
- 1983–1986 military attaché in Mexico
- Hofmann, Rainer (Colonel)
- 1975–1978 assistant to the military attaché in Austria
- 1980–1984 military attaché in Algeria
- Höntsch, Hans-Steffen (Colonel)
- 1982–1984 assistant to the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1985–1989 military attaché in Yemen
- Chicken, Heinz (Major)
- 1958–1962 military attaché in Romania
- Jakob, Gerhard (Colonel)
- 1975–1980 military attaché in Bulgaria
- Jerominek, Helmut (Colonel)
- 1983–1989 military attaché in Iran
- John, Hans-Joachim (Colonel)
- 1967–1970 military attaché in Vietnam
- 1975–1980 military attaché in Egypt
- 1990–1990 military attaché in Syria
- Kahn, Siegfried (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1963–1969 assistant to the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1969–1974 military attaché in Syria
- Kästner, Rainer (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1982–1986 assistant to the military attaché in Algeria
- Kalisch, Erich (Colonel)
- 1962–1967 military attaché in Poland
- 1971–1977 military attaché in China
- Rubber, Tammo (Colonel)
- 1984–1989 military attaché in Algeria
- 1981–1983 assistant to the military attaché Colonel Persike
- Kautzsch, Walter (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1960–1961 military attaché in Albania
- 1962–1965 military attaché in China
- Kerzig, Horst (frigate captain)
- 1981–1984 assistant to the military attaché in Romania
- 1985–1990 military attaché in Vietnam
- Kiechle, Rolf (Colonel)
- ? - 1970 assistant to the military attaché in Poland
- 1970–1975 military attaché in Egypt
- 1976–1981 military attaché in Ethiopia
- Child, Michael (first lieutenant)
- 1982–1986 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- Koch, Ernst (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1957–1961 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1962–1964 assistant to the military attaché in Poland
- 1964–1967 military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1970–1974 military attaché in Yugoslavia
- Koenen, (Major)
- 1962–1963 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- Krüger, Gerhard (Colonel)
- 1977–1982 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1983–1984 military attaché in Poland
- Lange, Günter (Colonel)
- 1985–1987 assistant to the military attaché in Switzerland
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Italy
- Lange, Joachim (Colonel)
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in Hungary
- 1974–1980 military attaché in Belgium
- Lehmann, Günter (Colonel)
- 1976 trainee at the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1977–1982 military attaché in Sweden
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Finland
- Leuner, Wolfgang (Colonel)
- 1976–1978 military attaché in Angola and Congo
- Lindner, Manfred (Colonel)
- 1967–1972 military attaché in Poland
- Litzroth, Werner (Colonel)
- 1974–1978 military attaché in Yugoslavia
- Lohmann, Horst (sea captain)
- 1976–1979 assistant to the military attaché in China
- 1980–1984 military attaché in Korea
- 1985–1986 military attaché in China
- Luderfinger, Richard (sea captain)
- 1984 preparatory squad
- 1985–1990 military attaché in Romania
- Lumpe, Martin (frigate captain)
- 1986–1990 assistant to the military attaché in Mexico
- Mäurer, Willy (Colonel)
- 1969–1974 military attaché in Hungary
- 1978–1984 military attaché in Yugoslavia
- Menzel, Rudolf (Lieutenant General)
- 1967–1973 military attaché in the USSR
- Meyer, Hartmut (Colonel)
- 1978–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Hungary
- 1984–1990 military attaché in Yugoslavia
- Mitschke, Werner (Colonel)
- 1969–1973 military attaché in Sudan
- 1973–1977 military attaché in Sweden
- 1984–1988 military attaché in Italy
- Moritz, Bruno (Colonel)
- 1975–1980 military attaché in Yemen
- Müller, Egon (Colonel)
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in China
- 1975–1980 military attaché in Korea
- 1981–1985 military attaché in China
- Müller, Herbert (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1972–1975 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1978–1982 military attaché in Syria
- Müller, Rolf (Colonel)
- 1959–1962 military attaché in Albania
- 1963–1967 military attaché in Vietnam
- 1968–1974 military attaché in Khmer
- 1975–1978 military attaché in Algeria
- Müller, Rudolf (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1969 military attaché in Cambodia
- Müller, Werner (Lieutenant Colonel)
- ? Assistant to the military attaché in Vietnam
- Neubert, Reinhard (frigate captain)
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Angola
- Neumann, German (Colonel)
- 1973–1975 assistant to the military attaché in China
- 1976–1980 military attaché in Italy
- 1983–1985 military attaché in Bulgaria
- Neuschulz, (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1989–1990 assistant to the military attaché in Romania
- Newiger, Hartmut (Colonel)
- 1975–1977 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1987–1990 military attaché in Syria
- Nobody, Werner (Colonel)
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in Egypt
- 1974–1979 military attaché in Romania
- 1981–1982 military attaché in Poland
- 1982–1985 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Oettel, Eberhard (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1982–1986 assistant to the military attaché in Mexico
- 1986–1988 military attaché in Mexico
- Oldenburg, Günter (Major General)
- 1982–1985 military attaché in the USSR
- Pope, Norbert (lieutenant colonel)
- 1976–1979 military attaché in Portugal
- 1980–1984 military attaché in Angola
- 1984–1985 military attaché in Switzerland
- Paul, Gert (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1980–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Austria
- Persicke, (Colonel)
- 1977–1981 military attaché in Poland
- Pfennig, Arthur (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1958–1960 military attaché in Poland
- Poch, Günter (Major)
- 1978–1982 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- Raabe, (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1990–1990 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- Rathmann, Harry (Major General)
- 1964–1970 military attaché in Yugoslavia
- Ratzke, Herbert (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1977–1979 military attaché in Cuba, second accreditation in Nicaragua
- 1982–1984 military attaché in Mozambique
- Reinke, Horst (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1959–1961 military attaché in Hungary
- Richter, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- ? Assistant to the military attaché in Vietnam
- Rodemann, Andreas (frigate captain)
- 1979–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1990 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- Rother, Gerhard (Major General)
- 1978–1982 military attaché in the USSR
- It's a shame, Frieder (lieutenant colonel)
- 1979–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Finland
- 1983–1984 military attaché in Finland
- Schäfer, Hans (Colonel)
- 1972–1973 assistant to the military attaché in Egypt
- 1973–1977 military attaché in Sudan
- 1980–1982 military attaché in Egypt
- Schäfer, Heinz (Colonel)
- 1967–1970 military attaché in Korea
- 1979–1984 military attaché in Switzerland
- Schammer, Werner (frigate captain)
- 1978–1981 military attachés in the Congo
- 1990–1990 military attaché in Sweden
- Shields, Boris (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1964–1966 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- Shields, Gerhard (Colonel)
- 1973–1974 assistant to the military attaché in Finland
- 1974–1979 military attaché in Switzerland
- Schindler, Steffen (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1982–1983 assistant to the military attaché in Ethiopia
- 1984 intern at the military attaché in Egypt
- 1986–1990 military attaché in China
- Schmid, (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1958–1962 assistant to the military attaché in the USSR
- Schneider, Rolf (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1984 military attaché in Peru
- Schöne, Bernhard (captain)
- 1981–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Ethiopia
- Schönfelder, Joachim (Colonel)
- 1967–1970 military attaché in Egypt
- Schörnig, Fritz (Colonel)
- 1959–1965 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Schreiber, Peter (frigate captain)
- 1974–1976 military attaché in Denmark (confirmed, not deployed)
- Schröder, Jürgen (captain)
- 1982 -? Assistant to the military attaché in Italy
- Schröter, Joachim (Colonel)
- 1960–1960 military attaché in Poland
- 1961–1967 military attaché in Korea
- 1971–1977 military attaché in China
- 1979–1983 military attaché in Romania
- '' 'Schubert, ???
(Lieutenant colonel)
- 1984–1986 assistant to the military attaché
- Schulz, (captain)
- 1961–1962 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Schuricht, Dieter (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1982–1985 assistant to the military attaché in Austria
- 1986–1990 military attaché in Cyprus
- Schwarz, Franz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1984–1988 military attaché in Korea
- Schwerke, Harry (Colonel)
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1974–1978 military attaché in Syria, second accreditation in Jordan
- 1978–1983 military attaché in Finland
- Schwirtz, Ekkehard (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1977–1979 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1981–1984 military attaché in Ethiopia
- Seel, Wilfried (captain)
- 1982–? Assistant to the military attaché in Hungary
- Seyfarth, Bernd (Corvette Captain)
- 1982–? Assistant to the military attaché in Finland
- Spakowska, Gerhard (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1967–1969 military attaché in Hungary
- Stern, Wolfgang (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1982–? Assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- Taubert, Klaus (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1977–1979 military attaché in Turkey
- 1979–1983 military attaché in Austria
- Teschner, Johannes (Colonel)
- 1974 intern at the military attaché in Poland
- 1974–1977 military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1983–1984 military attaché in Afghanistan
- Thomas, Hartmut (Lieutenant Colonel)
- ? - 1990 military attaché in Afghanistan
- Tille, Manfred (frigate captain)
- 1982 -? Military attaché in Kampuchea and Laos
- Tschier, Wolfgang (Colonel)
- 1969–1972 assistant to the military attaché in Iraq
- 1970–1973 assistant to the military attaché in Syria
- 1973–1978 military attaché in Iraq
- 1974–1978 military attaché in Syria
- 1980–1984 military attaché in India
- Uhlstein, Wolfgang (Colonel)
- 1976–1976 intern at the military attaché in Yugoslavia
- 1977–1981 military attaché in China
- Unterdörfel, Hans (Major General)
- 1987–1990 military attaché in the USSR
- Vieweg, Manfred (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1971–1975 military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1986–1986 military attaché in Austria
- Vogt, Hermann (Major General)
- 1973–1975 military attaché in the USSR
- Weinhold, Johannes (Colonel)
- 1957–1961 military attaché in China
- Wendt, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel)
- 1973–1976 assistant to the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1978–1981 assistant to the military attaché in Egypt
- 1981–1985 military attaché in the Congo
- Wiese, Heinz (Colonel)
- 1969–1973 military attaché in Iraq
- 1973–1977 military attaché in India
- 1980–1983 military attaché in Iran
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Korea
- Wille, Manfred (Corvette Captain)
- 1980–1982 assistant to the military attaché in Italy
- Witt, Erwin (Colonel)
- 1960–1963 military attaché in Vietnam
- 1968–1971 military attaché in Bulgaria
- 1976–1980 military attaché in Iran
- 1981–1986 military attaché in Cyprus
- Winkler, Heinrich (Major)
- 1957–1959 military attaché in Hungary
- Wodäge, Werner (Colonel)
- 1970–1975 military attaché in Algeria
- 1978–1982 military attaché in Iraq
- Woithe, Helmut (Colonel)
- 1977–1978 assistant to the military attaché in Hungary
- 1978–1980 assistant to the military attaché in India
- 1981–1985 military attaché in Vietnam
- 1990–1990 military attaché in Mozambique
- Wolf, Peter (Colonel)
- ???? Intern at the military attaché in Czechoslovakia
- 1985–1988 military attaché in the Congo
- 1988–1990 military attaché in Belgium
- Wonder, Roland (Colonel)
- 1985–1990 military attaché in Bulgaria
- Zander, (Colonel)
- 1963–1966 military attaché in Romania
- Show, Helmut (Colonel)
- 1969–1974 military attaché in Yemen
- Aim, Günter (frigate captain)
- 1973–1975 military attaché in Cuba
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Richter: The Military Intelligence Service of the National People's Army of the GDR and its control by the Ministry for State Security. The history of a German secret service, European university publications Volume 439, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-631-52020-4
- ↑ Bodo Wegmann: The military intelligence of the NVA. The central organization of the military reconnaissance of the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic. 2nd Edition. Köster, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89574-580-4