List of military attachés of the German Democratic Republic (by country of assignment)

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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 attachés 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.

  • Afghanistan
1980–1983 Bernhard, Wolfgang (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1983–1984 Teschner, Johannes (Colonel), military attaché
???? - 1990 Thomas, Hartmut (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1982–1985 Adam, Klaus-Dieter (captain), assistant to the military attaché
  • Egypt
1967–1970 Schönfelder, Joachim (Colonel), military attaché
1970–1975 Kiechle, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
1975–1980 John, Hans-Joachim (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1982 Schäfer, Hans (Colonel), military attaché
1982–1984 Arnold, Karli (Colonel), military attaché
1985–1989 Herrmann, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
1989–1990 Brüdgam, Achim (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1972–1973 Schäfer, Hans (major), assistant to the military attaché
1974–1978 Grütz, Werner (frigate captain), assistant to the military attaché
1978–1981 Wendt, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Ethiopia
1976–1981 Kiechle, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
1981–1984 Schwirtz, Ekkehard (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1981–1982 Schöne, Bernhard (captain), assistant to the military attaché
1982–1983 Schindler, Steffen (major), assistant to the military attaché
  • Albania
1959–1960 Müller, Rolf (major), military attaché
1960–1961 Kautzsch, Walter (major), military attaché
  • Algeria
1970–1975 Wodäge, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1975–1978 Müller, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
1978–1980 Grütz, Werner (frigate captain), military attaché
1980–1984 Hofmann, Rainer (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1988 rubber, Tammo (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Gruve, Hans-Joachim (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1982–1986 Kästner, Rainer (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Angola
1976–1980 Leuner, Wolfgang (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1984 Pope, Norbert (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1984–1988 Großmann, Peter (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Neubert, Reinhard (frigate captain), military attaché
  • Belgium
1974–1980 Lange, Joachim (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1980–1984 Haase, Klaus (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1988 Biedermann, Bernd (Colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Wolf, Peter (Colonel), military attaché
  • Bulgaria
1957–1964 Haake, Bruno (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1964–1967 Koch, Ernst (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1968–1971 Witt, Erwin (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1971–1975 Vieweg, Manfred (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1975–1980 Jakob, Gerhard (Colonel), military attaché
1981–1982 Heim, Gerhard (Colonel), military attaché
1983–1985 Neumann, German (Colonel), military attaché
1985–1990 Wunder, Roland (Colonel), military attaché
1960–1962 Eisenblatt, Karl-Heinz (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • China
1957–1961 Weinhold, Johannes (Colonel), military attaché
1962–1965 Kautzsch, Walter (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1971–1977 Kalisch, Erich (Colonel), military attaché
1977–1981 Uhlstein, Wolfgang (Colonel), military attaché
1981–1985 Müller, Egon (Colonel), military attaché
1985–1986 Lohmann, Horst (sea captain), military attaché
1986–1990 Schindler, Steffen (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1962–1963 Häßler, Alfred (sea captain), assistant to the military attaché
1971–1973 Heindorf, Bernhard (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1973–1975 Neumann, German (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1976–1979 Lohmann, Horst (sea captain), assistant to the military attaché
1979–1982 Biedermann, Bernd (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1982–1990 Eichner, Siegfried (captain), assistant to the military attaché
  • CSSR
1957–1959 Bauer, Eberhard (major), military attaché
1959–1965 Schörnig, Fritz (Colonel), military attaché
1965–1969 Griesbach, Karl (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1969–1974 Beutel, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1974–1977 Teschner, Johannes (Colonel), military attaché
1977–1982 Krüger, Gerhard (Colonel), military attaché
1982–1985 Nobody, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1985–1989 Beutel, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1957–1961 Koch, Ernst (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1961–1962 Schulz, (captain), assistant to the military attaché
1965–1970 Grünberg, Heinz (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1971–1972 Grahl, Bruno (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1973–1976 Wendt, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1976–1977 Günzel, Heinz (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1977–1979 Bernhard, Wolfgang (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1979–1982 Großmann, Peter (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1982 - ???? Stern, Wolfgang (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Denmark
1974–1976 Schreiber, Peter (frigate captain), military attaché
  • Finland
1973–1978 Behring, Boris (Colonel), military attaché in Finland
1978–1983 Schwerke, Harry (Colonel), military attaché
1983–1984 Schade, Frieder (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Lehmann, Günter (Colonel), military attaché in Finland
1973–1974 Schilde, Gerhard (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1976–1979 Dietrich, Joachim (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1979–1982 Schade, Frieder (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1982 - ???? Seyfarth, Bernd (Korvettenkapitän), assistant to the military attaché
  • Greece
1983–1984 Harder, Jürgen (sea captain), military attaché in Greece
1984–1990 Creutzinger, Gerald (Colonel), military attaché in Greece
  • India
1973–1977 Wiese, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1977–1980 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1984 Tschier, Wolfgang (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1988 Ballin, Hans-Ulrich (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Dämmig, Heinz (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1976–1977 Herrmann, Rolf (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1978–1980 Woithe, Helmut (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Iraq
1969–1973 Wiese, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1973–1978 Tschier, Wolfgang (Colonel), military attaché
1978–1982 Wodäge, Werner (Colonel), military attaché in Iraq
1982–1984 Berndt, Klaus (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1969–1972 Tschier, Wolfgang (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Iran
1976–1980 Witt, Erwin (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1983 Wiese, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1983–1989 Jerominek, Helmut (Colonel), military attaché
1989–1990 Abel, Manfred (Colonel), military attaché
  • Italy
1974–1975 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel), military attaché
1976–1980 Neumann, German (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1984 Bröske, Lothar (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1988 Mitschke, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Lange, Günter (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1982 Wille, Manfred (corvette captain), assistant to the military attaché
1982 - ???? Schröder, Jürgen (captain), assistant to the military attaché
  • Yemen
1969–1974 Zeibig, Helmut (Colonel), military attaché
1975–1980 Moritz, Bruno (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1985 Herrmann, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
1985–1989 Höntsch, Hans-Steffen (Colonel), military attaché
1989–1990 Draeger, Meinhard, (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
  • Jordan
1974–1978 Schwerke, Harry (Colonel), military attaché in Syria and Jordan
1978–1982 Müller, Herbert (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
  • Yugoslavia
1964–1970 Rathmann, Harry (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1970–1974 Koch, Ernst (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1974–1978 Litzroth, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1978–1984 Mäurer, Willy (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1990 Meyer, Hartmut (Colonel), military attaché
1963–1969 Kahn, Siegfried (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1973–1975 Harder, Jürgen (sea captain), assistant to the military attaché
1975–1977 Audörsch, Manfred (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1977–1979 Bröske, Lothar (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1979–1982 Eckert, Siegfried (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1982–1984 Höntsch, Hans-Steffen (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Cambodia
1969 - ???? Müller, Rudolf (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1982–1983 Audörsch, Manfred (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1984–1988 Gruve, Hans-Joachim (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché
  • Khmer
1968–1974 Müller, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
  • Congo
1976–1978 Leuner, Wolfgang (Colonel), military attaché
1978–1981 Schammer, Werner (frigate captain), military attaché
1981–1985 Wendt, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché
1985–1988 Wolf, Peter (Colonel), military attaché
  • Korea
1954–1958 Fischer, Richard (Major General), Ambassador of the GDR to North Korea
1958–1961 Beutel, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1961–1967 Schröter, Joachim (Colonel), military attaché
1967–1970 Schäfer, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1970–1974 Grünberg, Gottfried (Colonel), military attaché
1975–1980 Müller, Egon (Colonel), military attaché
1980–1984 Lohmann, Horst (sea captain), military attaché
1984–1988 Schwarz, Franz (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1988–1990 Wiese, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
  • Cuba
1964–1967 Franke, Rolf (sea captain), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1967–1971 Fehlauer, Emil (frigate captain), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1971–1972 Daume, Joachim (lieutenant colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1973–1975 Ziel, Günter (frigate captain), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1975–1977 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1977–1979 Ratzke, Herbert (lieutenant colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1980–1982 Beutling, Horst (Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1983–1984 Dietrich, Joachim (Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1985–1988 Globisch, Bernward (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
  • Lebanon
1978–1982 Müller, Herbert (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
1984–1988 Brüdgam, Achim (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Libya
1978–1980 Audörsch, Manfred (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
  • Luxembourg
1974–1980 Lange, Joachim (lieutenant colonel), military attaché in Belgium and Luxembourg
1980–1984 Haase, Klaus (Colonel), military attaché in Belgium and Luxembourg
1984–1988 Biedermann, Bernd (Colonel), military attaché in Belgium and Luxembourg
1988–1990 Wolf, Peter (Colonel), military attaché in Belgium and Luxembourg
  • Mexico
1977–1981 Häßler, Alfred (sea captain), military attaché
1981–1983 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel), military attaché
1983–1986 Hofmann, Klaus Eberhard (sea captain), military attaché
1986–1988 Oettel, Eberhard (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1986–1990 Lumpe, Martin (frigate captain), assistant to the military attaché
1988–1990 Globisch, Bernward (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché
1982–1986 Oettel, Eberhard (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Mocambique
1982–1984 Ratzke, Herbert (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1990–1990 Woithe, Helmut (Colonel), military attaché
  • Nicaragua
1964–1967 Franke, Rolf (sea captain), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1967–1971 Fehlauer, Emil (frigate captain), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1971–1972 Daume, Joachim (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1975–1977 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel) military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1980–1982 Beutling, Horst (Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
1983–1984 Dietrich, Joachim (Colonel), military attaché in Cuba and Nicaragua
  • Austria
1974–1979 Haake, Bruno (Colonel), military attaché
1979–1983 Taubert, Klaus (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1983–1986 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel), military attaché
1986–1986 Vieweg, Manfred (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1975–1978 Hofmann, Rainer (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1977–1980 Haase, Klaus (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1980–1982 Paul, Gert (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1982–1985 Schuricht, Dieter (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Peru
1977–1981 Friedewald, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché
1981–1983 Häßler, Alfred (sea captain), military attaché
1984–1986 Schneider, Rolf (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1987–1990 Holland, Klaus-Dieter (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
  • Poland
1958–1960 Pfennig, Arthur (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1960–1960 Schröter, Joachim (Colonel), military attaché
1960–1962 Engels, (Colonel), military attaché
1962–1967 Kalisch, Erich (Colonel), military attaché
1967–1972 Lindner, Manfred (Colonel), military attaché
1972–1977 Grahl, Bruno (Colonel), military attaché
1977–1981 Persicke, (Colonel), military attaché
1981–1982 Nobody, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1983–1984 Krüger, Gerhard (Colonel), military attaché
1960–1962 Franke, Rolf (sea captain), assistant to the military attaché
1962–1964 Koch, Ernst (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
???? - 1970 Kiechle, Rolf (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1973–1974 Hoffmann, Jura (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1974–1976 Arnold, Karli (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1977–1981 Berndt, Klaus (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Romania
1958–1958 Franz, Manfred (major), military attaché
1958–1962 Huhn, Heinz (major), military attaché
1963–1966 Zander, (Colonel) military attaché
1966–1970 Behring, Boris (Colonel), military attaché
1970–1974 Beutling, Horst (Colonel), military attaché
1974–1979 Nobody, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1979–1983 Schröter, Joachim (Colonel) military attaché
1983–1984 Friedewald, Karl-Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché
1985–1990 Luderfinger, Richard (sea captain), military attaché
1981–1984 Kerzig, Horst (frigate captain), assistant to the military attaché
1989–1990 Neuschulz, (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Sweden
1973–1977 Mitschke, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1977–1982 Lehmann, Günter (Colonel), military attaché
1982–1984 Grahl, Bruno (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1986 Funk, Günter (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1990–1990 Schammer, Werner (frigate captain), military attaché
1982–1984 Gutte, Karl-Heinz (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Switzerland
1974–1979 Schilde, Gerhard (Colonel), military attaché
1984–1985 Pope, Norbert (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1986–1990 Adam, Klaus-Dieter (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1985–1987 Lange, Günter (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Sudan
1969–1973 Mitschke, Werner (Colonel), military attaché
1973–1977 Schäfer, Hans (major), military attaché
  • Syria
1969–1974 Kahn, Siegfried (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1974–1978 Schwerke, Harry (Colonel), military attaché in Syria and Jordan
1978–1982 Müller, Herbert (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
1984–1987 Berndt, Klaus (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1987–1990 Newiger, Hartmut (Colonel), military attaché
1990–1990 John, Hans-Joachim (Colonel), military attaché
1970–1973 Tschier, Wolfgang (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1972–1975 Müller, Herbert (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1975–1977 Newiger, Hartmut (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1977–1979 Schwirtz, Ekkehard (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1979–1982 Rodemann, Andreas (frigate captain), assistant to the military attaché
1982–1983 Abel, Manfred (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1983–1985 Dämmig, Heinz (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1990–1990 Rodemann, Andreas (frigate captain), assistant to the military attaché
1990–1990 Raabe, (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • USSR
1957–1959 Gartmann, Hermann (major general), military attaché
1960–1961 Grünberg, Gottfried (Colonel), military attaché
1961–1962 Böhme, Kurt (Colonel), military attaché
1962–1967 Fischer, Richard (major general), military attaché
1967–1973 Menzel, Rudolf (Lieutenant General), military attaché
1973–1975 Vogt, Hermann (major general), military attaché
1972–1976 Eisenblatt, Karl-Heinz (Colonel), Deputy Military Attaché
1976–1978 Drews, Karl-Heinz (major general), military attaché
1978–1982 Rother, Gerhard (major general), military attaché
1982–1985 Oldenburg, Günter (major general), military attaché
1985–1987 Barthel, (major general), military attaché
1987–1990 Unterdörfel, Hans (major general), military attaché
1958–1962 Schmid, (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1962–1964 Bahnik, Horst (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1962–1963 Koenen, (major), assistant to the military attaché
1963–1964 Franke, Rolf (sea captain), assistant to the military attaché
1964–1966 Behring, Boris (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1964–1966 Schilde, Boris (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1969–1970 Beutling, Horst (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1978–1982 Poch, Günter (major), assistant to the military attaché
1982–1986 child, Michael (first lieutenant), assistant to the military attaché
  • Hungary
1957–1959 Winkler, Heinrich (major), military attaché
1959–1962 Reinke, Horst (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1963–1967 Beutel, Heinz (Lieutenant Colonel), military attaché
1967–1969 Spakowska, Gerhard (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1969–1974 Meurer, Willy (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1974–1978 Barthel, Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1978–1982 Eisenblatt, Karl-Heinz (Colonel), military attaché
1982–1984 Heim, Gerhard (Colonel), military attaché
1977–1978 Woithe, Helmut (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1978–1982 Meyer, Hartmut (Colonel), assistant to the military attaché
1982 - ???? Seel, Wilfried (captain), assistant to the military attaché
  • Vietnam
1960–1963 Witt, Erwin (Colonel), military attaché
1963–1967 Müller, Rolf (Colonel), military attaché
1967–1970 John, Hans-Joachim (Colonel), military attaché
1968–1973 Böhme, Winfried (Colonel), military attaché
1973–1977 Heindorf, Bernhard (lieutenant colonel), military attaché
1977–1981 Arnold, Karli (Colonel), military attaché
1981–1985 Woithe, Helmut (Colonel), military attaché
1985–1990 Kerzig, Horst (frigate captain), military attaché
???? - ???? Müller, Werner (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
???? - ???? Richter, Karl-Heinz (lieutenant colonel), assistant to the military attaché
  • Cyprus
1977–1981 Harder, Jürgen (sea captain), military attaché
1981–1986 Witt, Erwin (Colonel), military attaché
1986–1990 Schuricht, Dieter (lieutenant colonel), military attaché

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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
  2. ↑ 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