Manfred Seidel

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Manfred Seidel (born November 10, 1928 ) is a German former Stasi officer. He was the deputy head of the Commercial Coordination Department (KoKo) and next to Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski the most important officer in special operations (OibE) of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) at KoKo.

Life

Career

Seidel was an MfS employee from 1954 and was employed for years in HA XVIII / 7 in the reconnaissance headquarters and its predecessor units, most recently as deputy head of department. On June 16, 1966, Seidel was transferred from the MfS as OibE to the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Internal German Trade . There, as the successor to Horst Roigk, he took over the processing of the so-called church business and the business in connection with the release of prisoners for foreign currency procurement.

Manfred Seidel was closely involved in the establishment of the commercial coordination department and had to ensure that the interests of the State Security were taken into account. Within the KoKo, he then headed the particularly sensitive Main Department I, also responsible for the companies in the reconnaissance headquarters and the AG MAH.

After its founding (1983), Seidel became a liaison officer to the Working Group on Commercial Coordination (AG BKK) of the MfS. In 1989, Seidel received payments from the Ministry of State Security that corresponded to that of a major general or head of department. Another rise to general was out of the question, as this would inevitably lead to his exposure as an MfS officer.

Special tasks

The KoKo department headed by Seidel (HA I) was also subject to Imes (weapons exports) and the special supply in Wandlitz (supply to the SED elite in Wandlitz ) via the Letex company, which was managed by Sigrid Schalck-Golodkowski.

Colonel Seidel also administered the so-called Mielke account no. 528 at Deutsche Handelsbank AG , to which the foreign exchange generated by the commercial coordination department flowed. After the fall of the Wall at the end of 1989, only 326,879 West Marks and 6 pfennigs were left on the account 0773 of the successful arms trading company Imes at the Ko-Ko house bank.

Schalck-Vice Seidel also claims to have transferred 24.2 million marks from account 0628 at the Deutsche Handelsbank to the Wiener Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft . From the audit report: "Following the payment transactions, no funds have been transferred to this bank. Evidence from this bank is not available.

After the turn

The ZERV initiated investigative proceedings against Manfred Seidel for embezzlement / embezzlement of MfS assets. The Berlin Regional Court sentenced him in the second instance in November 1993 to an 18-month prison term for breach of trust and abuse of confidence.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Account cards of the Deutsche Handelsbank, account 0528-60-011-027: Vol. 4 in the Federal Archives
  2. ↑ Reinhard Buthmann: The working group in the area of ​​commercial coordination (MfS manual). Ed. BStU. Berlin 2004. p. 12
  3. ↑ Documents stashed away . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1991 ( online - June 24, 1991 ).
  4. ↑ Secret services - receipt not usual DER SPIEGEL 47/1990
  5. ↑ Bundestag printed matter 12/7600, p. 121 (PDF file)
personal data
SURNAME Seidel, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German former Stasi officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1928