Martin Bierbach

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Martin Bierbach (born November 30, 1926 in Kalbsrieth ; † April 9, 1984 ) was the ambassador of the German Democratic Republic .

Life

The son of a worker he learned after visiting the elementary school the profession of machinist . From 1943 to 1945 he served in the Wehrmacht and was taken prisoner by the Soviets .

In 1948 he returned to Germany, worked as a locksmith in the " VEB Sugar Factory Artern " and joined the SED in the same year . He studied foreign policy at the German Academy for Political Science and Law in Potsdam-Babelsberg and received a diploma in political science .

In 1953 he joined the GDR's foreign service. In 1954 he was promoted to secretary of the factory party organization. From 1957 he was part of the foreign ministry's travel team . From 1957 to 1959 he was at the Embassy of the German Democratic Republic in Beijing accredited, where he temporarily the duties of Chargé perceived. Bierbach was consul general in Cairo from autumn 1959 to August 1962 . The Bonn Foreign Ministry under Gerhard Schröder (CDU) was able, through its ambassador Walter Becker, to get the government of Gamal Abdel Nasser on September 19, 1959 , that the law regulating the Bierbach exequatur expressly stated that there was no recognition of the GDR depicted.

From 1966 to 1968 Bierbach was the GDR's ambassador in Beijing. In the context of the open break in Russian-Chinese relations , there were incidents that strained the relationship between the Soviet-loyal GDR and the People's Republic of China . For example, in Beijing Ambassador Bierbach's car was damaged by Red Guards and doused with black paint. Showcases of the Chinese embassy in Berlin-Karlshorst were demolished and embassy staff were involved in scuffle. On June 27, 1967, four embassy workers from the Chinese embassy in Neustrelitz had a fatal accident. Mao Zedong's government saw the incident as an attack.

The Six Day War put an end to the reservations of Arab governments against recognition of the GDR. Bierbach first became head of the GDR mission in Egypt in May 1969 and finally ambassador in July 1969. In April 1973 he was replaced by Hans-Joachim Radde and appointed head of the South and Southeast Asia Department in the Foreign Ministry. In June 1980 he became ambassador to Great Britain and in October 1981 he also became ambassador to Ireland.

Bierbach died after a short, serious illness at the age of 57 and was buried in the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stander prohibited . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1959 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Wolfgang G. Schwanitz: "Cairo formula": files on "double" German Middle East envoys, 1950–1966 from the US National Archives II (PDF; 2.0 MB)
  3. ↑ Tug of war around the Aswan Dam . In: Die Zeit , No. 43/1959
  4. ↑ Color of Shame . In: Der Spiegel . No. 8 , 1967 ( online ).
  5. ^ Revenge policy . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1967 ( online ).
  6. ↑ Werner Meissner, Anja Feege: The GDR and China 1949 to 1990: Politics, Economy, Culture .
  7. ^ El-Safara el-Almania . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1968 ( online ).
  8. ^ New Germany of May 25, 1969
  9. ^ New Germany of July 29, 1969
  10. ^ New Germany of April 25, 1973
  11. ^ New Germany of September 17, 1973
  12. ^ New Germany from June 6, 1980
  13. ^ New Germany of October 16, 1981
  14. ^ New Germany of April 18, 1984
predecessor Office successor
Ernst Scholz Ambassador of the GDR in Cairo
1968–1972 		Hans-Joachim Radde
personal data
SURNAME Bierbach, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalbsrieth
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1984