Military Political College "Wilhelm Pieck"

MPHS Wilhelm Pieck ; - XX -
founding	1968
Sponsorship	MfNV , military university of the GDR
place	Berlin-Grünau
country	GDR
Heads of the MPHS	see table

The Military Political College "Wilhelm Pieck" (MPHS) in Berlin-Grünau was a university and at the same time the highest military teaching facility for political officers of the NVA , but also of other armed organs of the GDR .

assignment

The mission of the university consisted of:

Education and training of professional officers with troops experience political officers of the company / equal status of all branches of the armed forces (TSK) of the NPA and other armed organs of the GDR, but also of political and party cadres for special uses of the political organs,
the Marxist-Leninist qualifications of generals , admirals and senior officers, as well as management and teaching staff in military teaching institutions,
the further training of political officers and of voluntary party and FDJ functionaries, up to functionaries of the civil workers union of the NVA as well
the training and qualification of reservists for political officer positions.

Training and degrees were comparable to those of civil colleges and universities in the GDR, the Friedrich Engels military academy and the Soviet military academies .

history

Foundation and status

The central political university was founded on February 15, 1968 in Berlin-Grünau , combining various political training and educational institutions of the armed organs of the GDR, such as the former political officer schools in Torgau and Berlin-Treptow . According to their own understanding, this corresponded to the "matured objective social and military requirements of the armed forces, in particular the higher demands on the activities of the political organs and party organizations of the SED in the NVA".

It had had the status of a university of the GDR since March 3, 1970 and had the right to award diplomas, the academic degree of a doctor of a branch of science and a doctor of science . The MPHS was given the honorary name Wilhelm Pieck on October 11, 1972, and on October 11, 1975, the first graduates were awarded the academic degree of a graduate social scientist and the associated graduate badge.

management

Management and staff of the MPLH
Scientific Council of the MPLH
Administration 2000

Heads of the Political University

Rank	first name Name	Period	comment
Colonel	Hans Beckmann	1967-1976
Major general	Werner Wunderlich	1977-1990	last boss MPLH

Sections

The MPLH "Wilhelm Pieck" was divided into faculties ( called sections after 1970 ), which in turn were divided into different chairs . The following sections existed until 1990.

Section 1, Marxist Philosophy
Section 2, Political Economy
Section 3, History of the SED / Party Political Work

Location

The university was located at Regattastraße 12 in Berlin-Grünau. Today the Dahme-Spree-Kaserne of the Bundeswehr is located there .

literature

Ullrich Rühmland: NVA. National People's Army of the GDR in brief. 5th edition. Bonn printing and publishing company. Bonn-Röttgen 1977.
Writings of the military political college "Wilhelm Pieck" of the National People's Army. 1, 1976 ff., ZDB -ID 2247243-5 .

Individual evidence

^ Ministry for National Defense of the GDR (MfNV): location database of the National People's Army of the GDR . Abbreviation MAFE. Ed .: Military History Research Office MGFA. ( mgfa.de ).

^ Dictionary of German military history. Volume 2: Wed - Z. Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1985, p. 614.

↑ Military Lexicon. 2nd Edition. Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1973, p. 231.

[1] Ministry for National Defense of the GDR (MfNV): location database of the National People's Army of the GDR . Abbreviation MAFE. Ed .: Military History Research Office MGFA. ( mgfa.de ).