Otto Geisler (General)

Otto Geisler (born March 17, 1930 in Šumperk ; † June 5, 2009 in Berlin ) was a German lieutenant general of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR and head of the minister's working group .

Life

The son of a commercial clerk and a weaver attended a business school after secondary school.

After the war he was relocated to Erfurt in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany , worked as a drill and milling cutter in the Soviet company Olympia and became a member of the SED in 1946 . In 1948 he joined the German People's Police and in 1949 became a political culture instructor. In 1952 he was hired by the MfS and served in main department I (at that time responsible for the CIP ). In 1956/57 he graduated from the NVA University. In 1961 he became deputy head of department, in 1962 head of department for special tasks of the head, in 1966 deputy head of the working group of the minister's area of responsibility “S” (AGM / S). He completed a distance learning course at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1966 to 1970 as a qualified criminalist. From 1970 to 1972 he studied at the Academy of the Ministry of State Security , graduating with a diploma lawyer . There he was also awarded a Dr. jur. PhD.

In January 1980 he became head of AGM / S and on February 1, 1980 he was appointed major general by the chairman of the National Defense Council of the GDR , Erich Honecker . His promotion to lieutenant general took place on February 1, 1983. In the same year he acquired the academic degree of a diploma military scientist at the military academy Friedrich Engels of the NVA. On August 1, 1987, he resigned from his functions due to illness and retired.

He last lived in Berlin-Hellersdorf.

Awards

1987 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

literature

Jens Gieseke : Otto Geisler . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (PDF; 537 kB), MfS-Handbuch V / 4, Berlin 1998, p. 26.
Jens Gieseke: Geisler, Otto . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Roger Engelmann , Bernd Florath , Helge Heidemeyer, Daniela Münkel , Arno Polzin, Walter Süß : The MfS Lexicon. 3. updated edition, Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86153-900-1 , page 104, bstu.de .

Web links

MfS lexicon: Otto Geisler

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Jens Gieseke: Otto Geisler. (pdf) p. 26 , accessed on September 1, 2014 .
^ Neues Deutschland , February 2, 1980, p. 1.
↑ ISOR congratulates all anniversaries, especially: (pdf) In: ISOR aktuell. March 2005, p. 2 , archived from the original on September 1, 2014 ; accessed on September 1, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	Geisler, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lieutenant General of the Ministry for State Security
DATE OF BIRTH	March 17, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Šumperk
DATE OF DEATH	June 5, 2009
Place of death	Berlin

[bstu-1] Jens Gieseke: Otto Geisler. (pdf) p. 26 , accessed on September 1, 2014 .

[2] Neues Deutschland , February 2, 1980, p. 1.

[3] ISOR congratulates all anniversaries, especially: (pdf) In: ISOR aktuell. March 2005, p. 2 , archived from the original on September 1, 2014 ; accessed on September 1, 2014 .