Paul-Albert Scherer

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Paul-Albert Scherer (born November 23, 1918 in Essen ; † March 16, 2014 ) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr , most recently in the rank of brigadier general , and headed the Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) from 1972 to 1977 .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1937, Scherer was drafted into the Reich Labor Service and then into the Wehrmacht. From 1939 to 1945 he was an officer and served as a platoon leader , company commander and adjutant . Towards the end of the war he was deployed in the rank of captain as battalion leader of the 2nd Battalion of the 21st Panzer Grenadier Regiment and was awarded the German Cross in Gold on May 8, 1945 . He was badly wounded five times and was taken prisoner by the British in 1945 .

From 1946, Scherer studied social sciences and then completed an internship . In 1950 he became editor of the Westfälische Rundschau .

In 1956 Scherer joined the German Armed Forces , where he trained for the MAD and became a captain clerk in sub-department IV J 4 of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg), which in 1957 became the headquarters of the MAD, the Office for Security of the German Armed Forces (ASBw) , should be. In 1958 it was used in the testing of large technical equipment and in the training of combat troops. From 1963 he was active in the management area of military intelligence . In 1969 he was appointed colonel and personal assistant to the Parliamentary State Secretary , Karl Wilhelm Berkhan ( SPD ) at the BMVg. From 1972 to 1977 Scherer was the fourth head of office of the ASBw and thus head of the MAD. As a follow-up assignment, Scherer, with promotion to major general , was to become commander in Defense Area IV in Mainz . Instead, he was given early retirement as Brigadier General in 1977.

Scherer was a member of the SPD and was close to the small party Patriots for Germany .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Scherer, Paul-Albert. In: Traces of War. Retrieved March 27, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b “Always on the enemy!” - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 221 f .
  3. ↑ EN: MAD: Secret service without scandals. In: The time . April 2, 1976, Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Sodom and Komossa . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 1977, pp. 32 f . ( online ).
  5. ↑ “Always on the enemy!” - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 158 .
  6. ^ Carl-Christian Kaiser: "Werkschutz" of the Bundeswehr. In: The time . February 3, 1978, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Cold Mors . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1987, pp. 47 f . ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Scherer, Paul-Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scherer, Paul Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, head of the military counterintelligence service
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2014