Paul Bergner

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Paul Bergner (* 1939 in Dresden ) is a German author and former member of the armed organs of the GDR .

Life

Paul Bergner on a bunker tour in September 2009

Paul Bergner was born in Dresden in 1939. According to his own information in his publications, he attended the 48th elementary school in Dresden from 1945 to 1953 and did an apprenticeship as a bricklayer until 1955 . After two years in this profession, his career began in 1957 as a member of the armed organs of the GDR in several positions and in different offices, until 1990. Uses that can be proven by other sources were also included: riot police of the MdI , officer student NVA Panzeroffiziersschule Grossenhain, Artillery officer 11th VP-Readiness Magdeburg, defense officer of the Ministry for State Security and qualified lawyer. From 1990 he worked, also by his own account, as a gardener in the forest settlement , and completed an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk for handicraft businesses and as a tax assistant. At the same time, Bergner has verifiably researched and published since 1990 on the subject complexes "Accommodation, security and care of the leading representatives of the GDR and their foreign guests" and "The bunker buildings as a specific manifestation of the Cold War in East and West" and operates a website relating to this. In this regard, he also worked as a consultant and expert on several TV productions, for example the MDR.

Paul Bergner lives in the Berlin area in the Wandlitz district of Basdorf . He is married and has two children.

Trivia

  • In media reports, Paul Bergner is often referred to as the "Bunker Pope".

Works

  • Paul Bergner: Brief information on the story 01 - The forest settlement . 26th edition. FB-Verlag, Basdorf (Copyright 1991).
  • Paul Bergner: Brief information on history 02 - Object 16/102 "FLUGWETTERSTATION" (FWS) . FB-Verlag, Basdorf (Copyright 2007).
  • Paul Bergner: Brief information on history 03 - Bunker for the Cold War in Thuringia “Object Trachtenfest” . FB-Verlag, Basdorf (Copyright 2008).
  • Frank and Paul Bergner: Brief information on history 06 - Later protection for a DENK - times the forest settlement . FB-Verlag, Basdorf, ISBN 1-141-72725-0 , p. 34 (Copyright 2017).
  • Paul Bergner: Brief information on the history 05 - 50 years of the command post of the 1st LVD . FB-Verlag, Basdorf 2013 (Copyright 2013).
  • Paul Bergner: The Waldsiedlung - A non-fiction book about Wandlitz . 6th edition. FB-Verlag, Basdorf 2016 (FBV 01/06).
  • Paul Bergner: Nuclear Bunker - Cold War - Dolphin program. On the trail of the bunkers built for the Cold War . Heinrich-Jung-Verlagsgesellschaft, Zella-Mehlis et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-930588-78-7 .
  • Paul Bergner: Order “Filigree” - On the trail of interesting bunkers. The bunkers of the "Complex 5000" and other important facilities . 6th revised edition. FB-Verlag, Basdorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-930588-85-5 (FBV 02/06).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c A cold war that was pretty hot. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ In "Volvo degree" of the Politburo. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b The bunker pope explains the underworld. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Paul Bergner: Atomic Bunker - Cold War - Dolphin program. On the trail of the bunkers built for the Cold War . (see works) Page: back cover of book cover
  5. ↑ MARTIN SCHWARZBECK: Excursion into the Cold War . In: The daily newspaper: taz . March 23, 2010, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 23 ( taz.de [accessed on September 18, 2019]).
  6. ↑ a b Waldsiedlung Wandlitz - Where the GDR elite lived. Retrieved September 18, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ - Range of services. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  8. ↑ imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: GDR secret 2004 episode guide. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Steffen Könau: MDR broadcast: Searching for traces in the basement of the Cold War near Halberstadt. May 10, 2004, accessed on September 18, 2019 (German).
  10. ^ Berliner Morgenpost- Berlin: Mielke's Stasi bunker will be reopened for guided tours. April 4, 2016, accessed on September 18, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ For now, last descent into the past. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ : Mielke bunker open for a weekend. Retrieved September 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bergner, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and former member of the armed organs of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden