Paul Blechschmidt
Paul Blechschmidt (born December 20, 1907 in Bermsgrün ; † December 23, 1961 ) was a German politician, resistance fighter against National Socialism and major general of the National People's Army of the GDR .
Life
Blechschmidt came from the Ore Mountains , was the son of a locksmith and attended a teachers' seminar from 1921 to 1928 . He then worked as a primary school teacher in Beierfeld and Raschau . In his home community he became a workers' sports official and in 1927 joined the communist youth association KJVD . In 1933 he was dismissed from school for his communist activities and arrested in March 1934 for illegal party work for the KPD . He was sentenced to two years and two months in prison for preparation for high treason. After his release from prison in Zwickau in 1936, he worked as a construction and quarry worker. In October 1942 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and used in Belgium and France. In the summer of 1943 he came to Ukraine. Since September 18, 1943, he has been missing after he defected to the Red Army . In October 1944 he was brought to Moscow , where he came into contact with the National Committee Free Germany headed by Walter Ulbricht and Wilhelm Pieck . Under the code name and with the pay book of Oberwachtmeister Friedrich Cohrs from Lüden , he flew to Germany as a member of the National Committee for Free Germany in April 1945 and jumped northwest of Berlin near Löwenberg with a parachute to help destroy a large German ammunition dump.
In September 1945 Blechschmidt returned to Bermsgrün. In 1945 he became a member of the KPD ( SED after the compulsory unification of the SPD and KPD in 1946 ) and deputy district administrator in the Aue district . From the end of 1948 to July 1950 he worked as a district administrator in the Freiberg district .
On August 1, 1950, he joined the DVP . As Chief Inspector of the Maritime Police from October 1, 1950, he was initially head of the Main Department of Supply of the Maritime Police, from 1952, with the formation of the Barracked People's Police, deputy to the Chief of the VP-See for Supply and Chief of Rear Services and was appointed major general on October 1, 1952 of the director's service. From 1956 to 1960 he headed the NVA cadet school in Naumburg. From 1960 he was the successor to Colonel Otto Schwab, Deputy Commander for Political Work at the Friedrich Engels Military Academy in Dresden .
He died on December 23, 1961 from gas poisoning. His urn was in the grave conditioning Pergolenweg the memorial of the socialists at the Berlin Central Cemetery Friedrichsfelde buried.
Private
His son-in-law was the former member of the People's Chamber and SEW functionary Karl-Heinz Kniestedt (1925–1977).
Awards and honors
- 1956 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- High schools in Raschau and Schneeberg -Wolfgangsmaßen and, since 1985, a ship trunk department of the GDR People's Navy were named after him. After 1990 all these designations were reversed.
literature
- Chronicle of Friendship, Schwarzenberg District , 1967, pp. 28–30 and Fig. 18
- Klaus Froh & Rüdiger Wenzke, (ed.): The generals and admirals of the NVA: A biographical manual. 5th, through. Edition. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86153-438-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Armeerundschau No. 1/1990
- ^ New Germany of January 18, 1962
- ^ Obituary notice in Neues Deutschland from December 30, 1961
- ^ New Germany of May 8, 1956
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blechschmidt, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (KPD, SED), major general of the National People's Army of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berms green |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1961 |