Reinhold Daum (MfS employee)
Reinhold Daum (born August 5, 1929 in Reichenbach ; † December 9, 2001 ) was a German lieutenant colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and from 1974 to 1989 a senior employee of the Enlightenment Office (HVA), des Foreign intelligence service of the MfS.
Life
Daum, son of a farmer, started his apprenticeship as a forest worker after high school in 1945 . In 1947 he became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and the Free German Youth (FDJ). In 1948 he became an employee of the FDJ district leadership in Pirna and in 1950 switched to the FDJ regional leadership of Saxony in Dresden . In 1952 Daum became the first secretary of the FDJ district leadership in Görlitz-Land . 1954/55 Daum studied at the district party school of the SED and became second secretary of the FDJ city administration Dresden and in 1956 political employee of the FDJ district administration Dresden .
In 1956 Daum switched full-time to the MfS. Until 1957 he attended the school of the Central Enlightenment Administration (HVA) and then became an employee of Department I of the HVA, responsible for political espionage . In 1959 he moved to Department II, responsible for parties and organizations in the Federal Republic of Germany .
From 1967 to 1972 Daum completed a distance learning course at the Law School of the MfS in Potsdam-Eiche and became a qualified lawyer . In 1974 he was transferred to the management of the HVA in East Berlin . Here he became an employee in 1978 and in 1980 head of "Working Group T", responsible for the greater Bonn area . In 1982 Daum was promoted to lieutenant colonel, in 1985 he became head of department. In the course of the turning point and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , Daum was released from work in 1989 and dismissed from service in 1990.
literature
- Jens Gieseke : Reinhold Daum . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jens Gieseke: Who was who in the Ministry for State Security (MfS manual) . BStU. Berlin 2012. ( Online )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Stöver, Refuge GDR: Spione and other emigrants , CH Beck, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daum, Reinhold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lieutenant colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichenbach ( Czech Republic ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2001 |