Richard Bein
Richard Bein (born June 6, 1920 in Meerane ; † September 19, 2003 in Teupitz ) was a German intelligence service . He was and was the main department head in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR .
Life
Bein, the son of a lathe operator and a worker, attended a textile school after elementary school and trained as a weaver from 1935 to 1937 . In 1937 he was employed in a textile company and in 1939 deputy manager. From 1940, Bein fought in World War II . In January 1943 Bein deserted , defected to the Red Army and was taken prisoner of war by the Soviets . He attended an Antifa school in Gorki and in 1944 became the representative of the National Committee Free Germany (NKFD) on the Karelian Front and from 1945 on the 1st Belarusian Front .
In 1945 Bein returned to Germany, became a member of the KPD and, after the compulsory unification of the SPD and KPD, became a member of the SED in 1946 . In 1945 he was head of the youth committee at the magistrate in Berlin-Schöneberg . In 1946, Bein moved to Leipzig , where he became personnel manager at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk . In 1949 he became secretary for economics at the SED district leadership in Borna . In 1950 Bein completed a one-year course at the SED's "Karl Marx" party college .
In 1951, Bein was hired by the Ministry for State Security (MfS) and became a department head in the main personnel department, of which he became deputy head in 1953. In 1955 Bein was head of the general department and in 1956 head of the management office. In 1957 he became deputy head and from 1960 to 1968 he was head of the administration and economics department. In 1961 he was promoted to colonel and in 1964 was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1968, Bein became head of the management department of VEB Montagebau Berlin, which was subordinate to the MfS. In 1974 Bein retired and died in Teupitz in 2003.
literature
- Jens Gieseke : Richard Bein . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 .
Web links
- Richard Bein in the DRAFD Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Berliner Illustrierte , issue 29/1988, July 1988
- ^ Berliner Zeitung of October 6, 1964
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bein, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German intelligence officer, head of department in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meerane |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 2003 |
| Place of death | Teupitz |