Rudolf Genschow

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Rudolf Genschow (born September 6, 1925 in Plauen ) was a colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From 1953 to 1990 he was a senior employee of the Enlightenment Headquarters (HVA) in East Berlin , the GDR's foreign intelligence service .

Life

Genschow, son of a fitter, learned the trade of a fitter after primary school. In 1943 he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht and fought in World War II . In 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released after the end of the war.

In 1946 he became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and, after the forced unification of the KPD and the SPD in the Soviet occupation zone, a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Until 1949 he studied at a workers 'and farmers' faculty and the University of Leipzig and became a graduate economist . In 1949 he became a lecturer at the German Academy for Political Science and Law "Walter Ulbricht" (DASR).

In 1953 Genschow was employed by the MfS and initially worked at the HVA school in Belzig , disguised as the "Central School of the Society for Sport and Technology" Etkar André " , of which he became deputy head in 1958. In 1959 he moved to the headquarters of the HVA in East Berlin and became deputy head of Department I, responsible for the state apparatus of the Federal Republic of Germany .

1974 Genschow was for a correspondence course at the University of the Ministry of State Security in Potsdam-Eiche to Dr. jur. doctorate and promoted to colonel. His dissertation, rated magna cum laude , was entitled "The development of operational processes for systematic penetration into the executive headquarters of the Federal Chancellor in the FRG (Federal Chancellery)" and was personally commissioned by the long-standing head of the HVA, Markus Wolf .

In 1975, Genschow rose to head the main department I of the HVA. In 1984 he was a temporary officer for special tasks in the HVA management and in 1985 moved to the HVA Department XVI, responsible for the "use of legal relationships", of which he became head in 1988.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the peaceful revolution in the GDR , Genschow was released from work in 1989 and released from service in 1990.

In 1993 Genschow was heard as a witness in the trial against the former head of the HVA, Markus Wolf. In this context it became known that he had often accompanied him on trips, coordinated the cooperation with other secret services and was also involved in the management of various companies that the HVA operated in several European countries.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Archives of the BStU: Law School of the MfS - Dissertations , Berlin. ( online )
  2. ↑ Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Inofficial employees of the Ministry for State Security Part 2: Instructions for working with agents, scouts and spies in the Federal Republic of Germany , Ch. Links Verlag , Berlin 2011. ( online )
  3. ↑ Heiner Emde, Paul Limbach: Wolf process - end of the closed season , In: Focus , No. 20/1993, Berlin May 17, 1993.
personal data
SURNAME Genschow, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Colonel in the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen