Rudolf Tittelbach

Rudolf Tittelbach (born October 11, 1919 , † July 30, 1985 ) was a German police officer. He was Lieutenant General and Deputy Minister of the Interior of the GDR .

Life

Tittelbach joined the SED in 1946 and became a member of the German People's Police (VP). From 1952 he was head of the VP operational security at VEB Leuna-Werke , then an officer in the district authorities of the people's police in Halle and Magdeburg . Tittelbach studied at the University of the German People's Police "Karl Liebknecht" in Berlin-Kaulsdorf . He was then head of the finance department and from 1967 to 1985 - as successor to Major General Herbert Glaeser - head of the utility services department in the Ministry of the Interior (MdI). From 1981 to 1985 Tittelbach was Deputy Minister of the Interior of the GDR . For many years he was chairman of the revision commission of the SED district leadership of the MdI.

In 1969 he was appointed major general , and in 1982 promoted to lieutenant general.

Tittelbach was buried in the VdN facility at the central cemetery in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde .

Awards and honors

Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1960), in silver (1975) and in gold (1979)
Hufeland Medal in Gold (1978)
Order Banner of Labor Stage I (1983)
Honorary Title Hero of Labor (1984)
After Tittelbach's death, the 10th People's Police Company of the MdI's supply services received the honorary name “Rudolf Tittelbach”.

literature

Andreas Herbst (eds.), Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler: This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 345.
Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla . KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 , p. 935.

Individual evidence

↑ New Germany of July 6, 1969
^ Obituary in the journal Die Volkspolizei , No. 9 (1985).
↑ Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery. Anniversaries of birth and death of those buried in the cemetery in 2010 .
^ New Germany of December 9, 1978.
^ New Germany of September 24, 1983.
^ New Germany of October 3, 1984.

personal data
SURNAME	Tittelbach, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German police officer of the VP
DATE OF BIRTH	October 11, 1919
DATE OF DEATH	July 30, 1985

[1] New Germany of July 6, 1969

[2] Obituary in the journal Die Volkspolizei , No. 9 (1985).

[3] Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery. Anniversaries of birth and death of those buried in the cemetery in 2010 .

[4] New Germany of December 9, 1978.

[5] New Germany of September 24, 1983.

[6] New Germany of October 3, 1984.