Siegfried Leibholz
Siegfried Leibholz (born August 5, 1925 in Berlin-Schöneberg ; † February 1, 2005 in Potsdam ) was a German secret service officer and major general . From 1971 to 1985 he was head of the Potsdam district administration of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Life
Leibholz, the son of a business owner and a seamstress, attended elementary school and was excluded from high school in 1939 because of his Jewish origins and his father's membership in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). From 1939 to 1941 he learned the trade of a locksmith and in 1942 made up his Abitur at an evening school. From 1941 to 1943 he worked as a laborer. His father was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp in February 1943 . He himself stayed illegally in Sommerfeld (Osthavelland) from 1943 to 1945.
After the Second World War he joined the German People's Police (DVP) in the Osthavelland district in 1945 and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946 . He attended the provincial police school of the Mark Brandenburg and in 1947 became a teacher at the VP candidate school in Luckenwalde. He was then head of the Eberswalde Police Department and then a teacher at the Biesenthal State Police School. From 1948 he was head of the protection police in the Teltow district , then from 1949 deputy head of the Mahlow department of the state administration for the protection of the Brandenburg economy (from February 1950 state administration Brandenburg of the MfS). From 1951 he was the successor of Police Chief Councilor Piepiorra head of Department VII (Defense People's Police) of the Brandenburg state administration and, after the administrative reform of 1952, of the district administration (BV) Potsdam of the MfS. In 1954 he took over the management of Department II (counter-espionage) of the BV Potsdam and in 1955 he became the operational deputy of the head of the BV Potsdam. From 1960 to 1968 he completed a distance learning course at the German Academy for Political Science and Law (DASR) Potsdam with a degree in political science. In 1971 he became head of the MfS district administration (successor to Julius Michelberger ) and a member of the SED district leadership in Potsdam. In February 1980 he was appointed major general by the chairman of the GDR's National Defense Council , Erich Honecker . He stayed in office until 1985, when he retired and was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold. From February 1986 to December 1989 he was a member of the Potsdam District Party Control Commission of the SED.
literature
- Jens Gieseke : Leibholz, Siegfried . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jens Gieseke: Siegfried Leibholz . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (MfS manual), Berlin 2012, p. 48.
- Roger Engelmann , Bernd Florath , Helge Heidemeyer, Daniela Münkel , Arno Polzin, Walter Süß : The MfS Lexicon. 3rd updated edition, Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86153-900-1 , p. 223, online version .
Web links
- Siegfried Leibholz in shieldandsword.mozohin.ru (accessed on March 13, 2017).
- MfS lexicon: Siegfried Leibholz
Individual evidence
- ^ The members of the district party control commission . In: Märkische Volksstimme from February 18, 1986.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leibholz, Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German secret service officer and major general of the MfS |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Schöneberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 2005 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |