Werner E. Indulgence
Werner Erich Ablaß (born December 11, 1946 in Briesen ) is a German politician who comes from the Christian opposition of the GDR and was responsible for the dissolution of the NVA during German reunification as State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense of the GDR together with Minister Rainer Eppelmann in a leading position .
Life
Ablaß was born on December 11, 1946 as the son of a carpenter in Briesen, Brandenburg. He was brought up in the Christian faith . From 1953 to 1963 he attended the POS in his birthplace. He then worked for five years as a nurse in the Züssow Diakonieanstalten. From 1969 to 1972 Ablaß worked in the book trade in Potsdam , then with the State Insurance of the GDR . In 1985 he was relieved of this position because he had submitted an application to move to the Federal Republic of Germany, which he later withdrew. He then worked for two years as a cleaner in the ecclesiastical college in Hermannswerder before briefly returning to the state insurance in the spring of 1987. From 1987 to the beginning of 1990 he ran a Protestant retirement home in Camin in Mecklenburg.
The co-founder of the Democratic Awakening Party in Mecklenburg became Deputy Minister and State Secretary in the Ministry for Disarmament and Defense of the GDR in April 1990 . There he was negotiator for the Unification Treaty and played a key role in the negotiations on the GDR's exit from the Warsaw Pact . From October 1990 to December 1996 he headed the branch office of the Federal Ministry of Defense in Strausberg . From 1997 to 2011 he was commissioner for special tasks in the Bundeswehr in the new federal states and then worked as a consultant in the Bundeswehr. On February 25, 1997, Ablaß received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .
literature
- Werner E. Indulgence: Zapfenstreich. From the NVA to the Bundeswehr . Kommunalverlag, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 978-3-87433-079-4
- Hans Ehlert (ed.): Army without a future. The end of the NVA and German unity . Ch. Links-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-86153-265-4 .
- Ehrhart Neubert : History of the opposition in the GDR 1949–1989 . Federal Agency for Civic Education, Series Volume 346, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-89331-294-3 .
Web links
- Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Indulgence, Werner Erich . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information from the manual “Who was who in the GDR?” Federal direct foundation under public law, accessed on May 12, 2012.
- ↑ Hans Ehlert (Ed.): Army without a future. The end of the NVA and German unity . S. 557, Ch. Links-Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-86153-265-4
- ^ "No Indulgence Museum" Märkische Onlinezeitung, accessed on February 26, 2016.
- ^ Announcement from the Ordenskanzlei in the Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Indulgence, Werner E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Indulgence, Werner Erich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (DA) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Briesen |