Werner Korth
Werner Korth (born August 17, 1929 in Stettin , † January 19, 1998 in Rostock ) was a major general of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR .
Life
As the son of a locksmith, he began a commercial apprenticeship after attending secondary school in 1944/45.
After the war he worked as a farm worker. From 1946 to 1948 he completed an apprenticeship as an administrative assistant and worked as such for the city of Rostock. In 1948 he joined the SED and became first secretary of the FDJ district leadership in Rostock. In 1950 he entered the service of the MfS, initially in the Mecklenburg state administration and later in the Schwerin district administration . In 1965 he became Deputy Operational of the Head of the District Administration in this department . From 1966 to 1968 he completed a distance learning course at the Law School of the MfS in Potsdam-Eiche . In 1973 he was promoted to Dr. jur. PhD. As early as 1968, he succeeded Colonel Rudolf Vödisch as head of the Schwerin district administration of the Ministry for State Security and remained in office until his dismissal in 1990, which was accompanied by the dissolution of the MfS. At the same time he was a member of the SED district leadership in Schwerin. In 1979 he was appointed major general. After his release he was arrested by the GDR authorities. He was charged with illegal possession of weapons and corruption in connection with the inexpensive purchase of a country house from his own office. The Schwerin District Court found him guilty of infidelity in the summer of 1991 and sentenced him to two years and ten months' imprisonment without parole. In May 1992 the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) rejected Korth's appeal against the judgment. For formal reasons, the BGH reduced the sentence to two years and eight months in prison. Korth had to face the penalty.
Korth last lived in Rostock-Lütten Klein.
literature
- Jens Gieseke : Korth, Werner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jens Gieseke : Werner Korth . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (PDF, 537 KB), MfS-Handbuch V / 4, Berlin 1998.
- 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. 210, online version .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korth, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German secret service officer, officer of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 17, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1998 |
| Place of death | Rostock |