Werner Schröder (MfS employee)
Werner Schröder (born February 19, 1929 in Hartmannsdorf ; † January 16, 1991 in Berlin ) was Colonel of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) and from 1975 to 1989 head of the Central Working Group on Secrecy Protection (ZAGG) of the MfS.
Life
After attending elementary school, Schröder completed an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman from 1943 to 1945 , but initially finished it without a degree. In 1945 he was sent to a military training camp run by the Hitler Youth . He later joined the KPD . After a year of unemployment, he worked as a locksmith from 1946 and finished his apprenticeship as a technical draftsman. In 1950 he was employed at the Flöha (Saxony) district office of the MfS. In 1951 he was a student and in 1952 a teacher at the State Security Law School (JHS) in Potsdam-Eiche . In 1954 he took over the management of a chair at the MfS school in Eberswalde , before he was given the management of the MfS school in Teterow in 1956 . In 1958 Schröder was transferred to the main department (HA) V (state apparatus, culture, churches, underground, later HA XX) of the MfS Berlin, where he worked as a department head from 1959. In 1969 he acquired the title of qualified lawyer at JHS. His 29-page thesis on another dissertation entitled “The anti-state group of young people and young adults and their preventive combat by the Ministry of State Security” was recognized as a thesis. In 1970 he was appointed deputy head of the ZAGG, in 1973 promoted to colonel and in 1975 entrusted with the sole management of the ZAGG. In the course of the political change in the GDR , Schröder was released from his position in December 1989 and dismissed in January 1990. He died as a pensioner in Berlin.
literature
- Jens Gieseke : Werner Schröder . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (PDF, 537 KB), MfS-Handbuch V / 4, Berlin 1998, p. 65.
- Jens Gieseke: Schröder, Werner . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ JHS MF VVS 160-280 / 69.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schröder, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German secret service agent and head of the MfS |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartmannsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1991 |
| Place of death | Berlin |