Willi Damm
Willi Damm (born February 15, 1930 in Leipzig ; † January 4, 2012 in Berlin ) was a major general of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). For many years he was head of Department X (International Relations) of the MfS.
Life
The son of a mechanic joined the KPD in 1945 ( member of the SED in 1946 after the forced unification of the SPD and KPD ). After secondary school , he completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk from 1946 to 1948 and then attended the foreign language school for Russian for two years . In 1950 he was hired as an interpreter for the 5th People's Police Department in Saxony . Soon afterwards he moved to the main training administration of the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR in Berlin . In the same year he was employed by the MfS, Department VIIa (from 1951 Department I, VP readiness ). From 1952 to 1954 he attended a course for judges and public prosecutors at the German Academy for State and Law (DASR). In 1954 he moved to the main department (HA) IX (investigative body) of the MfS headquarters in Berlin. From 1955 to 1957 he completed a distance learning law course at the DASR, which he graduated with a degree in law. As a captain, he was appointed head of Division X in 1956. This was on the one hand responsible for the cooperation with the security organs of friendly states and on the other hand for internal translation work of the Stasi. 1963/64 followed a second external study at the DASR, whereby Damm acquired the title of Diplom-Staatswissenschaftler. On February 1, 1980, he was appointed major general by the chairman of the GDR's National Defense Council , Erich Honecker . In the course of the change in the GDR , Damm was released from his position on December 6, 1989 and dismissed in January 1990. Since then, Damm has lived as a pensioner in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen.
literature
- Marko Pollack / Doreen Bombitzki ( BStU ): Preliminary finding aid for Department X "International Relations" of the Ministry for State Security , Münster 2005.
- Jens Gieseke : Damm, Willi . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Jens Gieseke: Willi Damm . In: BStU : Who was who in the Ministry for State Security? (PDF, 537 KB), MfS-Handbuch V / 4, Berlin 2012, p. 16.
Individual evidence
- ^ Neues Deutschland , February 2, 1980, p. 1.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damm, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German secret service agent, head of Department X of the Ministry for State Security |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2012 |
| Place of death | Berlin |