Willi Peiter

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Willi Peiter (born January 22, 1917 in Diez ; † July 26, 1989 in Bad Krozingen ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending elementary school, Peiter completed a commercial training from 1931 to 1934 and then worked as a businessman in Bielefeld and Gießen . He did Reich labor service since 1938 and was then drafted into the Wehrmacht . From 1939 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier and was most recently taken prisoner by the British. He was later transferred to US captivity.

After his release from captivity, Peiter worked as an administrative clerk at the city of Diez from September 1945. Most recently he was promoted to chief inspector there.

Political party

Peiter joined the SPD in 1946 and was later elected local chairman of the Social Democrats in Diez.

MP

Peiter was elected to the district council and was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament from May to October 1967 . He was a member of the German Bundestag from February 22, 1962, when he replaced the deceased Member of Parliament Adolf Ludwig , until 1965, and from September 19, 1967, when he replaced the late Member of Parliament Franz Stein , until 1980. In all election periods, except for the seventh (1972-1976), in which he represented the constituency of Montabaur , he was drawn into parliament via the state list of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Public offices

Peiter served as mayor of Diez from 1985 until his death.

Contact with the HVA of the GDR

Helmut Müller-Enbergs has in rosewood . A source review (2007) named Peiter as one of "at least ten" members of the German Bundestag who was in direct contact with the GDR Ministry for State Security from 1969 to 1972 . So this is said to have worked as IM "leather" for the head office intelligence . The Stasi noted in 2013 that found that "alone does not determine from the available documents" leave.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Zeit 24/2009 of June 4, 2009: Spitzenquellen West , p. 44 and Helmut Müller-Enbergs: "Rosenholz" A source criticism. (PDF) bstu.de, 2007, accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ See Netzeitung.de: Members of the Bundestag as Stasi informers ( memento from September 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) , viewed on July 12, 2010.
  3. ^ BStU : The German Bundestag 1949 to 1989 in the files of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR. Expert opinion to the German Bundestag in accordance with Section 37 (3) of the Stasi Records Act, Berlin 2013, p. 230. ( PDF ( Memento of November 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )).
personal data
SURNAME Peiter, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdB, MdL
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Diez
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1989
Place of death Bad Krozingen