Winfried Baumann (officer)

Winfried Baumann (born May 17, 1930 in Scharley as Winfried Zakrzowski, † July 18, 1980 in Leipzig ) was a German frigate captain . In his last military service he was department head of the intelligence administration at the MfNV of the GDR before he was released in 1970 for alcoholism .

From around 1977 he worked for the Federal Intelligence Service (BND). He forwarded the news by letters to cover addresses of the BND. Together with his partner , he was exposed by the MfS during the intensive surveillance of the postal traffic from the GDR and arrested in June 1979. Baumann was sentenced to death on July 9, 1980 . After rejection of his plea for mercy Baumann was in the prison Leipzig (Alfred-Kästner-Straße) transferred . In which "the central place of execution " converted caretaker's judgment was executioner Hermann Lorenz by headshotcarried out. The corpse was then taken to the crematorium at the Leipzig South Cemetery and cremated there; the ashes were anonymously buried in the cemetery area.

His partner, the divorced doctor Christa-Karin Schumann, who had established contact with the BND through her relatives in the Federal Republic and who had actively participated in the transmission of the news, received a 15-year prison sentence and was ransomed in 1987 .

Individual evidence

↑ Classic case , Der Spiegel 15/1987, April 6, 1987 (accessed on September 9, 2010)
↑ When dying, every goal is missing 1 , Der Spiegel 46/1992, November 9, 1992 (accessed on February 12, 2012)
↑ When dying, every goal is missing 2 , Der Spiegel 47/1992, November 16, 1992 (accessed on February 12, 2012)
↑ Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann : Espionage against the Eastern Bloc 1945–1991 , in: Heiner Timmermann (Ed.): The GDR in Europe: between isolation and opening . Lit-Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 978-3-8258-8884-8 , p. 172

personal data
SURNAME	Baumann, Winfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zakrzowski, Winfried (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German frigate captain
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Scharley
DATE OF DEATH	July 18, 1980
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] Classic case , Der Spiegel 15/1987, April 6, 1987 (accessed on September 9, 2010)

[2] When dying, every goal is missing 1 , Der Spiegel 46/1992, November 9, 1992 (accessed on February 12, 2012)

[3] When dying, every goal is missing 2 , Der Spiegel 47/1992, November 16, 1992 (accessed on February 12, 2012)

[4] Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann : Espionage against the Eastern Bloc 1945–1991 , in: Heiner Timmermann (Ed.): The GDR in Europe: between isolation and opening . Lit-Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 978-3-8258-8884-8 , p. 172