Friedrich Dickel
Friedrich Dickel | |
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Minister of Interior | |
In office 14 November 1963 – 18 November 1989 | |
Preceded by | Karl Maron |
Succeeded by | Lothar Ahrendt |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 December 1913 Vohwinkel, today Wuppertal |
Died | 23 October 1993 Berlin | (aged 79)
Nationality | German |
Political party | Socialist Unity Party of Germany |
Military service | |
Rank | Armeegeneral |
Friedrich Dickel (9 December 1913 – 23 October 1993) was a German politician, who served as the interior minister of East Germany for nearly twenty-six years.[1]
Early life[]
Dickel was born on 9 December 1913 in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel in the Prussian Rhine Province of the German Empire.[2]
Career[]
Dickel joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1931.[3] He was a military officer with the rank of colonel general.[4][5] He fought in the international brigades in the civil war of Spain together with others including future Stasi chief Erich Mielke.[3][4] After the Nazi rule in Germany, he went to and settled in the Soviet Union. He returned to East Germany in 1946.[2] Then Dickel became a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and of its central committee.[6] He served as a police chief in East Berlin.[7]
He was appointed interior minister on 14 November 1963, replacing Karl Maron in the post.[1] He also led the Volkspolizei during his tenure.[6][8] Dickel's term ended on 18 November 1989 when he was dismissed as a result of the atmosphere of change and reform in the country which began leading up to German reunification.[7] He was succeeded by Lothar Ahrendt as interior minister.[8] In December 1989 Dickel retired from politics.[2]
Death[]
After a long illness Dickel died in Berlin on 23 October 1993.[9] He was 79.[10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "East German ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Friedrich Dickel". Chronic der Wende. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nessim Ghouas (2004). The Conditions, Means and Methods of the MfS in the GDR: An Analysis of the Post and Telephone Control. Cuvillier Verlag. p. 139. ISBN 978-3-89873-988-7.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Arnold Krammer (April 2005). "Sammelrez: Internationale Brigaden in der DDR". H-Soz-u-Kult.
- ^ "Bonn Officials are Barred from Traveling to Berlin". St. Petersburg Times. 10 February 1969. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gareth M. Winrow (5 November 2009). The Foreign Policy of the GDR in Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-521-12259-7.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Divided in Unity: Identity, Germany, and the Berlin Police. University of Chicago Press. 2000. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-226-29784-2.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nancy Travis Wolfe (1992). Policing a Socialist Society: The German Democratic Republic. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-3132-6530-3.
- ^ "Friedrich Dickel (1913–1993), Innenminister der DDR". LVR. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Friedrich Dickel". Der Spiegel (44). 1993.
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