Army general (East Germany)
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Army general, was the highest peacetime general officer rank in the so-called armed organs of the GDR, that is, the Ministry of National Defence, the Stasi, and the Ministry of the Interior. It is com
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Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1982 1217 023, Heinz Hoffmann
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Heinz Keßler
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Heinz Keßler was a German communist politician and military officer in East Germany.
Army general (East Germany)
…Defence 1959 Heinz Hoffmann Minister of National Defence 1961 Erich Mielke Minister for State Security 1980 Friedrich Dickel Minister of Interior 1984 Heinz Kessler Minister of National Defence 1985 Insignia Armeegeneral / Flottenadmiral (OF-9) GDR MFS GDR MOD GDR Ministry of Interior Armeegeneral Flottenadmiral…
Portrait by Abraham Pisarek, 1946
Generalleutnant Keßler (r.) with Walter Ulbricht in 1966