Army general (East Germany)
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 comparable to the four-star rank in many NATO armed forces. It was aligned with Soviet military doctrine and other armed forces of the Warsaw Pact.
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R0430 0305A, Willi Stoph
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1982 1217 023, Heinz Hoffmann (cropped)
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R0522 177, Erich Mielke (cropped)
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1988 0704 410, Heinz Keßler 02
Ministry of National Defence (East Germany)
The Ministry of National Defense was the chief administrative arm of the East German National People's Army. The MND was modeled on the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union. The headquarters of the Ministry was in Strausberg near East Berlin. The Guard Regiment Hugo Eberlein provided security and guard services to the Ministry. The Ministry also had its own publishing house, Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic.
Wilhelm Ehm, middle, at a Fleet parade for the 30th Anniversary of the German Democratic Republic in 1979.
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1986 0617 024, Willi Stoph
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1982 1217 023, Heinz Hoffmann
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1988 0704 410, Heinz Keßler 02
