Horst Stechbarth
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Horst Stechbarth was an East German politician and high-ranking military officer in the National People's Army, holding the rank of Generaloberst. He was the Chief of the NVA's Landstreitkräfte and th
Stechbarth and General Secretary Erich Honecker inspecting troops of the Landstreitkräfte in 1984
Stechbarth and Defense Minister Heinz Keßler (right) during the East German Republic Day Parade of 1988.
Horst Brünner
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Horst Brünner was deputy Defense Minister in the East German Council of Ministers and chief of the Central Political Administration of the National People's Army.
Horst Stechbarth
…Central Committee of the SED. On 31 December 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Stechbarth retired, following his allies Wolfgang Reinhold and Horst Brünner. Just weeks earlier, Stechbarth commanded the Republic Day military parade on Karl Marx Allee celebrating the ruby jubilee of the GDR, held in front…
Brünner in 1988