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    Heinz Keßler (26 January 1920 – 2 May 2017) was a German communist politician and military officer in East Germany. His career in the military started...
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  • modern art Heinz Kessler (1920–2017), general from East Germany Henry Kessler (baseball) (1847–1900), American baseball player Jason Kessler (born 1983)...
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    Stoph Heinz Hoffmann Heinz Kessler Theodor Hoffmann Rainer Eppelmann Chief of Staff See list Vincenz Müller Heinz Hoffmann Sigfrid Riedel Heinz Kessler Fritz...
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    along with several co-defendants, including Erich Mielke, Willi Stoph, Heinz Kessler, Fritz Streletz and Hans Albrecht, were accused in a 783-page indictment...
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    (two stars). He was promoted to admiral (three stars) and replaced Heinz Kessler as the Minister for National Defence and head of the National People's...
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    "the great period of military parades". Defense Minister Army General Heinz Kessler inspected the parade while accompanied by Deputy Minister of Defense...
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    Vizeadmiral Waldemar Verner, 1 August 1959 to 31 December 1978 Generaloberst Heinz Keßler, 10 January 1979 to 2 December 1985 Generaloberst Horst Brünner, 10 December...
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    Willi Bredel Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel Wilhelm Florin Peter Gingold Heinz Kessler Alfred Kurella Arno von Lenski Wolfgang Leonhard Vincenz Müller Friedrich...
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    their sentences there, including Egon Krenz, Günter Schabowski, and Heinz Keßler. "B.Z. : Krenz mit großem Bahnhof im Gefängnis Hakenfelde empfangen -...
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    on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2006. General of the Army Heinz Keßler, Minister for National Defense of the GDR, described the M-19 as "a radical...
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    the M44. It was nicknamed "Kesslerbombe" as a reference to the general Heinz Keßler. It was used by the KVP of the GDR and it was fitted with two different...
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    that former citizens of communist states enjoy increased freedoms, Heinz Kessler, former East German Minister of National Defence, replied: "Millions...
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    Secretary Walter Ulbricht (East Germany) General and Minister of Defence Heinz Kessler (East Germany) Political activist, scholar and author Angela Davis (US)...
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  • industrially-oriented ministries. Ministry of National Defense*: Willi Stoph, Heinz Hoffmann, Heinz Kessler, Theodor Hoffmann, Rainer Eppelmann (1990) Ministry of Foreign...
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    Peter Edel, Ernst Engelberg, Klaus Fuchs, Gerhard Grüneberg, Heinz Keßler 1980: Heinz Hoffmann, Alfred Lemmnitz, Siegfried Lorenz 1981: Leonid Brezhnev...
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    National Defense In office 1 January 1979 – 31 December 1989 Preceded by Heinz Kessler Succeeded by Manfred Grätz [de] Personal details Born (1926-09-28) 28...
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    Heinz Hoffmann (28 November 1910 – 2 December 1985) was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and...
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  • Defence 1961 Erich Mielke Minister for State Security 1980 Friedrich Dickel Minister of Interior 1984 Heinz Kessler Minister of National Defence 1985...
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  • that former citizens of socialist states now enjoy increased freedoms, Heinz Kessler, former East German Minister of National Defence, replied: "Millions...
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    at the time, Heinz Kessler, his deputy Fritz Streletz, Günter Schabowski and Günther Kleiber. In November 2009 an interview with Kessler showed that he...
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    high-ranking members of the East German regime, including Erich Honecker, Heinz Keßler, and Erich Mielke. Koth later claimed that he was the last to visit Honecker...
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    were Army General Heinz Hoffmann and Admiral Waldemar Verner. Other recipients are: General Karl-Heinz Wagner Army General Heinz Kessler Willi Stoph Erich...
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    establishment of East Germany. Minister of Defense of the GDR Army General Heinz Kessler inspected the parade and Colonel General Horst Stechbarth commanded...
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    Militärflieger „Otto Lilienthal", Bautzen Fliegerausbildungsgeschwader 15 (FAG-15) „Heinz Kapelle“, Rothenburg/Oberlausitz Fliegertechnisches Bataillon 15 (FTB-15)...
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    Stoph (Member of the Politbüro, Chairman of the Council of Ministers) Heinz Keßler (Member of the Politbüro, Minister of National Defense) Erich Mielke...
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    Stechbarth and Defense Minister Heinz Keßler (right) during the East German Republic Day Parade of 1988....
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  • 2008) January 25 – Alicia Montoya, Mexican actress (d. 2002) January 26 Heinz Kessler, German politician, military officer (d. 2017) Vasant Raiji, Indian...
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    Africa Karl Hanke, NSDAP-Politician Albert Brux, Wehrmacht officer Heinz Kessler, general, politician Helmut Bakaitis, actor Jacek Dewódzki, musician...
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  • Central Committee was not renewed. Instead, his seat was allocated to Heinz Kessler, a young and already senior general in the People's Army. For Mahle...
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    appointment to the committee followed in 1986. In 1985 he succeeded Heinz Kessler as Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of the Central Political...
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