NVA honourary unit names

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Sorry for my long absence, been busy with other Fora. But here the look at NVA honourary names continues:

7. Panzerdivision (Armoured Division), Dresden.

Had to following Units:
PR-14 Karol Swierczewski, Spremberg.
K.S. with the code name "Walter" (1897-1947) was a Polish Officer in the Soviet Army. He attained the rank of General in the Soviet Army and the Polish People's Army. He served on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. He was as deputy Minister of Defence one of those who was a key player in the establishment of the Communist Regime in Poland. On 28 March 1947 He was murdered by Ukrainian Guerillas.

PR-15 Paul Hornick, Cottbus.
P.H. (1898-1964). Functionary in the KPD and Secretary General of the Rotfrontkämpferbund (Association of Red Front Figthers). Member of the Reichstag 1930-32,went in Exile to Belgium in 1935. Served in the Spanish Civil War andduring the Years 1943-56 he lived in the Soviet Union. Upon returning to Germany Hornick was a Functionary in the SED.

PR-16 Leo Jogiches (also Ausbildungsbasis/Training Base 6), Großenhein.
L.J (1867-1919) was a Marxist Revolutionary active in Lithuania, Poland and Germany. in 1893 He co-founded with Rosa Luxemburg the Socialdemocratic Party in the Kingdom of Poland and later the Spartakusbund (the forerunner of the KPD). He was murdered in Berlin 10 March 1919.

MSR-7 (with BMP) Max Roscher, Marienberg.
M.R. (1888-1940) KPD-member of the Reichstag and of the Saxonian Lanttag (Provincial Parliament). He died in exile in Moscow from wounds sustained while participating in the Spanish Civil War.

AR-7 Albert Hößler, Frankenberg.
A.H. (1910-42) was a Communist and Anti Nazi resistance figther.

GeWA-7 Ernst Scheller, Frankenberg.
E.s. (1890-1944) was a Teacher and KPD-member of the Reichstag. Imprisioned in 1933 and sentenced to six Years Hard Labour for High Treason. Sentenced to death for the planing of a Rebellion at KL Sachsenhausen in 1939 and executed on 11 October 1944.

RA-7 Alfred Kurella, Zeithain.
A.K. (1895-1975) was a Writer, Translator and Cultural Functionary of the SED.

PiB-7 Arthur Thiermann, Pirna.
A.T. (1901-35) was a member of the KPD who was shoot by the GESTAPO on 4 July 1935.

IB-7 Gustav Schneider, Spremberg.
I have no information on G. Schneider. Perhaps someone knows more?

BChA-7 Johann Eggert, Pirna.
As I have no information on J. Eggert any is appriciated.

AB-7 Ludvik Svoboda, Dresden.
L.S. (1895-1979) was a Czechoslovakian General who during World War Ii led a Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Army. Was Minister of Defence and Commander of Czechoslovak Armed Forces 1945-50. From 1968 until 1975 he was President of Czechoslovakia.

BMS-7 Kurt Schlosser, Dresden.
K.S. (1900-44) was a KPD politician and Anti Nazi. Sentenced to death for High Treason and beheaded in Dresden on 16 August 1944.

NB-7 Egon Dreger, Dresden.
E.D. (1899-1970) was a Communist Politician who went in to Exile in 1937. He fougth in the Spanish Civil War and was interned in France and North Africa. In 1943 he succeeded in getting away to the Soviet Union. Where he worked for the National Committe Free Germany.

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11. Mot. Schützen Division, Halle.

MSR-16 (with BMP) Robert Uhrig, Bad Frankenhausen.
R.U. (1903-44), Communist and Resistance Figther. Sentenced to death 7 June 1944 and executed on 21 August the same Year.

MSR-17 Fritz Weineck, Halle (Saale).
F.W. called the "Little Trumpetplayer" (1897-1925) a musician in the Rotfrontkämpferbund. He was shoot and killed at an election meeting in Halle (Saale) on 13 March 1925.

MSR-18 Otto Schlag, Weissenfels.
O.S. (1889-1944), Communist imprisioned in Concentration Camps 1933-39. He died of fatigue sustained during this inprisionment.

PR-11 Otto Buchwitz (Ausbildungsbasis [Training Base] 19), Sondershausen.
O.B. (1979-1964), SPD and later SED Politician. 1921-24 member of the Prussian Lanttag and 1924-33 of the Reichstag. Went into Exile in Denmark, but was arrested following the German occupation of Denmark. In 1941 he was sentenced to 10 Years Hard Labour. Liberated by Soviet Troops on 27 April 1945, he went on to becom leader of the SED in Saxony.

AR-11 Wilhelm Koenen, Wolfen.
W.K. (1886-1963), was a Socialdemocratic (SPD) Politician, who in 1933 fled to France. 1935-38 he lived in Czechoslovakia and later wnet to Britain. Where he was one of the founders of the Free German Movement in London. He returned to Germany and in 1945-46 was the Editor of the Communist Newspaper "Freihet" (Freedom) in Halle.

RA-11 Magnus Poser, Hermsdorf.
M.P. (1907-44), Communist and Resistance Figther. He was shoot during an Attempt to Escape during the nigth between 20-21 July 1944. He later died from his wounds at the KL Buchenwald Infirmary.

PiB-11 Willi Gall, Zeithain.
W.G. (1908-41) Communist and Resistance Figther. Executed in the Berlin-Plötzensee Prison on 25 Juli 1941.

BChA-11 Erwin Hörnle, Bad Frankenhausen.
I have no information on E. Hörnle any information is appriciated.

AB-11 Heinrich Brandes, Bad frankenhausen.
I have no information on H. Brandes any information is appriciated.

BMS-11 Bernhard Koenen, Halle (Saale).
B.K. (1889-1964), Communist Politician. In 1933 he went into exile in the Soviet Union. Activist in the National Committe Free Germany. In 1946 he was one of the co-founders of the SED. Later worked as a Dimplomat and was a member of the GDR Staatsrat (State Council).

NB-11 Otto Brosowski, Halle (Saale).
I have no information on O. Brosowski any information is appriciated.

PJA-11 Herman Vogt, Halle (Saale).
I have no information on H. Vogt any information is appriciated.

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We then move on to the Militärbezirk V (Military District V), directly subordinate to the MB was:
5. RBr Bruno Leuscher, Demen.
B.L. (1910-65), was member of the SED Central Commitee and Chief of the State Planing Commission.

PJA-5 Suchoi Bartor (on mobilisation grew to a Regiment), Dabel.
S.B. was a Mongolian Communist Military Leader who led the figth against the White Forces of Baron von Ungern-Sternberg.

AR-5 Paul Sasnowski (mobilised the 5th Artillery Brigade), Dabel.
P.S. (1903-44), was a Communist who in 1941 was conscripted into the Organisation Todt. While serving in Belarus he was caught handing information to the Partisans. Sentenced to death by the Court Marshal of the 4th Army and exceuted in the vincity of Mogiljov on 25 February 1944.

FRR-5 Berhard Bästlein, Basepohl.
B.B. (1894-1944), was a Communist Member of the Reichstag and Resistance Figther. Executed on 18 September 1944.

KHG-5 Adolf von Lützow see the Air Force section.

NR-5 Horst Jonas, Fünfeichen/NBB.
I have no information on H. Jonas, any information on him is appriciated.

PiR-5 Horst Vieth (mobilised the 5th Pioner Brigade), Pasewalk.
I have no information on H. Vieth, any information on him is appriciated.

FuTB-5 Friedrich Dethloff, Stavenhagen/Basepohl.
F.D. (born 1897, Year of death not known to me), Communist Politician and Mayor of Waren.

WSB-5 Hans Arno Eckelmann, Neubrandenburg.
I have no information on H. A. Eckelmann, any information on him is appriciated.

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I continue with the MB V Units:
Bewgliche Fla.-Raketentechnische Basis 5 Reinhold Pretzsch (BFRTB-5, Mobile Anti Arcraft Missile Technical Base), Stavenhagen/Basepohl.
I have at present no information on Rainhold Pretzsch, so any information is appriciated.

Bataillon Funkelektronischer Kampf 5 Paul Verner (BFEK-5, Elektronic Warfare Battalion), Goldberg.
P. Verner (1911-86), Communistic Polictician and Publisher. Before WW 2 active in various Communist Newspapers and during the Spanish Civil War editor of the "El Voluntaria" (The Volunteer) Newspapaer of the 15th International Brigade. In 1939 sent to Sweden on Party Business. There he was arrested and during 1940-42 Verner was interned. Upon release he was allowed to Work as a metalworker. In 1945 he returned to the Soviet Zone of Germany and become member of the SED, and was also a founding member of the Party's Youth Organisation FDJ. Verner went on to serve in the Politbureau of the SED Central Commitee and Acting President of the GDR State Council (Staatsrat).

Bewegliche Raketentechnische Basis 5 Carl Moltmann (BRTB-5, Mobile Rocket Technical Base), Demen.
C. Moltmann (1884-1960), was originaly member of the Socialdemocratic Party SPD. During 1915-19 He served as an Armierungssoldat (Labour Troops who builded Trench Fortifications during WW1). 1919-33 He served in the Lanttag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, during the Years 1929-33 Moltmann also was a member of the City Council of Schwerin. He also sat in the Reichstag 1932-33. During the NSDAP Regime he made a living as a Tobacconist, but in 1944 was arrested on serveral times. After 1945 Moltmann resumed his political work and in 1946 folllowed the SPD into the SED and served as Member of the Lanttag of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and following the transformation of the GDR Länder into Bezirke, Moltmann served in the Bezirkstag of Bezirk Schwerin.

LBR-5 Bruno Kühn.
B. Kühn (1901-44?), A Communist Youth Activist. Served in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. When Germany attacked the Sovietunion, Kühn fougth the Wehrmacht as a Partisan. He was according to offical GDR History KIA in Belarus in August 1941. Other records show that he was arrested as a "Parachutist Agent" in Amsterdam in August 1943 and shot in Brussels in 1944.

DetAB-5 Herrmann Schmidt, Prenzlau.
I have no information on Herrmann Schmidt, perhaps someone else has got info on Him?

Unteroffizierschule III /Ausbildungszentrale 20 Max Matern (U-Schule III/AZ-20, NCO-School/Training Centre), Karpin.
M. Matern (1902-35), was a Communist Street Figther. He was sentenced to death for murdering the Police Captains Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck and executed on 22 May 1935.

AZ-19 Carl von Clausewitz, Burg/Waldfrieden.
C. von Clausewitz (1780-1830), Prussian Military and Military Theorist and Writer. During 1918-30 Director of the Kriegsakademie in Berlin.

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BChA-5 Erwin Fischer, Prenzlau.
I have no information on Erwin Fischer, but he was not the Luftwaffe Pilot of the same name.

ARMTW-15 John Sieg, Prora (the huge Holiday Complex built during the NSDAP Regime).
J. Sieg (1903-42) was born in Detroit, USA upon the death of his Father in 1912 he went to live with his Grandfather in Germany and become a German Citizen in 1920. He later returned to Detroit and lived there 1923-28, where he met his wife Sophie. Upon returning to Germany Sieg become a member of the KPD and eventualy got work with the German State Railways the Reichsbahn. This proved to be instrumental in keeping contact with other Anti Nazi Groups and Sieg become one of the core members of the Rote Kapelle Spy Ring/Resistance Group. Arrested on 11 October 1943 he hanged him self in Prison on 15 October. His Wife was laso arrested in October 1943 and sent to Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, from which she was liberated by Soviet Troops in 1945.

The 1. Mot.-Schützen Division (!.MSD) with HQ in Postdam had:
MSR-1 Hans Beimler, Oranienburg.
H. Beimler (1865-1936), Communist Resistance Figther. In april 1933 arrested and sent to Dachau Concentration Camp, from where he esacped in May 1933. Later he fought in the Spanish Civil War where he was Killed in Action on 1 December 1936.

MSR-2 Arthur Ladwig, Stahnsdorf.
A. Ladwig (1902-44), Communist and Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighter. Arrested by the GESTAPO on 21 May 1943 and by the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) sentenced to death. Executed in the Zuchthaus Brandenburg on 10 July 1944.

MSR-3 (with BMP ACPs) Paul Hegenbarth, Brandenburg-Hohenstücken.
I has as yet no information on P. Hegenbarth.

PR-1 Friedrich Wolf /Training Base 4, Beelitz.
F. Wolf (1888-1953), Physisian, Writer, Communist and Pacifist. Father of the Stasi Chief Markus Wolf.

AR-1 Rudolf Gyptner, Lehnitz.
R. Gyptner (1925-44), Communist in Exile in the Soviet Union from 1933. After the opening of operation Barbarossa he enrolled in the Soviet Army. Trained as a Parachute Agent he was droped behind the Enemy lines in Poland and was killed in Action.

FRR-1 Anton Fischer, Brück.
I have as yet no information on A. Fischer.

GeWA-1 Hermann Rentzsch, Beeliz.
H. Rentzsch (1913-78), Major General of the Kasernierte Volkspolizei and later Acting Minister for Heavy Machine Constructions and 1972-76 Departemental Chief in the Ministry of National Defence.

RA-1 Rudi Arndt, Groß Behnitz.
R. Arndt (1909-40), Communist and Anti Nazi. Executed in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp on 3 May 1040.

PiB-1 Willi Becker, Kirchmöser.
I have as yet no information on W. Becker.

IB-1 Otto Schliwinski, Potsdam-Eiche.
I have as yet no information on O. Schliwinski.

BChA-1 Herbert Kittelmann, Lehnitz.
I have as yet no information on H. Kittelmann.

AB-1 Dr. Richard Sorge, Beelitz.
Dr. R. Sorge (1895-1944), was a Soviet Spy in Japan during WW2. He was execued in Tokyo on 7 November 1944.

BmS-1 Georg Handke, Damsdorf.
G. Handke (1894-1962), KPD/SED Politician, in Prison 1934-45. Minister for Internal German and Foreign Trade 1949-52.

NB-1 Bodo Uhse, Potsdam-Eiche.
B. Uhse (1904-63), Writer who first was a Nationalsocialist and later a Communist. Later active in SED and different cultural organizations in the GDR.

Artillerieabteilung (Artillery Battalion)-1 (formerly PJA-1) Willy Sägebrecht, Beelitz.
W. Sägebrecht (1904-81), Communist imprisoned 1933 and 1934-45. After the War become on of the leaders of the SED in Brandenburg. In 1954 he entered the Military and as a Colonel he was responsible for the Military Intelligence. Retired officialy on health grounds in 1959.

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W. Seelenbinder (1904-44), Communist and Boxer. Participated in the 1936 Olympic Games and was in 1944 executed in the Brandenburg Zuchthaus Prison.

a small correction: Werner Seelenbinder was a wrestler, not a boxer. In the Olympic Games, he finished in light-heavyweight-class, Greek-Roman style, in 4th place (no medal).

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Thanks Polar Bear for the correction.

Continuing with th 8. Mot. Schützendivision, Schwerin.

MSR-27 (with BMP) Hans Kahle, Sternbuchholz.
H. Kahle (1899-1947), Officer and Journalist. Fought in the Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War, later was active as a Political Journalist in the UK. In 1946 he returned to Germany and settled in the Soviet Zone, becom chief of the People's Police in Mecklenburg.

MSR-28 Wilhelm Florin (Küstenverteidigungsregiment 18/Coastal Defence Regiment 18), Rostock.
W. Florin (1894-1944) KPD Polictician and resistance fighter. One of the founders of the Nationalkomitte Freies Deutschland. Died in exile in Moscow.

MSR-29 Ernst Moritz Arndt, Hagenow.
E.M. Arndt (1796-1860) Poet, Patriot and Liberal with a strong anti-Napoleon stance.

PR-8 Arthur Becker (was also Ausbildungsbasis/Training Base 30), Goldberg.
A. Becker (1905-38), Functionary of the German Communist Youth Association. Member of the Reichstag 1930-33, then into exile in Moscow. Joined the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and died in Nationalist Captivity.

AR-8 Erich Mühsam, Rostock.
E. Mühsam (1878-1934) Political Activist, Anarchist, Publisher and Author. Died in the Oranienburg Concentration Camp 10 July 1934.

FRR-8 Willi Schröder, Sternbuchholz II.
W. Schröder (1913-67) DBD Politician and 1952-53 Mininster for Argriculture and Foresty in the GDR. He was a former member of the NSDAP and Wehrmacht Soldier. Released from Soviet Captivity in 1948.

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hi, tyskaorden,

many of these names were honourary names in the Volksmarine, as well.

Examples just from your last post are Wilhelm Florin (Motor torpedo boat) and Artur Becker (without an "h" ?), twice given to Motor torpedo boats

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Yes some names where given to units of other Services than the Army. I will eventualy get around to the Volksmarine as well and the Grenztruppen (the Air Force are already done).

Continue with the 8. MSD:

GeWA-8 Mathias Thesen, Steinbruchholz.
M. Thesen (1891-1944), Trade Unionist, KPD Politician and Anti Nazi resistance fighter. From 1937 in captivity, died in KL Sachsenhausen 11 October 1944.

RA-8 Hermann Schuldt, Goldberg.
H. Schuldt (1896-1980) KPD later SED Politician, imprisioned 1940-45. Then emplyed in the People's Police and also Secretary for Argiculture in the Rostock district SED leadership 1952-60.

PiB-8 Tudor Vladimirescu, Hagenow.
T. Vladimirescu (1780-1821), Wallachian Freedom fighter, Officer in Russian service 1806-21. Supporter of the Hetäri Uprising and executed after figthing A. Ypsilanti.

IB-8 Wilhelm Bick, Steinbuchholz/Rostock.
W. Bick (1903-80), KPD and later SED Politician. Also served as Diplomat.

BChA-8 Erich Correns, Karow.

AB-8 Otto Moritz, Hagenow.

BmS-8 Herbert Tschäpe, Karow.
H. Tschäpe (1913-44), Communist and anti Nazi resistance fighter. Sentenced to death by the People's Court and executed at Brandenburg-Görden 27 November 1944.

NB-8 Kurt Bürger, Schwerin.
K. Bürger (1894-1951, his original name is Karl Ganz). Served at the Front 1914-17 and severely wounded. Co-founder of the KPD in Bavaria in 1919. In 1933 into exile in the Sovietunion. Returned to Germany in 1945 served as SED Minister President of Mecklenburg.

SanB-8 Hans Rothenberger, Karow.

PJA-8 Heinrich Dollwetzel, Schwerin.
H. Dollwetzel (1912-66), from 1932 member of the KPD. In 1933 by Denmark to the Sovietunion. 1937-39 Dollwetzel fougth in the Spanish Civil War as Commander of Tanks. He then went bac to the Sovietunion where he later was employed by the Ministry of the Interior. After the War he returned to Germany and in 1948 joined the Main Office for Education of the Garrisoned People's Police (KVP, predecessor to the NVA). As Colonel he was commander of Education and Schools of the KVP from Augusti 1954 to November 1955. On 1 November 1955 promoted to Major General and in 1956 made 1st Deputy Minister of National Defence. Placed in the reserve 1960 due to restructuring of the NVA.

I have no information on Erich Correns, Otto Moritz or Hans Rothenberger.

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9. Panzerdivision (9. PD, Armoured Division) Heinz Hoffmann, Eggesin.
H. Hoffmann (1910-85), Communist Politician and Soldier. Fougth in the Spanish Civil War. 1952-55 Chief of the KVP, 1957-58 1st Deputy Minister of National Defence, 1958-60 1st Deputy Minister of Natinal Defence and Chief of the Main General Staff, 1960-85 Minister of National Defence.

PR-21 Walter Empacher, Trogelow/Spechtberg.

PR-22 Soja Kosmodemjanskaja, Trogelow/Spechtberg.
S. Kosmodemjanskaja (1923-41), NKVD-Solider who fought as a Partisan. Captured by the Germans and hanged by them 29 November 1941 in Pertischtschewo.

PR-23 Julian Marchlewski, Stallberg (Trogelow).
J. Marchlewski (1866-1925), one of the founders of the Spartakusbund and later active in the KPD.

MSR-9 (with BMP) Rudolf Renner, Drögeheide.
R. Renner (1894-1940), KPD politician, imprisioned 1933 and died in KL Buchenwald 1940.

FRR-9 Rudolf Dölling, Karpin/Eggesin.
R. Dölling (1902-75) Communist Politician. After WW2 Officer in the KVP. Later Major General in the NVA, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the NVA Political Leadership 1957-59. Ambassador of the GDR to the Sovietunion 1959-65.

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Continues with the 9. Panzerdivision Units:

GeWA-9 Friedrich Ebert, Karpin/Eggesin.
F. Ebert (1871-1925), SPD Politician, State President of Germany 1919-25.

RA-9 Orro Nusche, Spechtberg.

IB-9 Paul Dessau, Drägeheide.
P. Dessau (1894-1979). Composer och Conductor. After 1948 active in the GDR and member of the German Arts Academy.

BChA-9 Michael Niederkirchner, Karpin.
M. Niederkirchner (1882-1949), Trade Unionist and Communist. Expelled from Germany in 1934 as He was born in Hungary. Lived in Exile in the Soviet Union until 1945 then active in the Soviet Occupation Zone/GDR.

AB-9 Eduard Claudius, Eggesin/Karpin.
E. Claudius (1911-76), Author and Communist. Fought in the Spanish Civil War and from 1956 He was on the GDR Diplomatic Service.

BmS-9 Robert Stamm, Trogelow/Drögeheide.
R. Stamm (1900-37), KPD Politican sentenced to Death for High Treason in 1935. Executed in Berlin-Plötzensee Prsion on 4 November 1937.

NB-9 Adolf Bytzeck, Eggesin.
A. Bytzeck (1899-1947), KPD Member and active in Communist Ilegal Underground already during the Weimar Republic.

SanB-9 Wolfgang Langhoff, Karpin/Eggesin.
W. Langhoff (1901-66), KPD Activist, Actor and Director. Imprisioned 1933-34 then into Exile in Switzerland. In 1946 He become Chief of the Deutsche Theater in East Berlin a possition he ha until retirement in 1963.

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This was the last of the Land Forces, so now over to the Volksmarine.

Küstenraketenregiment 18 Waldermar Verner (KRR-18, Costal Missile Regiment), Gelbensande/Schwarzenpforst.
W. Verner (1914-82), KPD/SED Politician in Exile in the Soviet Union and Ilegal in Denmark. In 1945 He returned to Germany. In 1950 He was employed at the Main Office Sea Police in the Ministery of the Interior. 1952-55 Chief of the Sea Branch of the Volkspolizei. 1957-59 Chief of the Sea Combat Forces, 1957-78 Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Political Main Office. On 1 March 1961 promoted to become the First "full" Admiral of the GDR.

Küstenverteidigungsregiment 18 Wilhelm Florin, (KVR-18, Coastal Defence Regiment, formely MSR-28), Rostock.
See 8. MSD of the Land Forces.

Marinehubschraubergeschwader 18 Kurt Barthel and Marinefliegergeschwader 28 Paul Wieczorek see the Air Force section at the beging of this thread.

Nachrichtenregiment 18 Johann Wesolek (NR-18, Signals Regiment), Böhlendorf.
J. Wesolek (1907-68), Communist Anti-Nazi resistance Fighter. Later Chief of the Signals Service of the Volksmarine.

Marinepionierbataillon 18 Karl Kittelman (MPiB-18, Naval Pioneer Battalion), Saßnitz.
K. Kittelman, Seaman in the Imperial Navy during World War 1. Later in the Matrosenkompanie Karl Liebknecht of the Volksmarinedivision during the fighting after WW1. Imprisoned (Schutzhaft) Septemebr 1933, 1937-45 Forced Laborer at the Leuchhammer Steel Mill. After WW2 he joined the Barracked People's Police and in 1956 the NVA. Retired as Major in 1961.

Fliegertechnisches Bataillon 9 Katja Niederkirchner (FTB-9 Air Technical Battalion), Peenemünde.
K. (Her name was orignaly Käthe) Niederkirchner (1909-44), was a Communist active in the Anti-Nazi Resistance. Expelled from Germany in 1933, She later went to the Soviet Union. In 1943 She parachuted from a soivet Airplane into German occupied Poland. Niederkirchner was captured and executed at KL Ravensbrück on the Night between 27-28 Spetemebr 1944.

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Funk- und Funktechnisches Störbataillon 18 "Johannes Vogelsang" (FuFuTSB-18 Signals and Signals Technical Countermessures Battalion), Böhlendorf.
I have no information regarding J. Vogelsang.

Wissenschaftlich-Technisches Zentrum 18 "Marcin Kasprzak" (WTZ-18, Scientifical Technical Centre), Wolgast.
M. Kasprzak (1860-1905) was a Polish Socialist Politician.

Kampschwimmerkommando 18 "Richard Staimer" (KSK-18 Combat Swimmer Command), Kühlungsborn.
R. Staimer (1907-82), Communist, fougth in the Spanish Civil War. Later Major General in the NVA and President of the paramilitary Youth Organisation Geschellschaft für Sport und Technik (GST - Association for Sport and Technics).

Versorgungs- und Ausrüstungslager 18 "Felix Scheffler" (VAL-18, Supply and Equipment Storage Camp), Wahrensdorf.
F. Scheffler (1915-86). Worked as a Sailor 1933-37, Served as a Sergeant-Major in the German Army 1937-41. Captured on the Eastern Front 1941. Later fought with Partisans in Belorussia. Returned to Germany as a Functionary 1947. In 1950 entered the Volkspolizei See. On 1 October 1952 with the rank of the Rear Admiral Comander of the VP See. Transferred to the Volksmarine (VM). Undervent the Soviet Voroshilov Naval Academy and held various leading posts in the VM until retirement 1 March 1975.

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Schiffsstammabteilung 18 "Paul Blechschmidt" (SStA-18, Ships Manning Battalion), Stralsund/Dänholm.
P. Blechschmidt (1907-61), Teacher and Communist Politician. Imprisioned 1933-36. Called to the Colours 1942 and defected to the Soviets 18 September 1943. Active in the National Committe Free Germany and in April 1945 involved in Sabotage operations in Germany. After the War involved in the building of the GDR Armed Forces. From 1960 Major General and Deputy Commander for Political Work at the Military Academy "Friedrich Engels". On 23 December 1961 he and his Wife died of Gas poisoning.

Seehydrographischer Dienst 18 "Alexander Abusch" (SHD-18, Sea Hydrograpical Service), Rostock.
A. Abusch (1902-82), Journalist, Author and SED Politician. Member of the Central Committe of the SED, Minister of Culture 1958-61. Vice President of the Cultural Association of GDR 1972-82.

Offiziershochschule der Volksmarine "Karl Liebknecht" (OHS VM, Officer College of the People's Navy), Stralsund.
K. Liebknecht (1871-1919). SPD Politcian and Mmeber of the Reichstag. Expelled for the SPD in 1916 for opposing the War. Founded the Spartakus-Bund (forrunner of the KPD) and involved in the Revolutionary Struggle in 1918-19. Arrested and Executed in 1919.

Flottenschule "Walter Steffens" (Fleet School, trained NCO:s and Sailors), Stralsund.
W. Steffens (1903-68), Communist and Anti-Nazi Resistance Fighter. Fought in the Spanish Civil War, in 1943 he volunteered for Service with the British Army in North Africa. Later in 1943 Steffens went to Moskow and becom involved in the National Committe Free Germany. After the War Steffens was charged with building the Water Protection Police in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and later joined the Border Protection Service. In 1950 he was charged with creating the Sea Police School (which later become the Flottenschule) He Commaned the School until 1955. Steffens ended his career Commanding the Sea Rescue Service of the GDR 1957-60.

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K. Liebknecht (1871-1919). SPD Politcian ... Arrested and Executed in 1919.

"arrested and executed" implies something like a lawful procedure. That did not take place.

Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were abducted and murdered.

greetings, the pb