The official AHF NVA & GDR quiz thread

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Thanks!

Probably too easy for you guys, but here goes...
26th. of June 1981 meant what?


waleed

[Polar bear]

hi, Waleed,

the last execution (Hauptmann Werner Teske) accused of spying

greetings, the pb

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

As I said "too easy" for you Germans...


waleed

[Polar bear]

hi, Waleed,

As I said "too easy" for you Germans ...

quite true - but not only for your Southern neighbours.

new Question (not too difficult)
which namesake of a Volksmarine missile vessel lost his right arm as a four-year-old child in a tramway accident ?

greetings, the pb

[Polar bear]

hi,

one week later: ... a VM missile corvette ...

greetings, the pb

[Polar bear]

hi,

after 2 weeks without any response, a question is cold.

The correct answer is FRITZ GLOBIG.

over to the next volunteer.

greetings,the pb

[Robb]

Hello Waleed,

Do you have a question for us?
regards Robb

[ehrentitle]

It's been awhile and no one has proposed a question. So here is mine. Who was the US Soldier who defected to East Germany in 1952 by swiming across the Danube River to the Soviet Zone of Austria?

[Polar bear]

hello, ehrentitle,

that was Stephen Wechsler aka Victor Grossman http://parapluie.de/archiv/pakt/grossman/

greetings, the pb

[ehrentitle]

Polar bear, Very good. I'm reading his autobiography, "Crossing the River", now.

[Polar bear]

thanks, ehrentitle, hello, all

not too difficult ..

a Danish warship (with a name dear to me ), then a Kriegsmarine vessel, became a Seepolizei training vessel with a famous German communist´s name and, eventually, a Volksmarine vessel with the name of a rating of the Imperial german navy ..

greetings, the pb

[ehrentitle]

Did you mean the Hvidbjørnen / Ernst Thälmann / Albin Köbis?

[Polar bear]

hello, ehrentitle,

that´s right !

back to you,

greetings, the pb

[ehrentitle]

Polar bear, Volksmarine is my area of interest, but it's unlikely I can come up with a VM related question that you don't already know the answer to. So here is something outside of that area:

What was the Kommandantendienst and who within the NVA had overall command of this organization.

[Polar bear]

hello, ehrentitle,

the Kommandantendienst - something close to a MP - hat the task to support bivacouing, marching and deployment of troops by securing roads, crossings, places etc.
Afaik, there was no "central command", but the Kommandantendienst were subordinated directly to the division staffs

greetings, the pb