Horst Stechbarth

Horst Stechbarth
Stechbarth in June 1984
Born(1925-04-13)13 April 1925
Tzschecheln, Lower Lusatia, Weimar Germany (now Dębinka, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)
Died8 June 2016(2016-06-08) (aged 91)
Schwielowsee, Germany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
 East Germany
Service / branchNational People's Army
Years of service1943-1945
1956–1989
RankGeneraloberst
Stechbarth and General Secretary Erich Honecker inspecting troops of the Landstreitkräfte in 1984

Horst Stechbarth (13 April 1925 – 8 June 2016) was an East German politician and high-ranking military officer in the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee), holding the rank of Generaloberst (Colonel General). He was the Chief of the NVA's Landstreitkräfte and the ex officio Deputy Minister of Defense of the GDR. He was also a member of the Politbüro of the Central Committee of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).[1]

  1. ^ Horst Stechbarth: Soldat im Osten. Erinnerungen und Erlebnisse aus fünf Jahrzehnten. Edition Stadt und Buch, Hüllhorst 2006, ISBN 3-92062-110-7.