Wilhelm Zaisser

Wilhelm Zaisser
Wilhelm Zaisser
	Wilhelm Zaisser in 1950.
Minister of State Security; of the German Democratic Republic
	In office; 8 February 1950 – 18 July 1953
President	Wilhelm Pieck
Prime Minister	Otto Grotewohl
Deputy	Erich Mielke
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Ernst Wollweber
Personal details
Born	Wilhelm Zaisser; 20 June 1893; Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, Prussia, German Empire
Died	3 March 1958 (aged 64); East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1919-1921); Communist Party of Germany (1921–1932); Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1932–1947); Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1947–1954)
Spouse	Elisabeth Knipp / Zaisser
Children	Renate Böttcher-Zaisser, ; born 22 April 1924
Occupation	Politician, Soldier, Spy, Government Minister
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire; Soviet Union; Republic of China (1927–1930) ; Czechoslovakia (1930–1932) ; Second Spanish Republic (1936–1938) ; East Germany
Branch/service	Imperial German Army Main Intelligence Directorate National Revolutionary Army Spanish Republican Army
Years of service	First World War Ruhr Uprising Spanish Civil War

Wilhelm Zaisser (20 June 1893 – 3 March 1958) was a German communist politician and statesman who served as the founder and first Minister for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (1950–1953).^[1]

^ Jens Gieseke (Www); Bernd-Rainer Barth (Www); Hermann Weber (HDK); Andreas Herbst (HDK). "Zaisser, Wilhelm * 20.6.1893, † 3.3.1958 Mitglied des Politbüros des ZK der SED, Minister für Staatssicherheit". "Wer war wer in der DDR? (Www)" and "Handbuch der Deutschen Kommunisten (HDK)" Note that this web page includes biographical texts from TWO sources. "Www" appears first. The longer "HDK" entry appears as the second half of the page. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin (Www), Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin (HDK) & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin (Www & HDK). Retrieved 24 February 2018.

Wilhelm Zaisser
Wilhelm Zaisser in 1950.

Minister of State Security of the German Democratic Republic
In office 8 February 1950 – 18 July 1953
President	Wilhelm Pieck
Prime Minister	Otto Grotewohl
Deputy	Erich Mielke
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Ernst Wollweber

Personal details
Born	Wilhelm Zaisser (1893-06-20)20 June 1893 Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia, Prussia, German Empire
Died	3 March 1958(1958-03-03) (aged 64) East Berlin, East Germany
Political party	Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1919-1921) Communist Party of Germany (1921–1932) Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1932–1947) Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1947–1954)
Spouse	Elisabeth Knipp / Zaisser
Children	Renate Böttcher-Zaisser, born 22 April 1924
Occupation	Politician, Soldier, Spy, Government Minister
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire Soviet Union Republic of China (1927–1930) Czechoslovakia (1930–1932) Second Spanish Republic (1936–1938) East Germany
Branch/service	Imperial German Army Main Intelligence Directorate National Revolutionary Army Spanish Republican Army
Years of service	First World War Ruhr Uprising Spanish Civil War