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Erich Bär

1916–2005

Nationality
German Reich
Occupation
politician

Erich Bär (born 23 May 1916 in Dresden; died 5 April 2005) was a resister against Nazism and later lieutenant colonel of Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the GDR.

Incarceration history

  1. Buchenwald concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Erich Bär (born 23 May 1916 in Dresden; died 5 April 2005) was a resister against Nazism and later lieutenant colonel of Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the GDR. He was, from 1957 to 1972, head of the executive offices of the Stasi in East Berlin.

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