Erich Mielke

German politician (1907-2000) · Germany · Politicians · Died at 92

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2000Died21 May 20001987Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1982Order of FriendshipAwardOrder of LeninAward1980Order of the Red BannerAward1977Order of Karl MarxAward1975Order of the October RevolutionAward1973Order of LeninAward1968Order of the Red BannerAward1964Hero of LabourAward1960Medal for Excellence in the Armed Organs of the Interior MinistryAward1958Order of the Red BannerAward1954Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland"AwardPatriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)Award1907Born28 December 1907

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Köllnisches Gymnasium

Mielke in 1927

Walter Ulbricht, mastermind of the Anlauf-Lenck murders, later General Secretary of the East German SED from 1949 to 1971.

Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, Bülowplatz the KPD's headquarters from 1926 to 1933. Today it is the Berlin headquarters of the Left Party.

The "Babylon Cinema," the site of the assassinations of Captains Anlauf and Lenck, as it appears today.

The funeral of Captains Anlauf and Lenck was attended by thousands of Berliners.

"Help with the Search for the Red Murderers!" A wanted poster published the Berlin Police following the murder of two police officers, September 1933. Mielke is top right.

Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union1987

Order of Lenin1987

Order of Karl Marx1987

Order of Lenin1982

Order of Karl Marx1982

Order of Friendship1982

Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland1982

Gold medal with hero rank of GDR1982

Order of the Red Banner1980

Order of Karl Marx1977

Order of the Red Banner1977

Artur Becker Medal in Gold1977

Order of Karl Marx1975

Gold medal with hero rank of GDR1975

Order of the October Revolution1975

Order of Lenin1973

Order of Karl Marx1973

Order of the Red Banner1968

Hero of Labour1967

Hero of Labour1964

Artur Becker Medal in Gold1961

Banner of Labor1960

Medal for Excellence in the Armed Organs of the Interior Ministry1960

Order of the Red Banner1958

Order of Karl Marx1957

Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland"1954

Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)1954

Patriotic Order of Merit1954

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

Scharnhorst Order

Order of Hồ Chí Minh

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Military Order "For Services to the People and the Fatherland" in Gold

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

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Child: Frank Mielke

About this person

Erich Fritz Emil Mielke was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security, better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Dubbed "The Master of Fear" by the West German press, Mielke was one of the most powerful, feared, and hated men in East Germany.

Country

Germany