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Kessler, Heinz, 1920-2017

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Personal name headingKessler, Heinz, 1920-2017
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Associated countryGermany (East)
Birth date1920-01-20
Death date2017-05-02
Place of birthLauban (Germany)
Place of deathBerlin (Germany)
AffiliationGermany (East). Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung
Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Germany)
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
Profession or occupationGenerals Cabinet officers Communists
Found inHis Für Frieden und Sozialismus, 1989: v. 1-2, t.p. (Heinz Kessler)
Namen u. Daten, 1987: p. 153 (Kessler, Heinz; b. 1/26/1920 in Lauban, Silesia; army general; East German defense minister, 1985-Apr. 1990)
New York times WWW site, viewed May 9, 2017 (in obituary published May 8: Heinz Kessler; b. Jan. 20, 1920, in what was then German Silesia; grew up in Chemnitz; d. May 2, eastern Berlin, aged 97; former head of East Germany's armed forces and a die-hard Communist to the last)
German Wikipedia, viewed May 9, 2017 (Heinz Kessler; b. Jan. 26, 1920, Lauban; d. May 2, 2017, Berlin)
Berliner Zeitung WWW site, viewed May 9, 2017 (in obituary dated May 4: Heinz Kessler; b. Jan. 20, 1920, Lauban, Lower Silesia; d. in Berlin, aged 97)
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