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Stefan Doernberg

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Stefan Doernberg
Doernberg in 1980
Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic to Finland
In office
1981–1987
Preceded byJoachim Mitdank [de]
Succeeded byRolf Böttcher
Personal details
Born(1924-06-21)June 21, 1924
Berlin, Weimar Republic
DiedMay 3, 2010(2010-05-03) (aged 85)
Berlin, Germany
Political partyThe Left (2007–)
Party of Democratic Socialism (1989–2007)
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1946–1989)
Alma materMoscow State University
AwardsPatriotic Order of Merit, in gold (1984)
Patriotic Order of Merit, in silver (1966)
Patriotic Order of Merit, in bronze (1964)
Military Service
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Service / branchRed Army
Years of service1941–1945
RankLieutenant
Unit8th Guards Army
Battles / wars
AwardsJubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1985)

Stefan Doernberg (21 June 1924 – 3 May 2010[1]) was a German writer,[2] secondary school teacher and Researcher of Contemporary History as well as the final director of International Relations Institute for the Academy of the State and Jurisprudence (ASR in German) for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). He was the East German ambassador to Finland from 1981 to 1987.[3]

Early life

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Doernberg was born the son of an official of the KPD. In 1935, he and his parents emigrated to the Soviet Union where he attended the Karl Liebknecht School. In 1939, he joined the KJVD and received his Abitur in Moscow.

On the day of Operation Barbarossa, he joined the Red Army. He was temporarily interned in a work camp in the Urals because of his German origins but he returned from his stay there to the front after schooling in the Comintern. As a Lieutenant in the 8th Guards Army he participated in the battles in Ukraine, Poland, and Berlin.

References

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  1. ^ Death
  2. ^ "Doernberg, Stefan". WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  3. ^ Bisky, Lothar (30 June 2009). "Stefan Doernberg zum 85. Geburtstag" (in German). The Left (Germany). Retrieved 7 October 2012.