Sven Hüber
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Sven Hüber is a former political officer
of the border troops of the German Democratic Republic
and today chairman of the main personnel council of the German Federal Police
.
Hüber was born in Görlitz
. As a political officer, Hüber was responsible for giving the soldiers political instruction and propaganda. He worked for the Berlin regiment 33 (Treptow). His unit was responsible for the fatal shooting on February 6, 1989 of Chris Gueffroy
, the last person to be shot on the inner German border. His case and the question of how to deal with moral responsibility have been widely discussed in German newspapers.
A similar case happened in March 2008, when a former East German Stasi informant ("IM Schubert
") who betrayed local church officials won a court battle to prevent an exhibition from including his name and clandestine activities. This interim injunction
was later cancelled and the court battle goes on.
Political commissar
The political commissar is the supervisory political officer responsible for the political education and organisation, and loyalty to the government of the military...
of the border troops of the German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
and today chairman of the main personnel council of the German Federal Police
German Federal Police
The Bundespolizei is a uniformed federal police force in Germany. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior...
.
Hüber was born in Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
. As a political officer, Hüber was responsible for giving the soldiers political instruction and propaganda. He worked for the Berlin regiment 33 (Treptow). His unit was responsible for the fatal shooting on February 6, 1989 of Chris Gueffroy
Chris Gueffroy
Chris Gueffroy was the last person to be shot while trying to escape to West Berlin across the Berlin Wall...
, the last person to be shot on the inner German border. His case and the question of how to deal with moral responsibility have been widely discussed in German newspapers.
A similar case happened in March 2008, when a former East German Stasi informant ("IM Schubert
IM Schubert
Holm Singer is a former East German Stasi informant who betrayed local church officials. He worked from 1980 till 1989 for the East German secret police under the pseudonym IM “Schubert”...
") who betrayed local church officials won a court battle to prevent an exhibition from including his name and clandestine activities. This interim injunction
Injunction
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts. A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions...
was later cancelled and the court battle goes on.
External links
- Sven Hüber: "Unerträgliche Äußerung des Herrn Hubertus Knabe" (Berliner Zeitung, May 10, 2004)
- Roman Grafe: Die Privilegierung von Staatskriminellen. Prozesse gegen DDR-Grenzschützen und ihre Befehlsgeber (University of TrentoUniversity of TrentoThe University of Trento is an Italian university located in the cities of Trento and Rovereto. It has been able to achieve considerable results in didactics, research and international relations, as shown by Censis University Guide and by the Italian Ministry of...
, April 2006) - "Kammergericht stärkt Pressefreiheit" (Wikinews, March 20, 2007)