Bundeswehr
Activate ex-NVA soldiers? Ost representative is skeptical
In the future, the Bundeswehr may need more reservists. Why not former NVA soldiers from the GDR army? The East Representative has objections.
East Ostober representative Elisabeth Kaiser sees the proposal to activate the former soldiers of the National People’s Army for the Bundeswehr. “I think that may not be the most obvious solution now,” said the SPD politician of the German Press Agency.
She referred to the age of the former soldiers of the NVA, which was dissolved with the German Association in 1990 and partially integrated into the Bundeswehr. Since then, those affected have not had any training. In her view, it is not “the measure we should pursue,” said Kaiser.
Left politician brought NVA soldiers into conversation
The left-wing politician Dietmar Bartsch had brought the idea into conversation, Union faction vice Sepp Müller had taken her up. The CDU politician campaigned for former NVA people as reservists to help with national defense if they want that. He would like extracurse for homelands, said Müller star.
Former NVA members have so far not been used as reservists, unless they have been continued to work in the Bundeswehr according to German unity. This was determined in the unification contract.
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Source: Stern
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