Brigitte Heinrich

Brigitte Heinrich (born 29 June 1941 in Frankfurt am Main, † December 29, 1987 ibid ) was a German journalist, politician, the Greens and unofficial assistant for the Ministry for State Security ( Stasi).

Life

Already 1966/67, it was politically and worked as a journalist; at the time she was spokeswoman for the Socialist German Student Union (SDS ). After her Economics exam in 1970, she traveled to the Middle East. In the 70 years she was at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Visiting Lecturer of " International Relations " and president of the Student Parliament. During this time she maintained contacts with various terrorist groups. On November 26, 1974 Brigitte Heinrich was arrested in a nationwide crackdown codenamed "Winterreise". The "Winterreise" was carried out in fifteen German towns and cities after the assassination of the Berlin Court of Appeal Chairman, Günter von Drenkmann, 2 June by members of the movement shortly after the death of RAF member Holger Meins. All those arrested the "Winterreise " until Brigitte Heinrich few weeks were later released. After several months, she was also, by now seriously ill, released before the second habeas corpus and the procedure terminated. After her release, she wrote again at Frankfurt University and belonged to the student parliament for several years as President. In 1980, she was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year and nine months, she was serving from the end of 1983 in an open prison.

Since 1980, Henry worked as a journalist for the daily newspaper Berliner.

In 1984 she was elected as a Member of the Greens in the European Parliament in Brussels, where she was employed until her death.

Brigitte Henry died in late 1987 of a heart attack. The funeral took place on January 6, 1988 held in the main hall of the Frankfurt main cemetery and consisted of a several-hour series of homages left-wing organizations and groups from a variety of countries.

Employee of the State Security

After the turn it was announced that she was recruited in 1982 by her partner, the lawyer and Stasi agents Klaus Croissant, for the Stasi, where she had since that time as unofficial assistant under the code name Beate Schäfer for the Department XXII ( counter-terrorism ) active. Croissant served as her instructor and courier.

After serving their remaining sentence her in 1984 by the Greens a list of space for the choice offered to the European Parliament. This she took after consultation with their Stasi officer leadership. She was then additionally for the section II of the Main Intelligence Directorate ( parties and organizations of the Federal Republic of Germany ) worked, served until her death as Nachrichtenbeschafferin for the Stasi and provided the GDR secret their knowledge of Parliament, party and newspaper editors. She was instructed to move away from the terrorist environment in order to reach leading positions. At least eight meetings with their senior officers and with written reports they gave their information.