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[td]Fritschler was born in 1941 in [[Hildburghausen]] to a [[Working class|working-class]] family.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Landolf |title=Der Erste: mit einem weiterfΓΌhrenden Bericht "Der letzte Erste" |date= |publisher=Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verl |year=1997 |isbn=978-3-7466-1241-6 |edition=2nd |series=AtV |location=Berlin |language=de}}</ref>{{rp||page=10, 192}} His father died during the war and he was raised alongside his six siblings by his mother, who worked in a tea factory.<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=192β193}}[/td]Revision as of 22:09, 2 September 2025
[/td][td]Fritschler was born in 1941 in [[Hildburghausen]] to a [[Working class|working-class]] family.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Landolf |title=Der Erste: mit einem weiterfΓΌhrenden Bericht "Der letzte Erste" |date= |publisher=Aufbau-Taschenbuch-Verl |year=1997 |isbn=978-3-7466-1241-6 |edition=2nd |series=AtV |location=Berlin |language=de}}</ref>{{rp||page=10, 192}} His father died during the war and he was raised alongside his six siblings by his mother, who worked in a tea factory.<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=192β193}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]At age 14, Fritschler completed ''[[Volksschule]]'' to take on an [[Apprenticeship in Germany|apprenticeship]] as a forestry worker,<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=23, 57}} working in nearby [[Heldburg]].<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=|page=57}} Fritschler voluntarily joined the recently founded [[National People's Army]] in 1955 and was stationed in [[Bezirk Rostock]] near the [[Baltic Sea]],<ref name=":0" />{{rp|58}} at [[Prora#Cold War|Prora]].<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=75, 110}} There, he also met his future wife Ingrid.<ref name=":0" />{{rp||page=111}}[/td]
[td]At age 14, Fritschler completed ''[[Volksschule]]'' and took on an [[Apprenticeship in Germany|apprenticeship]] as a forestry worker,<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=23, 57}} working in nearby [[Heldburg]].<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=|page=57}} Fritschler voluntarily joined the recently founded [[National People's Army]] in 1955 and was stationed in [[Bezirk Rostock]] near the [[Baltic Sea]],<ref name=":0" />{{rp|58}} at [[Prora#Cold War|Prora]].<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=75, 110}} There, he also met his future wife Ingrid.<ref name=":0" />{{rp||page=111}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]While he had already joined the ruling [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] (SED) earlier, it was primarily due to his working-class identity. He only became a convinced party member through the [[Political commissar|political officer]] of his unit, who was a [[father figure]] to him. Furthermore, he was motivated by contempt for the opponents of East Germany, whom he saw as "fat speculators".<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=57β59}}[/td]
[td]While he had already joined the ruling [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] (SED) earlier, it was primarily due to his working-class identity. He only became a convinced party member through the [[Political commissar|political officer]] of his unit, who was a [[father figure]] to him. Furthermore, he was motivated by contempt for the opponents of East Germany, whom he saw as "fat speculators".<ref name=":0" />{{rp||pages=57β59}}[/td]
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