In 1969 the battalion was bestowed with the tradition-based name of "Willi Sänger" an anti-Nazi resistance fighter and workers' sports devotee.
Willi Sänger, Communist and Resistance fighter, executed on November 27, 1944
The Luftsturmregiment 40 (LStR-40) "Willi Sänger" (English: Air Assault Regiment 40) was a unit of the German Democratic Republic's National People's Army.
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Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Willi Baumeister | Margaret Sanger | Willi Forst | Sanger-Harris | Willi Sänger | Willi Plett | Willi Lippens | Larry Sanger | Willi Williams | Willi van Ooyen | Willi Hennig | Willi Braun | Sanger | Frederick Sanger | Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers | 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger | Willi Weber | Willi Veller | Willi Stöhr | Willi Reschke | Willi Oberbeck | Willi Ninja | Willi Kronhardt | Willi Hennig Society | Willi Gerdau | Willi Frommelt | Willi Fels | Willi Arlt | William Wallace Sanger |
The most prominent were the elite 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger (40th Parachute Battalion "Willi Sänger") which was housed in block 5 from 1960 to 1982.