Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office
Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office | |
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Chef des Marinepersonalamt | |
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Member of | Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine |
Reports to | Commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine |
Formation | 11 January 1936 |
First holder | Günther Lütjens |
Final holder | Martin Baltzer |
Abolished | 14 July 1945 |
Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office (German: Chef des Marinepersonalamt) was a leading position within the German Kriegsmarine High Command in Nazi Germany.
List of chiefs
[edit]No. | Picture | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Günther Lütjens (1889–1941) | Konteradmiral11 January 1936 | 3 October 1937 | 1 year, 265 days | [1][2] | |
2 | Conrad Patzig (1888–1975) | Admiral3 October 1937 | 31 October 1942 | 5 years, 28 days | [2][3] | |
3 | Werner Ehrhardt (1898–1967) | Kapitän zur See1 November 1942 | 5 January 1943 | 65 days | [2] | |
4 | Martin Baltzer (1898–1971) | Vizeadmiral6 January 1943 | 14 July 1945 | 2 years, 189 days | [2][3] |
See also
[edit]- Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
- Army Personnel Office (Wehrmacht) (army equivalent)
- Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (air force equivalent)
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Vierhaus 2011, p. 616.
- ^ a b c d Molt 2007, p. 61.
- ^ a b "Marinepersonalamt". deutsches-marinearchiv.de (in German). 23 October 2005. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
Bibliography
[edit]- Vierhaus, Rudolf, ed. (2011). Kraatz - Menges (in German) (2 ed.). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110940275.
- Molt, Matthias (2007). "Von der Wehrmacht zur Bundeswehr - personelle Kontinuität und Diskontinuität beim Aufbau der Deutschen Streitkräfte 1955-1966". DISSERTATION zur Erlangung der Würde eines Doktors der Philosophie (Dr. Phil.) (in German). Heidelberg: Philosophische Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.