Hans Ulrich Klintzsch

Hans Ulrich Klintzsch
Birth nameJohann Ulrich Klintzsch
Born4 November 1898
Lübbenau, German Empire
Died17 August 1959 (aged 60)
Hamburg, West Germany
Allegiance
Service / branch Imperial German Navy
 Reichsmarine
Luftwaffe
Years of service1919–45
Rank

Johann "Hans" Ulrich Klintzsch[1] (4 November 1898 – 17 August 1959) was a naval lieutenant from the Erhardt Brigade who later served as Oberster SA-Führer, the supreme commander of the Sturmabteilung (SA), from 1921 to February 1923,[2] when he returned to his former unit and ceded control to Hermann Göring. After his career as SA leader, he went back to the Luftwaffe. He died during the wedding of his son Fridthjof.

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References

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Notes

  1. ^ "StAM, Polizeidirektion München (Pol.Dir.) 6701". dfg-viewer.de (in German). 1923. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ Miller 2015, p. 27.
  3. ^ a b c Miller 2015, p. 24.

Bibliography

  • Miller, Michael (2015). Leaders of the Storm Troops Volume 1. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-87-1.

Further reading

  • Krüger, Gabriele (1971) Die Brigade Ehrhardt. Leibniz-Verlag. (in German)
  • Tyrell, Albrecht (1969) Führer befiehl. Droste. (in German)
  • Tyrell, Albrecht (1975) Vom Trommler zum Führer. Fink. (in German)


Political offices
Preceded by Leader of the SA
1921–1923
Succeeded by