Alois Nitsch

Alois Nitsch (born November 6, 1915 in Vienna ; † January 24, 1989 in Wiener Neustadt ) was an Austrian general and 1972–1980 commander of the Theresian Military Academy .

As a graduate of the Federal Education Institute in the Burg in Wiener Neustadt (1926–1934), he got to know his future place of work as a high school student. After graduating from high school with distinction, he enlisted in 1934 as a one-year-old volunteer in the army for the Vienna Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4. On October 1, 1935, he was accepted into the Theresian Military Academy and spent another three years in Neustadt Castle.

After the " Anschluss ", the officer candidates were accepted into the German Wehrmacht and on April 1, 1938, they were promoted to lieutenant . Like most young Austrian officers, he was immediately transferred to the "Altreich", in his case to the 92nd Infantry Regiment in Greifswald in Pomerania. During the Second World War he took part as a company and battalion commander in armored infantry units and participated in the Polish, French and Balkan campaigns and the war against the Soviet Union. He was wounded several times. During the fighting on the invasion front in France, he was taken prisoner by the Americans in August 1944, from which he returned in April 1946.

After the war, he initially worked in the private sector and in the labor market administration. In 1955 he joined the armed forces as a captain . He was initially employed in the border protection department and - since March 1956 as a captain - in the training department. He completed the 2nd general staff course from 1958 to 1959 and, after a short period in the operations department of the ministry , became a tactics teacher at the Theresian Military Academy on February 19, 1962. During his almost ten years of teaching activity, he was appointed commander of the teaching staff and then as deputy academy commander. On January 1, 1972, he was appointed commander of the Theresian Military Academy while being promoted to major general . During his command, a number of reforms in officer training were undertaken. In particular, it was necessary to adapt the study regulations to the changed social conditions and to bring the guiding principle of the officer closer to the realities of the soldier's environment in the present. On June 30, 1980, he retired as a general.

literature

Ernst Auer, In memoriam General i. R. Alois Nitsch, in Alma Mater Theresiana, 1989. Stefan Bader, At the highest point, The Generals of the Federal Army of the Second Republic, Vienna 2004, p. 236 ff.