Arthur Brandt (General)

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Arthur Brandt (born December 12, 1887 in Stolberg (Rhineland) , † April 13, 1967 in Birkenwerder ) was a German general who served in the Wehrmacht and NVA .

Life

Brandt was a soldier in the First World War. In 1931 he joined the NSDAP , then left, then rejoined. In World War II, Brandt was most recently General for the oil area of Ploesti in Romania and got there in 1944 in Soviet captivity.

In the GDR he became chief inspector of the people's police in the main training administration . He was a functionary in the NDPD and a member of the working group of former officers of the GDR (AeO). He was awarded the Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal in 1957.

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. Volume 1 (= Germany's generals and admirals, part 2, volume 1). Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, pp. 113-114
  • Daniel Niemetz: The field-gray legacy. The Wehrmacht Influences in the Military of the Soviet Zone / GDR. Links, Berlin 2006, dissertation, also University of Leipzig, 2006, ISBN 978-3-86153-421-1 , pp. 52f., 56, 255 ( excerpts )
  • Peter Joachim Lapp: The second chance. Wehrmacht officers in the service of Ulbricht. Helios, Aachen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86933-023-5 , pp. 17, 50 ( excerpt )
  • Harry Waibel : Servant of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 50.
personal data
SURNAME Brandt, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolberg (Rhineland)
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1967
Place of death Birkenwerder