Conrad Patzig

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Conrad Patzig

Conrad Patzig (born May 24, 1888 in Marienburg , † December 1, 1975 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer , most recently an admiral in World War II .

Life

Snotty occurred on April 3, 1907 as a midshipman in the Imperial Navy and received his training on board the cruiser frigate SMS Stein . He then graduated from the naval school, was appointed ensign at sea on April 21, 1908 and, after successfully completing this, was transferred to the large-scale ship SMS Nassau on October 1, 1909 . Here took place on 28 September 1910 was promoted to lieutenant , and on September 27, 1913 Lieutenant . His service on board the ship ended three days later and Patzig was assigned to the Kiautschou sailor artillery division . After he arrived in the lease area, he was employed as a company officer.

When the First World War broke out , Patzig was also given command of a fortress battery and, after the colony surrendered on November 8, 1914, was taken prisoner by the Japanese . On January 22, 1920 he was released from this. During the subsequent return trip to Germany with the rest of his unit, Patzig was promoted to lieutenant captain on January 30, 1920 . Later he was taken over into the Reichsmarine . There he initially worked as an adjutant and was transferred to the Reichsmarinedienststelle Bremen on April 8, 1921 . As a navigational officer , Patzig was then on board the small cruiser Berlin from September 18, 1922 to September 14, 1924 . He then became a consultant for the Navy Education Inspectorate and was promoted to Corvette Captain on April 1, 1926 in this position . On October 24, 1927, Patzig was given command of the I. Department of the ship master division of the Baltic Sea in Kiel for one year, and he was then transferred again to the Schleswig-Holstein liner for a year as a navigational officer .

Patzig then worked on October 17, 1929 as a consultant in the defense department of the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin , promoted to frigate captain on October 1, 1931 , and appointed head of department on June 6, 1932. As a sea captain (since October 1, 1933), Patzig resigned from the intelligence service on January 2, 1935.

He was made available to the commander of the naval station of the North Sea and on February 28, 1935 appointed commander of the Schleswig Holstein liner . Patzig gave up command again in October in order to be assigned to the regular crew of the armored ship Admiral Graf Spee . After the commissioning, Patzig commanded the ship until October 1, 1937 and led u. a. Security tasks during the Spanish Civil War .

In early October 1937, he was transferred to the High Command of the Navy , he was appointed head of the local personnel office and was promoted to rear admiral on 1 November 1937 to Vice Admiral on 1 January 1940 and the Admiral on April 1, 1942. As of November 1, 1942 Patzig was placed at the disposal of the Commander in Chief of the Navy and finally retired from active service on March 31, 1943.

From May 8, 1945 to March 15, 1946, Patzig was briefly in British captivity . In the post-war years he worked from August 1955 to November 1957 in an advisory capacity in the personnel committee for the recruitment of senior officers in the German Navy.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. The military careers of naval, engineering, medical, weapons and administrative officers with admiral rank. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1700-3 . Pp. 12-13.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1929. p. 42.
personal data
SURNAME Patzig, Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German naval officer, admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Marienburg
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1975
Place of death Hamburg