Erich Münch

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Erich Münch (born April 4, 1897 in Bern ; † September 21, 1983 there ) was Colonel Brigadier and head of the Swiss air raid troops .

Life

Erich Münch was born as the son of the architect Max Münch (born July 16, 1859 in Zofingen ; † January 27, 1940 in Hanover ) and his wife Gertrud Ethel (September 5, 1867 in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire , England ; † 1945 in Bern ), Daughter of the clergyman George William Phipps (1820–1901), born.

He attended high school in Bern and studied architecture and engineering at the Technical University of Munich and in Bern. After completing his studies, he worked in his father's architecture office in Bern.

On December 31, 1918, he was promoted to lieutenant in the Mountain Telegraph Company 2, where he was also promoted to lieutenant on December 31, 1922; During this time he was appointed instruction officer in the engineering troops on August 1, 1922 . When he was promoted to captain on December 31, 1926, he became commander of the Mountain Telegraph Company 12, and on March 6, 1930 he was transferred as a commander to Telegraph Company 1.

On 15 May 1931 he was staff officer on the staff of the 3rd Division in 1932 added to the staff of the Infantry Brigade 8, there on December 31, 1932. Major transported and 1933, the Staff of the 2nd Army Corps , and in 1934 the staff of 2 2nd Division, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 31, 1937 . In 1938 he returned to the staff of the 3rd Division and was transferred to the army staff in 1939, which supported the chief of the army in leading the defense group. On August 1, 1939 he was elected Section Head II and on January 1 Section I of the General Staff Department; his promotion to colonel took place on December 31, 1940. On December 31, 1945 he was commander of the 36th Mountain Infantry Regiment.

On January 1, 1947, he was appointed Brigadier Head of the Air Defense Department in the Federal Military Department , and was promoted to the Oberst Brigadier on January 1, 1950. He played a key role in the creation of the air raid troops in 1951, with 35,000 men as a link served for civil defense . Based on the experiences of the Second World War, he developed a concept that not only dealt with personnel, technical and financial requirements in detail, but also presented measures to inform the population about impending dangers and effective protective measures, especially structural ones, in chronological order.

When he retired on January 1, 1962, the air raid troops consisted of 28 air raid battalions and 13 independent companies.

As the Federal Council representative, he was in charge of the campaign for American army vacationers in Switzerland. Between 1945 and 1949, 700,000 American soldiers came to Switzerland, who were entitled to vacation in Europe after the war. The action was initiated by the Swiss Hotel Association, with logistical support from the Federal Office of Transport.

Erich Münch was married to Hélène Alice, daughter of the doctor Frédéric Emile Charles König, since 1926.

Fonts

literature

  • Erich Münch in On the resignation of Colonel Brigadier Eric Münch, Head of the Air Defense Department . Protar Volume 27 (1961).
  • Erich Münch in Oberst Brigadier Eric P. Münch People and personality . Protar Volume 27 (1961).
  • Erich Münch in On the occasion of the 60th birthday of Colonel Brigadier Eric Münch, head of the EMD Air Defense Department . Protar Volume 23 (1957).
  • Erich Münch in On the introduction to the PROTAR by the head of the air defense department . Protar Volume 13 (1947).
  • Erich Münch in Oberstbrigadier Münch as head of the American holiday campaign . Protar 27 (1961).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Army staff (A STAB). Retrieved February 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Erika Flückiger Strebel: Recovery of tourism after the Second World War thanks to the US Army. Albert Koechlin Foundation, Lucerne, 2015, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Münch, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss general
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1983
Place of death Bern