Erich Schulte Mönting

Erich Schulte Mönting (born August 28, 1897 in Wesel , † January 17, 1976 in Soest ) was a German naval officer , most recently vice admiral in World War II .

Life

Schulte Mönting was a son of the Oberregierungsrat and Lieutenant Colonel a. D. Richard Schulte Mönting (1869–1949) and his wife Else Rademacher (1873–1961).

He joined the Imperial Navy on January 3, 1916 as an officer candidate and, after attending the Mürwik Naval School, came on March 5, 1916 for further training on the Great Cruiser Freya . On August 4, 1916, he was transferred to the Derfflinger battle cruiser , on which he served until February 4, 1918. There was a commanding a torpedo course on a training ship used Panzerkorvette Württemberg . From April 21 to October 2, 1918 he served on board the battle cruiser Seydlitz ; there he was promoted to lieutenant on June 19, 1918 .

After the end of the war , he was transferred to the 18th torpedo boat semi-flotilla in November 1918 and served on board the small cruisers Königsberg and Hamburg as a watch and signal officer until January 10, 1922 . Then Schulte Mönting was used as a platoon leader in the ship master division of the North Sea until March 31, 1922 . On April 1, 1922, he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea and until September 30, 1924 as an officer on watch on the V 3 torpedo boat . Subsequently, he was in command of the torpedo boat V 6 until February 25, 1925 and subsequently a flag lieutenant with the staff of the commander of the naval forces of the North Sea. On January 5, 1926, he was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin , and Schulte Mönting was appointed naval adjutant to Reich President Paul von Hindenburg . In this position he became a lieutenant captain on March 1, 1929 . From September 27, 1929 to October 2, 1931, he was in command of the torpedo boat Luchs before completing a two-year pilot's assistant training course and then serving as an adjutant to the chief of the naval command , Admiral Erich Raeder . On April 1, 1935, Schulte Mönting became corvette captain . Even after the agency was renamed High Command of the Navy until May 31, 1937, he carried out his function. He then came to the training department of the 3rd Destroyer Division as a commander until September 14, 1937 and took over as commander of the destroyer Hermann Schoemann until October 25, 1938 . On October 1, 1938, he was promoted to frigate captain. From November 1938 he served again in the High Command of the Navy , where he served from January 5, 1939 to February 19, 1944 as Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, most recently under Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz . In this position he was promoted to sea captain on April 1, 1940 and to rear admiral on March 1, 1943 . From March 15 to April 4, 1944 he was initially entrusted with the management of the Commander of the Languedoc Naval Defense , before he took over this command until September 6, 1944. Then he was commanding admiral of the Norwegian north coast with headquarters in Trondheim . On April 1, 1945 he was promoted to Vice Admiral.

After the surrender of the Wehrmacht , he organized the demilitarization and repatriation of the German occupation forces to Germany. Schulte Mönting was then from August 17, 1945 in British captivity and was u. a. imprisoned in the London Cage . During the Nuremberg Trial , Schulte Mönting testified as a witness. He was released from captivity on July 1, 1947.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
War Merit Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class with swords
German cross in silver on June 25, 1942
Finnish Order of the Cross of Freedom 2nd class with swords

literature

Dermot Bradley (eds.), Hans H. Hildebrand, Ernest Henriot: Germany's Admirals 1849-1945. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-2482-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Interrogation Protocol Part 1 - Nuremberg Trial
↑ Interrogation Protocol Part 2 - Nuremberg Trial
↑ Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1929, p. 42.
↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 556.

personal data
SURNAME	Schulte Mönting, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wesel
DATE OF DEATH	17th January 1976
Place of death	Soest

[1] Interrogation Protocol Part 1 - Nuremberg Trial

[2] Interrogation Protocol Part 2 - Nuremberg Trial

[RanglisteM1929-3] Ranking list of the German Reichsmarine , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1929, p. 42.

[4] Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 556.