Ernst Otto Fick
Ernst Otto Fick (born February 5, 1898 in Kirchdorf an der Iller , † April 29, 1945 in Murnau am Staffelsee ) was a German SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS .
Life
Ernst Otto Fick came on February 5, 1898 as the son of the businessman Gustav Adolf Fick (* March 13, 1867 - March 21, 1950) and his wife Bertha, b. Jakob (born May 28, 1871, † February 24, 1917) in Kirchdorf an der Iller . On April 29, 1934, he entered into the marriage bond with the typist Gertraud Dapperger (* March 21, 1914 - February 20, 2010).
Fick volunteered to take part in the First World War while he was still at school in 1915 . After the war he joined the Epp Freikorps . From 1919 to 1931 he ran a branch of his father's general store and was also the administrator of his parents' property. He became a member of the NSDAP in 1928 (membership number 124.087). After the bankruptcy of his parents' business, he joined the Schutzstaffel (SS No. 2.853) and worked full-time as an advisor to the staff of the Reichsführer-SS and as a trainer in the SS auxiliary troops . From spring 1935 to 1937 he was a member of the staff management at the Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA) and then taught ideology training at the SS Junker School in Bad Tölz and at the SS Junker School in Braunschweig until 1939 .
During the Second World War he was the commander of the Sennheim training camp. From the beginning of January 1944 until his death he was inspector for the ideological education of the entire SS and police. In addition, he was most recently chief of the office group (office group C) in the SS main office.
Fick is said to have been shot with his driver during the liberation of Oflag VII A by soldiers of the US Army on April 29, 1945.
Awards
| Ficks military and SS ranks | |
|---|---|
| date | rank |
| September 1, 1915 | (surplus) private |
| January 17, 1917 | (surplus) NCO |
| May 2, 1918 | (surplus) deputy sergeant |
| August 31, 1918 | Lieutenant dR (without patent) |
| April 27, 1920 | Patent dated August 12, 1918 received |
| February 1, 1930 | SS candidate |
| March 30, 1931 | SS Sturmführer |
| January 10, 1934 | SS-Obersturmführer |
| April 23, 1934 | SS-Hauptsturmführer (with effect from April 20, 1934) |
| May 31, 1935 | SS-Sturmbannführer (with effect from May 8, 1935) |
| September 13, 1936 | SS-Obersturmbannführer |
| 1937 | First Lieutenant dB (Air Force) |
| 1940 | Captain dR (Air Force) |
| January 30, 1942 | SS standard leader of the Waffen SS |
| January 30, 1943 | SS Oberführer of the Waffen SS |
| January 30, 1944 | SS Brigadefuhrer and Major General of the Waffen SS |
- Iron Cross 2nd Class (January 15, 1917)
- Bulgarian Cross of Valor IV Class (May 1, 1917)
- Bavarian Military Merit Cross III. Class with Crown and Swords (September 12, 1917)
- Wounded badge
- Cross of honor for front fighters with swords
- KVK (so in the file, maybe meant Front Fighter Cross of Honor?) (June 1935)
- Julleuchter of the SS (December 16, 1935)
- SA sports badge
- NSDAP Service Award in Bronze (January 30, 1941)
- Service Award of the NSDAP in Silver (January 30, 1941)
- War Merit Cross, Second Class with Swords (by April 20, 1941)
- Iron Cross Clasp, Class II (July 11, 1941)
- War Merit Cross, 1st Class with Swords (April 20, 1943)
literature
- Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: Germany's generals and admirals. Part V: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police 1933–1945. Volume 1: A – G (Abraham - Gutenberger). Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2373-9 , pp. 304-307.
- Bernd Wegner : Hitler's political soldiers. The Waffen-SS 1933–1945: Concept, structure and function of a National Socialist elite. 9th edition. Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-76313-6 (revised dissertation, University of Hamburg, 1980).
- Hans-Joachim Neufeldt, Jürgen Huck , Georg Tessin : On the history of the regulatory police 1936–1945. Writings of the Federal Archives 3, Koblenz 1957.
- Heinz Höhne : The order under the skull. The history of the SS. Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 1994, ISBN 3-8935-0549-0 .
- SS Personnel File SSO Ernst Fick.
- Wolfgang Schneider, Andreas Schrade: The Waffen SS. Text and documentation. Rowohlt, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-4996-0936-3 .
- Hans-Christian Harten: Himmler's teacher. The ideological training in the SS 1933–1945. Schöningh, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-76644-1 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Volume 1: A – G (Abraham - Gutenberger). Bissendorf 2003, p. 304.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Volume 1: A – G (Abraham - Gutenberger). Bissendorf 2003, p. 305.
- ↑ Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Volume 1: A – G (Abraham - Gutenberger). Bissendorf 2003, p. 306.
- ^ Hans-Christian Harten: Himmler's teacher. The ideological training in the SS 1933–1945 , Paderborn 2014, p. 56
- ^ Hans-Christian Harten: Himmler's teacher. The ideological training in the SS 1933–1945 , Paderborn 2014, p. 369
- ^ Hans-Christian Harten: Himmler's teacher. The ideological training in the SS 1933–1945 , Paderborn 2014, p. 138f.
- ↑ Solveig reason: World War II photo fund, sport and art in the Nazi camp . Spiegel-Online from January 16, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fuck, Ernst Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kirchdorf an der Iller |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1945 |
| Place of death | Murnau am Staffelsee |