Hans Doerr (Major General)

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Hans Doerr (born September 14, 1897 in Wilhelmshaven ; † September 9, 1960 in Großkarolinenfeld near Rosenheim) was a German major general , from 1943 to 1945 military attaché and later an employee of the Gehlen organization .

Life

Doerr joined the Guard Foot Artillery Regiment of the Prussian Army on April 8, 1915 as an ensign during the First World War . On May 27, 1915, he came to the front in the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Guard Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment. There he was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1915 and as such had been assigned as an exchange officer to the kuk Artillery Division 7 for three months from May 1, 1917. In the last months of the war he served as a battery leader in the foot artillery battalion No. 151. For his services during the war he was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Wound Badge in Black, and the Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class awarded with war decoration.

Between the world wars

After the end of the war from mid-December 1918 , Doerr was initially assigned to the General Command of the XIV Army Corps. On July 3, 1919, Doerr was transferred to the Provisional Reichswehr when he was transferred to the 7th Reichswehr Artillery Regiment . Shortly thereafter, took place on October 1, 1919 he was transferred to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 3. On December 31, 1920, he was awarded the character adopted as a first lieutenant from the Reichswehr. However, on May 1, 1924, he was employed again as a lieutenant in the 4th Artillery Regiment of the Reichswehr and worked here until the end of September 1927. During this time he completed several military courses. Then to the staff of the III. Department of the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment transferred to Jüterbog , Doerr returned to the 4th Artillery Regiment on October 1, 1931 and was assigned to the staff of the 5th Division in Stuttgart for the training of assistant commanders - the hidden general staff training . Shortly thereafter promoted to captain , he completed further courses at the military academy in Berlin, which was still secret at the time. After graduation, he was used on May 1, 1934 as a transport officer in military district command VII. From there he moved in October 1936 as battery chief in the Artillery Regiment 13. Here he was promoted to major on April 1st .

From September 1937 Doerr was a lecturer for transport at the Army War Academy in Berlin-Moabit . The academy was closed when the war broke out. Shortly before, he had been appointed Commissioner for War Transport for the Berlin area. When the work steps agreed between Germany and the Soviet Union in the so-called Hitler-Stalin Pact in 1939 were implemented, Doerr was a member of the business delegation that held talks in Moscow from October 15, 1939. From December 1939 to September 20, 1940 he served as the first general staff officer of the 44th Infantry Division from Vienna. Since June 4, 1941 Chief of the General Staff of the LII. Army Corps , Doerr took part in the attack on the Soviet Union, the " Operation Barbarossa " and received the German Cross in Gold on October 8, 1942 for his services . From September 22 to 30, 1942, he was in the Führerreserve and then served as chief of the German liaison staff to the Romanian 4th Army. He later wrote a book about the Battle of Stalingrad in 1955. His insights were due to the fact that at this time he was a member of the general staff in the Foreign Armies East department .

From August 10, 1943, Doerr took over the duties of military attaché at the German embassy in Madrid. His predecessor, Wilhelm Otzen, was killed in a car accident near Madrid on July 18, 1943. Due to the acute war situation and the still existing neutrality of Spain, this post could not remain vacant for long. The German ambassador in Madrid at this time was Sigismund von Bibra (1894–1973). Colonel Bramme and Captain Wilhelmi acted as assistants to the military attaché. Doerr's task was above all to prevent Spain from breaking out of neutrality and to take care of the delivery of raw materials and weapons for Germany that were essential to the war effort. He negotiated, among others, with Juan Perón's arms buyer , Colonel Carlos Alberto Vélez. On January 1, 1944, he was promoted to major general. After Germany surrendered, he was taken prisoner of war on May 10, 1945, from which he was released on December 20, 1947.

Federal Republic of Germany

When he returned home in 1949, Doerr stood up with Konrad Adenauer for the Germans who were still interned in Spain and who were interned in the Nanclares camp, among other places . Since the beginning of the 1950s he was an employee of the Gehlen organization and, besides obtaining important information, was also involved in the procurement of 38,000 “ Astra 600 ” pistols for equipping military units in Germany through his existing contacts in Spain . Within the emerging intelligence service organization of the FRG, he was the first head of a foreign office after the Second World War . In addition to his professional occupation, he wrote smaller texts, such as the article How does militarism come about? . Here he dealt with the meaning of "being a soldier" and motives for future members of the Bundeswehr. In 1955 his publication Der Feldzug nach Stalingrad 1942/1943 came out.

Doerr died on September 9, 1960 in Großkarolinsfeld near Rosenheim.

Publications

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 3: Dahlmann – Fitzlaff. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-2443-3 , pp. 171-173.
  • Manfred Kehring: The re-establishment of the German military attaché service after the First World War (1919-1933). Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1966, p. 228.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Defense. Journal for all military issues. Organ of the Society for Military Studies e. V., IX. Vol., 1969, No. 10, p. 542.
  2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1930, p. 165.
  3. ↑ Claudia Weber: The Pact. Stalin, Hitler and the story of a murderous alliance 1939-1941. CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2019, p. 89ff.
  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. 88.
  5. ↑ Stalingrad: Turning Point of the War . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 1983 ( online ).
  6. ↑ Manfred Kehring: The re-establishment of the German military attaché service after the First World War (1919-1933). Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1966, p. 228.
  7. ↑ Los lazos de Perón con el Tercer Reich. ¿Cuáles fueron los verdaderos nexos del fundador del justicialismo con los nazis? Sobre la base de cientos de documentos nunca antes analizados, Uki Goñi contesta ese interrogante en Perón y los alemanes, que Sudamericana lanza en estos días y del que adelantamos aquí fragmentos salientes. In: La Nacion. September 27, 1998, Retrieved June 9, 2018 (Spanish).
  8. ↑ Cabbage soup, watchtower and no support from home. In: The world . December 7, 1949.
  9. ^ Walter Lehmann: The Federal Republic and Franco Spain in the 50s. Oldenbourg, Munich 2006.
  10. ↑ James H. Critchfield : Partners at Creation: The Men Behind Postwar Germany's Defense and Intelligence Establishments. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 2003, ISBN 1-59114-136-2 , p. 96.
  11. ↑ In: The time. Issue 23, year 1952
  12. ^ Hiller Verlag Darmstadt 1955
personal data
SURNAME Doerr, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general, military attaché
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilhelmshaven
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1960
Place of death Großkarolinenfeld