Hans Ulrich Klintzsch

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Johann 'Hans' Ulrich Klintzsch (born November 4, 1898 in Lübbenau / Spreewald ; † August 17, 1959 ) was a German officer , member of the Freikorps and one of the founding members of the National Socialist Sturmabteilung (SA).

After the First World War , the former Lieutenant zur See Klintzsch joined the Ehrhardt Marine Brigade . He later belonged to both the Consul organization and the Wiking Bund .

On July 20, 1921, he joined the NSDAP. Hermann Ehrhardt took over the military supreme command of the gymnastics and sports department of the NSDAP in August 1921 , and he transferred leadership and military training to Klintzsch, who continued to receive his salary through the Ehrhardt Brigade.

In early September 1921, Klintzsch was arrested on suspicion of having been involved in the murder of Matthias Erzberger . Klintzsch had to be released in early 1922 and again took over the management and training of the "gymnastics and sports department", which was renamed "Sturmabteilung" on October 5, 1921. Then Hermann Göring took over the management in March 1923.

In 1924 Klintzsch took up a civilian profession, but later returned to the military. From 1936 to 1939 he was in the rank of major in the Luftwaffe, commander of the blind flight school 1 / pilot school FFS B 31 . He was then transferred to the Air Force's Maritime Emergency Service and promoted to colonel . In 1959 he died during his son's wedding.

literature

  • Gabriele Krüger: The Ehrhardt Brigade (= Hamburg contributions to contemporary history. Vol. 7). Leibniz, Hamburg 1971, ISBN 3-87473-003-4 .
  • Francis K. Mason: Battle over Britain. A History of the German Air Assaults on Great Britain, 1917-18 and July-December 1940, and of the Development of Britain's Air Defenses Between the World Wars. German research material edited by Martin Windrow . McWhirter Twins Ltd., London 1969, ISBN 0-901928-00-3 .
  • Albrecht Tyrell (ed.): Führer befiehl ... personal testimonies from the "fighting time" of the NSDAP. Documentation and analysis. Droste, Düsseldorf 1969.
  • Albrecht Tyrell: From “Drummer” to “Leader”. The change in Hitler's self-image between 1919 and 1924 and the development of the NSDAP. Fink, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-7705-1221-9 , p. 137 f. and 266, note 27.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Archives Munich: Police Directorate Munich No. 6701, p. 22
  2. ↑ Bruce Campbell: The SA Generals and the Rise of Nazism. Kentucky University Press, Lexington 2004, p. 20.
  3. ^ Paul Hoser: Sturmabteilung (SA), 1921–1923 / 1925–1945. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . October 27, 2014, accessed February 25, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Hellmuth Auerbach: Hitler's political apprenticeship and the Munich Society 1919-1923. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte . Vol. 25, 1977, issue 1, p. 35 ( PDF ).
personal data
SURNAME Klintzsch, Hans Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klintzsch, Johann Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, founding member of the SA
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübbenau / Spreewald
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1959