Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch

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Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch (born September 30, 1892 in Oppeln , † September 20, 1947 in Ellecom ) was a German lieutenant general in the Air Force in World War II and a convicted war criminal .

Life

Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch joined the imperial army on March 2, 1913 and was made a lieutenant on August 18, 1913 . In the First World War he served first in the infantry and later in the air force .

After the end of the war, he stayed in the newly founded Reichswehr as a first lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry Division of the 1st Cavalry Division . On February 1, 1924, he was promoted to Rittmeister , and from October 1, 1925, he was a consultant in the Reichswehr Ministry in the Army Statistics Department (T 3). This was the camouflaged organization "Foreign Army" under the direction of Colonel Curt Liebmann (1881-1960).

He had been a major since October 1, 1933 , moved to the Luftwaffe in this rank on April 16, 1934 and became a general staff officer in the staff of the Higher Aviator Commander II. After becoming a lieutenant colonel on September 1, 1935 , he took over on 1. March 1936 I. Group of Kampfgeschwader 152 (later Kampfgeschwader 1 “Hindenburg” ) as group commander . On November 20, 1936, he moved to the staff of Luftkreis-Kommando V. From March 1, 1937, he became Chief of Staff of Luftkreis-Kommando VII and was promoted to Colonel on October 1, 1937 . On July 1, 1938, he became Chief of the General Staff of Air Fleet 2 , and on August 25, 1939, Commander of Air War School 2 in Berlin-Gatow. On April 1, 1940 he became major general and took over the Kampfgeschwader 77 as a squadron commodore on June 21, 1940 . On January 15, 1941 he became Chief of Staff of Air Fleet 1 , which was used from June 22, 1941 in the war against the Soviet Union in the northern section of the front. After he was promoted to lieutenant general on April 1, 1942, he moved to Casablanca in Morocco as commander of the German Armistice Commission . On December 1, 1942, he was employed in the Netherlands as Chief of the General Staff of the Military Commander. In this capacity he was involved in a war crime on October 2, 1944, which became known as the Putten case . On October 23, 1944, he received the German Cross in Gold , before he last changed posts in 1945 and served on the staff of Luftgau Command XI in Hamburg . He was taken prisoner in the Netherlands on May 8, 1945. Together with Fritz Fullriede and Friedrich Christiansen he was convicted of war crimes and died on September 20, 1947 in Dutch custody by suicide .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ranking lists of the German Reichsheeres, published by the Reichswehr Ministry, ES Mittler & Sohn , 1926, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Stephan D. Yada-Mc Neal: Risen from the ruins: places destroyed in retaliation
personal data
SURNAME Wühlisch, Heinz-Hellmuth from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in the Air Force in World War II and convicted war criminal
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Opole
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1947
Place of death Ellecom