Heinz Assmann (captain)

Heinz Georg Assmann (born August 15, 1904 in Stendal ; † October 15, 1954 in Hamburg ) was a German naval officer and politician ( CDU , Hamburg Block ).

Life

Assmann joined the Reichsmarine in 1922 , became a professional soldier and began an officer career. In 1926 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1934 to captainleutnant. He then worked as a consultant in the Reichswehr Ministry, then at the Naval Academy. In 1935 the Reichsmarine was renamed the Kriegsmarine . In 1938 he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän and Admiralstabsoffizier, in 1939 he changed as a consultant to the high command of the Navy . During the Second World War he served as a frigate captain and first officer on the battleship “ Tirpitz ”. In June 1943 he was promoted to sea captain.

Briefing of the situation on July 20, 1944 in Wolfsschanze ; No. 12 Heinz Assmann

In August 1943, Assmann was assigned to the Wehrmacht command staff as an admiralty staff officer. Assmann was present in the same room as Hitler when Adolf Hitler was assassinated on July 20, 1944 and was slightly injured.

After the end of the war, Assmann was deployed in the mine clearance service until 1947 . Professionally, he was employed in a managerial position at the evangelical aid organization in Hamburg.

Assmann was active in Hamburg state politics. In the city council elections in 1953 he was elected for the CDU in the Hamburg citizenship , to which he belonged as a member of the Hamburg bloc until his resignation on March 3, 1954.

literature

Herbert Michaelis (Ed.): Causes and consequences. From the German collapse in 1918 and 1945 to the state reorganization of Germany in the present. Biographical register part 1: A to K. Wendler, Berlin 1979, p. 21.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Werner Landhoff: The victims of July 20, 1944. Collateral damage to a higher morality? Arndt, Kiel 2008, ISBN 978-3-88741-097-1 , p. 156.
^ The briefing on July 20 at around 12.40 p.m. In: Focus . January 19, 2009, accessed March 30, 2017 .
^ ^A ^b Bert-Oliver Manig: The politics of honor. The rehabilitation of professional soldiers in the early Federal Republic. Wallstein, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-89244-658-3 , p. 329.

personal data
SURNAME	Assmann, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Assmann, Heinz Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German naval officer and politician (CDU, Hamburg Block), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stendal
DATE OF DEATH	October 15, 1954
Place of death	Hamburg

[Landhoff-1] Werner Landhoff: The victims of July 20, 1944. Collateral damage to a higher morality? Arndt, Kiel 2008, ISBN 978-3-88741-097-1 , p. 156.

[2] The briefing on July 20 at around 12.40 p.m. In: Focus . January 19, 2009, accessed March 30, 2017 .

[Manig-3] A ^b Bert-Oliver Manig: The politics of honor. The rehabilitation of professional soldiers in the early Federal Republic. Wallstein, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-89244-658-3 , p. 329.