War Administrator

War Administrative Council (abbreviation: Kv.Rat or KVRat ) was the official designation for an officer of the higher service of the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War . In the NS hierarchy of that time , this corresponded to the rank of major .

appointment

The appointment to the war administrative council was usually made by a higher superior, such as the head of a military district administration , for example in the rank of corpsintendent (corresponding to a major general of the Wehrmacht).

tasks

Depending on the area of work, the tasks of a war administrative council included cash and budget, clothing, food, field equipment, field post , travel matters, control of the provisions offices and magazines , service and hospital systems , troop accommodation and others such as administration of justice and dispositions, including drafting for forced labor in rear army areas towards the civilian population.

Other ranks

Names of officials of lower or higher levels of service were war Administrative Secretary (KVS), War administrative assistant (KVI) and Upper War Board (OKVRat).

Modern names

Modern counterparts to the war administrative council with regard to the hierarchy level are the official titles of the officials of the Bundeswehr administration in the comparable salary group A13 and also, for example, government councilor , police councilor , criminal councilor, medical councilor, student councilor or academic councilor . For all of this “rate”, as for a major in the Bundeswehr today , the same grade applies, namely A 13.

In contrast to the Wehrmacht officials at the time, the Bundeswehr administration is not subject to military command, but forms the second independent "pillar" of the Bundeswehr.

literature

Bert Hoppe : The persecution and murder of the European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945. Volume 8: Soviet Union with annexed territories II - General Commissariat Belarus and Reich Commissariat Ukraine. Walter de Gruyter 2015, ISBN 3-486-78120-0 .

Web links

Withholding birth defects? - The "founding circumstances of the IB" - facts about a "very delicate history". Documentation of the works council NRW, Cologne 1997, PDF; 4.4 MB. Retrieved September 14, 2018.

Individual evidence

↑ withholding birth defects? - The "founding circumstances of the IB" - facts about a "very delicate history". Documentation of the works council NRW, Cologne 1997, p. 5.
^ Bert Hoppe: The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945. Volume 8: Soviet Union with annexed territories II - General Commissariat Belarus and Reich Commissariat Ukraine. Walter de Gruyter 2015, ISBN 3-486-78120-0 , p. 721.
^ Bert Hoppe: The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945. Volume 8: Soviet Union with annexed territories II - General Commissariat Belarus and Reich Commissariat Ukraine. Walter de Gruyter 2015, ISBN 3-486-78120-0 , p. 722.

[1] withholding birth defects? - The "founding circumstances of the IB" - facts about a "very delicate history". Documentation of the works council NRW, Cologne 1997, p. 5.

[2] Bert Hoppe: The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945. Volume 8: Soviet Union with annexed territories II - General Commissariat Belarus and Reich Commissariat Ukraine. Walter de Gruyter 2015, ISBN 3-486-78120-0 , p. 721.

[3] Bert Hoppe: The persecution and murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945. Volume 8: Soviet Union with annexed territories II - General Commissariat Belarus and Reich Commissariat Ukraine. Walter de Gruyter 2015, ISBN 3-486-78120-0 , p. 722.