Martin Lattmann
Martin Lattmann (born February 10, 1896 in Freiburg / Elbe ; † August 11, 1976 in East Berlin ) was a German professional officer, major general and chief economic officer of the GDR .
Life
As the son of a lawyer, he was a lieutenant in the First World War, later an officer in the Reichswehr and then in the Wehrmacht. He was known in the Wehrmacht as a staunch National Socialist and was a member of the NSDAP for ten years . As a colonel, he became the commander of the 14th Panzer Division on November 21, 1942 , which was encircled in the Battle of Stalingrad in November 1942 . In January he handed over command to Colonel Günther Ludwig , who had previously led the division's artillery regiment. For this he took over the leadership of the 389th Infantry Division, which was also located in the Stalingrad pocket. On January 1, 1943, he was appointed major general. On February 2, 1943, together with Major General Arno von Lenski , he gave the order to hand over the northern pocket of Stalingrad to the Red Army. As a Soviet prisoner of war, he became a member of the NKFD , co-founder of the BDO and a permanent employee of the broadcaster “Free Germany”.
In 1949 he returned to Germany. He became a member of the SED and in 1952 a member of the German People's Police . First he received the rank of chief inspector of the VP. In 1953 he became major general of the KVP and until 1956 was deputy chief for armor in the motorization department in the Ministry of the Interior (GDR) under major general Arno von Lenski . In 1956 he was adopted into retirement and not accepted into the newly formed National People's Army . Lattmann then worked in the central economic area of the GDR, was from 1956 to 1958 head of the main industrial plants / export department in the Ministry of Heavy Machinery and then head of the complete industrial plants / export group of the State Planning Commission. From January 1958 until its dissolution in 1972 he was deputy chairman of the Working Group of Former Officers (AeO). He last lived in Berlin.
Awards
- 1961 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- 1966 Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- 1971 Order Banner of Labor
- Medal for fighters against fascism 1933 to 1945
Private
His father was the former member of the Reichstag, Wilhelm Lattmann . His daughter Gunild Lattmann-Kretschmer is a former theater director and his nephew the writer Dieter Lattmann .
literature
- Hans Ehlert , Armin Wagner : Comrade General! The GDR military elite in biographical sketches. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-86153-312-X .
- Helmut Welz : In the last hour - The decision of General Arno von Lenski Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1978
- Harry Waibel : Servant of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 194.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonid Reschin, General von Seidlitz in Soviet captivity and imprisonment 1943-1955 , Bechtermünz, Augsburg, 2000, p 63
- ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor2/LATTMANN_MARTIN.html
- ^ New Germany of January 12, 1958
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lattmann, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military, professional officer and politician (SED) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg / Elbe |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1976 |
| Place of death | Berlin |