Willy Johannmeyer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Willy Johannmeyer (also Wilhelm, Willi Johannmeier ; born July 27, 1915 in Iserlohn , Westphalia, † April 14, 1970 in Kelkheim , Hesse) was an officer in the Wehrmacht, most recently a lieutenant colonel ; post-WWII manager.

Life

Willy Johannmeyer joined the 64th Infantry Regiment as a Fahnenjunker in 1936 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1938 . In 1939 he became leader of the intelligence train in the 503 Infantry Regiment of the 290th Infantry Division . On April 1, 1940 he took over the 2nd company of the regiment, which he also led during the western campaign .

In April 1941 he became chief of the 14th Company, which he led in Russia from June 1941. Due to his outstanding achievements, he became leader of the 2nd Battalion on April 1, 1942, with which he distinguished himself in May 1942 at Lake Ilmen . For this he was awarded the Knight's Cross on May 16, 1942 and promoted to captain on June 1, 1942 . For his participation in the fighting north of Newel in March 1943 he was awarded the Oak Leaves on November 18, 1943 and promoted to major on December 1, 1943 . In February 1944 he received the ring of honor of the city of Iserlohn.

On March 1, 1944, he was assigned to a course for senior adjutants and on June 1, 1944, he was transferred to the Army High Command. From August 1944 he worked in the Army Personnel Office.

In November 1944 he was transferred to the Führer Headquarters, where from April 1945 he was Adolf Hitler's last army adjutant .

On April 29, he received a copy of Hitler's political will , which he was to bring either to Albert Kesselring or to Ferdinand Schörner . It was to be published immediately on Hitler's orders or after his death. SS-Standartenführer Wilhelm Zander, the adjutant Martin Bormanns , as well as the acting Reich Press Chief Heinz Lorenz had received further copies . (According to the Hitler biographer Joachim Fest , there should have been only three originals.) They were supposed to be flown from the Pfaueninsel to the west with an airplane requested from Dresden ( Fieseler Storch ) or Copenhagen (Wolfgang Klemusch on a BV 138 ) , which however failed. Johannmeyer could not reach the addressee. After the Allies captured one of the other couriers at the end of the year, the further trace also led to Johannmeyer in Iserlohn. Johannmeyer is said to have buried the third copy of the will with a cover letter from General Burgdorf in a bottle in the garden at home.

After the war Johannmeyer worked for Heinrich Lanz AG and Rheinstahl-Hanomag for almost ten years . Around 1961 he became a board member of FMA Pokorny in Frankfurt.

literature

  • Wolfgang Klemusch: My last flight for Hitler. In: Stern. No. 19, 4th – 10th May 1965
  • Hugh Trevor-Roper: The Last Days of Hitler.
  • Jürgen Thorwald: The great escape. 1991, p. 373
  • Hitler's briefings. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1962, p. 36
  • Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations, 1932–1945. P. 2241
  • The month. Issues 25-30; Society for International Journalism, Berlin 1950, p. 134
  • Hitler documents. Astray. In: Der Spiegel. 3/1966, January 10, 1966, pp. 30-31
  • Astrid M. Eckert: Fight for the files. Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-515-08554-8 , p. 61 ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm48.pl?db=&f=ZAEHLER&c=5489&t=temartic_2_D&co=2720  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hermann-historica.de  
  2. ^ Rolf-Dieter Müller: The military importance of Dresden in the spring of 1945 and the effects of the Allied air raids. In: Rolf-Dieter Müller, Nicole Schönherr, Thomas Widera (eds.): The Destruction of Dresden February 13-15, 1945. pp. 75–99, especially p. 96 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ Frankfurter Maschinenbau AG (formerly Pokorny & Wittekind, FMA Pokorny). ( Memento from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: Franz Lerner: Frankfurt am Main and its economy. Ammelburg-Verlag 1958
  4. ^ Director Willy Johannmeyer 50 years. In: Civil engineering. Volume 7, 1965
personal data
SURNAME Johannmeyer, Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannmeier, Wilhelm; Johannmeyer, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soldier, last army adjutant during the National Socialist era
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn , Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1970
Place of death Kelkheim , Hesse