Alwin-Broder Albrecht
Alwin-Broder Albrecht
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Born | Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany |
18 September 1903
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Berlin, Germany |
Allegiance | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Reichsmarine (1922–35) Kriegsmarine (1935–39) NSKK (1939–1945) |
Years of service | 1922–45 |
Rank | Oberführer |
Battles/wars | Battle of Berlin |
Alwin-Broder Albrecht (18 September 1903 – 1 May 1945) was a German naval officer who was one of Adolf Hitler's adjutants during World War II.
Biography
He was born in Sankt Peter-Ording in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1922 he joined the Reichsmarine.[1] On 1 June 1934, he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant. Then on 1 November 1937, he was promoted to the rank of Korvettenkapitän.[1] When Hitler's liaison officer to the navy, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer was transferred to active service on 19 June 1938, Albrecht took over that position.[1]
However, on 30 June 1939, the Commander of the Navy Grossadmiral Erich Raeder wanted him transferred to Tokyo as a military attaché or kicked out of the navy completely after it was discovered that Albrecht had married a woman "with a past" in early 1939.[1] Hitler was against it; he had an argument with Raeder over the matter. On 1 July 1939, Hitler appointed Albrecht a NSKK-Oberführer and made him one of his adjutants.[1] Hitler went on to meet Albrecht's wife and liked her. Under Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler, Albrecht remained on Hitler's staff and worked in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.[1]
In 1945, Albrecht spent time in the Führerbunker serving in his capacity as an adjutant to Hitler.[2] During the Battle in Berlin, he was last seen defending Hitler's Reich Chancellery with a machine gun. He is believed to have committed suicide on 1 May 1945, aged 41.[1] His body was never found.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Joachimsthaler 1999, p. 289.
- ↑ Kershaw 2008, p. 922.
- ↑ Joachimsthaler 1999, p. 56.
References
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