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SS-Amt
The SS Main Office (; SS-HA) was the central command office of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in Nazi Germany until 1940. Formation The office traces its origins to 1931 when the SS created the SS-Amt to serve as an SS Headquarters staff overseeing the various units of the ''Allgemeine-SS'' (General SS). In 1933, after the Nazi Party came to power, the SS-Amt was renamed the ''SS-Oberführerbereichen'' and placed in command of all SS units within Nazi Germany. Its leaders were Ernst Bach (December 1932 to June 1933), Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch (June 1933 to February 1934) and Curt Wittje (from February 1934). This agency then became the SS-HA on January 30, 1935. The organization oversaw the ''Allgemeine-SS'', concentration camps, the ''SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (Special-purpose troops), and the ''Grenzschutz'' (Border Control regiments). During the late 1930s, the power of the SS-HA continued to grow becoming the largest and most powerful office of the SS, managing nearly all aspect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch
Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch (4 January 1887 – 20 February 1934) was a German Nazi Party politician and SS-''Gruppenführer''. He was a member of the ''Reichstag (Weimar Republic), Reichstag'' and headed the SS central leadership staff that was the precursor of the SS Main Office. Early life Seidel-Dittmarsch was born in Pammin (today, Pomień) in Pomerania. He attended ''Volksschule'' and the in Berlin. After earning his ''Abitur'', he embarked on a career as a professional military officer in the Royal Prussian Army. In 1906, he was commissioned as a ''Leutnant'' in the 48th (5th Brandenburg) Infantry Regiment "von Stülpnagel", headquartered in Küstrin (today, Kostrzyn nad Odrą), and later became the regimental adjutant. During the First World War, Seidel-Dittmarsch fought at the front line, front, where he was seriously wounded, earning the Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class and the Wound Badge. He then served in various staff positions in the army high command. After the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Wittje
Curt Wittje, sometimes noted as Kurt Wittje (October 2, 1894, – March 16, 1947) was a Nazi politician and SS-''Gruppenführer''. He was a member of the '' Reichstag'' and from 1934 to 1935 head of the SS Main Office. World War I Wittje was born in Wandsbek. His father Robert was a ''Geheimer Regierungsrat'' and, from 1903 to 1919, mayor of Detmold. Wittje joined an artillery regiment in Magdeburg as a ''Fahnenjunker'' rank and received his officer license as a ''Leutnant'' in June 1914. He took part in World War I as a battery officer, was trained as a general staff officer and was promoted to ''Oberleutnant'' in September 1917. As the war was nearing an end he was seriously wounded, and he was taken prisoner in Belgium in November 1918. He escaped and fled to Germany in March 1919. In October 1920 he served as a regimental adjutant in Allenstein; in June 1925 he was promoted to ''Hauptmann''. In 1922 he married the 22-year-old daughter of a judicial councilor Irene Skowronski, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |