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__NOTOC__The Army Personnel Office (HPA; ''Heeres Personal Amt'', ''Heerespersonalamt'' or ''Heeres Personalamt'') was a German military agency formed in 1920 and charged with the personnel matters of all officers and cadets of the army of the ''
Reichswehr ''Reichswehr'' (; ) was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first two years of Nazi Germany. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army () was dissolved in order to be reshaped ...
'' and later the ''
Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...
''. With increased recruitment of officers in 1935 and especially in the Second World War, it was given multiple new tasks. The growing demands led to numerous organisational changes. In October 1942, Major General
Rudolf Schmundt Rudolf Schmundt (13 August 1896 – 1 October 1944) was a German officer and adjutant to Adolf Hitler. Between 1942 and 1944, he was chief of the German Army Personnel Office. Schmundt was injured during the 20 July 1944 assassination attempt o ...
became the new head of the HPA. After his death from injuries received during the assassination attempt on Hitler's life of 20 July 1944, General
Wilhelm Burgdorf Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf (15 February 1895 – 2 May 1945) was a German general who rose to prominence during the final years of World War II. Burgdorf served as a commander of 529th Infantry Regiment from May 1940 to April 1942 (part of the 299 ...
took over the function. The agency had several departments (''Abteilung'').Stone 2009, p. 245. * ''Abteilung'' P 1: Planning human resources, personnel management of the officers * ''Abteilung'' P 2: Disciplinary matters of the officers * ''Abteilung'' P 3: Staffing of the General Staff officers; transferred to the central department of the General Staff of the Army in 1935 * ''Abteilung'' P 4: Personnel management of the officers of the special careers; was renamed P 3 on 1 April 1939 * ''Abteilung'' P 5: Orders and decorations (''Orden und Ehrenzeichen'') department


Chiefs of the ''Heerespersonalamt''


See also

*
Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office () was a leading position within the German Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, ''Luftwaffe'' High Command in Nazi Germany, charged with the personnel matters of all officers and cadets of the Luftwaffe. List of ch ...
(Luftwaffe equivalent) * Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office (Navy equivalent)


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