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Hans Jüttner (2 March 1894 – 24 May 1965) was a German high-ranking functionary in the SS of Nazi Germany who served as the head of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS Leadership Main Office).
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| Born | 2 March 1894 Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 24 May 1965 (aged 71) Bad Tölz, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS |
| Commands | SS Leadership Main Office |
| Awards | Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross, with Swords |
Career in the Nazi Party and the SS
editIn 1933, Jüttner joined the SA. In 1934, Jüttner became chef of the SA Reichsführerschule (training body for SA leaders) in Munich. In May 1935, he switched to the SS combat support force (SS-Verfügungstruppe or SS-VT), which subsequently became the Waffen-SS. By 1939, Jüttner had become the Inspector of Reserve Troops of the SS-VT-Division. From early 1940, Jüttner led the SS-VT command office.
In the summer of the same year, Jüttner was promoted to chief of staff of the newly created SS Leadership Main Office (SS-Führungshauptamt), which was responsible for the Waffen-SS's organizational and administrative leadership. This was separate from the administration of Nazi concentration camps, the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt),[1] and from the Reich Security Main Office, which administered the Gestapo, Kripo and SD. Shortly after taking office, Jüttner was instrumental in wresting control of the militarized Death's Head regiments (Totenkopfstandarten) from Concentration Camps Inspectorate chief Theodor Eicke and amalgamating them into the Waffen-SS.[2] In June 1943, he was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer. On 30 January 1943, Jüttner became chief of the SS Leadership Main Office. On 21 July 1944, after Heinrich Himmler had been placed in charge of the Replacement Army following the failed coup on 20 July 1944, Himmler appointed Jüttner Chief of "Army Armament and Commander of the Reserve Army". Jüttner was later awarded the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross, with Swords.[3]
Trial and conviction
editOn 17 May 1945, Jüttner was taken prisoner by British forces. In 1948, he was sentenced to ten years in a labour camp by a denazification court. In appeal proceedings in 1949, his punishment was lowered to four years. Rezső Kasztner testified that Jüttner had taken pity on a group of Hungarian Jews after witnessing a death march, resulting in 7,500 Jews being sent back to Budapest. It was later found that the death march had been called off since the roads were blocked off by retreating German soldiers.[4]
In 1961, Jüttner testified for the prosecution in the trial of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann.[5] Later Jüttner was the proprietor of a sanatorium in Bad Tölz,[5] where he died in 1965.
References
edit- ^ Until 1941, the Inspektion des Konzentrationslagern, which reported directly to the SS-Hauptamt.
- ^ Sydnor, Charles W, Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton University Press (1990) pp. 132-136.
- ^ Williams, Max (2015). SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard. Vol. 1. Fonthill Media LLC. p. 639. ISBN 978-1-78155-433-3.
- ^ Christian Gerlach, Götz Aly: Das letzte Kapitel. Der Mord an den ungarischen Juden 1944-1945. Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3.598-15772-2, S. 362–363.
- ^ a b "Eichmann trial: Testimony taken abroad". www.nizkor.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ Abschied von einem großen Soldaten. In: Der Freiwillige. Juni 1965, S. 21–23.
External links
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