Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office

Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office
Chef des Marinepersonalamt
Longest serving Admiral Conrad Patzig 3 October 1937 – 31 October 1942
Kriegsmarine
Member of	Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
Reports to	Commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine
Formation	11 January 1936 (1936-01-11)
First holder	Günther Lütjens
Final holder	Martin Baltzer
Abolished	14 July 1945 (1945-07-14)

Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office (German: Chef des Marinepersonalamt) was a leading position within the German Kriegsmarine High Command in Nazi Germany.

List of chiefs

No.	Picture	Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Lütjens, GüntherKonteradmiral Günther Lütjens (1889–1941)	11 January 1936	3 October 1937	1 year, 265 days
2		Patzig, ConradAdmiral Conrad Patzig (1888–1975)	3 October 1937	31 October 1942	5 years, 28 days
3		Ehrhardt, WernerKapitän zur See Werner Ehrhardt (1898–1967)	1 November 1942	5 January 1943	65 days
4		Baltzer, MartinVizeadmiral Martin Baltzer (1898–1971)	6 January 1943	14 July 1945	2 years, 189 days

See also

• Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
• Army Personnel Office (Wehrmacht) (army equivalent)
• Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (air force equivalent)

References

Bibliography

• Vierhaus, Rudolf, ed. (2011). Kraatz - Menges (in German) (2 ed.). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110940275.
• Molt, Matthias (2007). "Von der Wehrmacht zur Bundeswehr - personelle Kontinuität und Diskontinuität beim Aufbau der Deutschen Streitkräfte 1955-1966". DISSERTATION zur Erlangung der Würde eines Doktors der Philosophie (Dr. Phil.) (in German). Heidelberg: Philosophische Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.