List of staff of Oflag IV-C

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This article has been spun off from Oflag IV-C due to article length guidelines; please see that article for more information on the camp itself.

These are the named members of the German staff from 1939 to 1945 at Colditz castle, as well as two from the related Schützenhaus, and one from the totally separate SS concentration camp.

Name and Rank	Position	Period of service
Colonel Schmidt, Max	Commandant	Oc 1939-31 Jl 1942
Colonel Gläsche, Edgar	Commandant	01 Ag 1942-13 Fb 1943
Lt. Colonel Prawitt, Gerhard	Commandant	14 Fb 1943-16 Ap 1945
Major Menz, ?	2nd in command	Oc 1939-Ag 1941
Lt. Colonel von Kirchbach, ?	2nd in command	Ag 1941-Fb 1942
Colonel Kalivius, ?	2nd in command	Fb 1942-My 1943
Major Amthor, ?	2nd in command	My 1943-Fb 1945
Major Horn, Hans	Security Officer	Oc 1943-Fb 1944
Captain Aurich, ?	Commander of the Auxiliary Camp, the Schützenhaus	1941
Captain Eggers, Reinhold	Duty Officer, Security Officer	26 Nv 1940-Fb 1944, Fb 1944-16 Ap 1945
Captain Heinze, ?	Pay-master Officer	Oc 1939-16 Ap 1945
Captain Kunath, ?	Legal Officer	?
Captain Kunze, ?	Adjutant to Commandant	Oc 1939-Ag 1943
Captain Kusel, ?	Censor Officer	?
Captain Lange, Hans	Security Officer	Oc 1939-Oc 1943
Captain Lessel, ?	Security Officer	?
Captain Müller, Martin	Duty Officer	Sp 1941-16 Ap 1945
Captain Priem, Paul	Duty Officer	Oc 1939-Ja 1943
Captain Püpcke, Hans	Duty Officer	11 Mr 1941-16 Ap 1945
Captain Saurich, ?	Intelligence Officer	?
Captain Strauss, ?	Guard Company	?
Captain Thomann, ?	Guard Company Commander	1941-1945
Captain Uhlmann, ?	Oberzahlmeister	?
Captain Ullrich, ?	Adjutant to Commandant	Ag 1943-16 Ap 1945
Captain Vent, ?	Postal Officer	Oc 1939-16 Ap 1945
Captain Dr. Gärtner, ?	Camp Physician	1940
Captain Dr. Rahm, D. ("Tierartz")	Camp Physician	Ja 1941-Je 1942
Captain Dr. Winkler, ?	Camp Physician	1944
Lt. Hirschbeck, ?	Guard Company Commander	1940-1941
Lt. Kliemesch, ?	?	1942
Lt. Lehman, ?	Assistant to Captain Heinze	1944
Lt. Strauss, ?	Company Leader of Guards	?
Lt. Winze, ?	Guard Company	?
Rank unknown-Vogt, ?	Censor officer	1941 (?)
Sergeant-Major Rothenberger, Fritz ("Franz Joseph")	Sergeant of the Guard; Rollercommando	1943
Staff Sergeant Gebhard[t], ? ("Mussolini")	Sergeant in charge of POW orderlies; Rollerkommando	30 Oc 1939-1944
Staff Sergeant Teichert, ? ("Tiger")	Assistant to Security Officer, and in charge of dogs; retired criminal investigator	1941-1942
Master Sergeant Genz, ?	Lagerführer of Buchenwald Aussenkommando No 24 Colditz	Dc 1944-13 Ap 1945
Sergeant Bar, ?	?	?
Sergeant Grüner[t], ? ("Nichtwahr" / "Beau Max")	Assistant to Captain Vent	1941-1942
Sergeant Grüschwitz, ?	?	1942
Sergeant Pfeifer, H. or Theodor	Guard and interpreter	1941-1944
Sergeant Reichmann, ?	Town Cells Warder	1942 (Cpl)-1943 (Sgt)
Sergeant Schubert, ?	Sonderfuhrer and interpreter	?
Sergeant Seebecker, ?	?	1943
Sergeant Starremeyer, ?	?	?
Sergeant Stoye, ?	?	1942
Sergeant Wichnewski, ?	?	?
Sergeant Wünsche, ?	Sonderfuhrer	1942
Quartermaster Lohse, ?	?	1942
Corporal Gunther, ?	Guard	1941
Corporal Mudroch, ?	?	1942
Corporal Paschinski, ?	?; drew French tunnel plans	1941-1942
Corporal Perl[p]iess	?	1942-1943
Corporal Pilar, ?	?	1942-1943
Corporal Schädlich, Georg Martin ("Dixon Hawk" / "The Ferret")	Assistant to Gebhard[t]; Rollerkommando	1941-1943
Corporal Schlettner, ?	?	1942
Corporal Voithenleid, ?	?	?
Corporal Werppley, ?	In charge of Schützenhaus	1944
Lance Corporal Förtsch, ?	?	1942-1943
Lance-Corporal Hoppe, Alfred	Guard	8 Jl 1943-Ag 1944
Lance-Corporal Jungmichel, ?	?	1943
Lance-Corporal Lehmann, ?	?	1942
Lance-Corporal Meinecke, ?	?	1942
Lance-Corporal Nier, ?	?	1943
Lance-Corporal Pangert, ?	?	1942
Lance-Corporal Pilz, ? ("Big Bum")	Guard; wounded Michael Sinclair in Franz Joseph escape attempt	1943?-1944?
Lance-Corporal Richter, ?	?	1942
Lance-Corporal Seidel, ?	?	1942
Lance-Corporal Ullmann, ?	?	1942
Private Klingst, ?	Egger's clerk	1941
Private Koksch, ?	?	1942
Private Lange, Johannes	Camp Photographer	1941-1944
Rank unknown-Heinrich, ?	Night guard	?
Rank unknown-Hoffman, Peter	Guard	Sp 1942-Dc 1943
Rank unknown-Schneider, ?	Guard	1942-1943

[edit] Sources:

• Michael Booker, Collecting Colditz and Its Secrets, pp. 22-37, 46, 141-142, 157.
• Eric J. Narveson, Prison Citadel, pp. 22-38.
• Patrick Reid, Colditz: The Full Story, pp. 124, 259-263, 325-326.
• Georg Martin Schädlich, Tales from Colditz Castle, pp. 4-6, 16, 18-76, 91-101.