Alwin-Broder Albrecht

Alwin-Broder Albrecht
Born 18 September 1903
Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany
Died 1 May 1945 (aged 41)
Berlin, Germany
Allegiance  Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Reichsmarine (1922–35)
 Kriegsmarine (1935–39)
NSKK (1939–1945)
Years of service 1922–45
Rank Oberführer
Battles/wars Battle of Berlin

Alwin-Broder Albrecht (18 September 1903 – 1 May 1945) was a German naval officer who was one of Adolf Hitler's adjutants during World War II.

Biography

He was born in Sankt Peter-Ording in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1922 he joined the Reichsmarine.[1] On 1 June 1934, he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant. Then on 1 November 1937, he was promoted to the rank of Korvettenkapitän.[1] When Hitler's liaison officer to the navy, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer was transferred to active service on 19 June 1938, Albrecht took over that position.[1]

However, on 30 June 1939, the Commander of the Navy Grossadmiral Erich Raeder wanted him transferred to Tokyo as a military attaché or kicked out of the navy completely after it was discovered that Albrecht had married a woman "with a past" in early 1939.[1] Hitler was against it; he had an argument with Raeder over the matter. On 1 July 1939, Hitler appointed Albrecht a NSKK-Oberführer and made him one of his adjutants.[1] Hitler went on to meet Albrecht's wife and liked her. Under Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler, Albrecht remained on Hitler's staff and worked in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.[1]

In 1945, Albrecht spent time in the Führerbunker serving in his capacity as an adjutant to Hitler.[2] During the Battle in Berlin, he was last seen defending Hitler's Reich Chancellery with a machine gun. He is believed to have committed suicide on 1 May 1945, aged 41.[1] His body was never found.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Joachimsthaler 1999, p. 289.
  2. ↑ Kershaw 2008, p. 922.
  3. ↑ Joachimsthaler 1999, p. 56.

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