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 (11 January 1936)
First holder	Günther Lütjens
Final holder	Martin Baltzer
Abolished	14 July 1945 (14 July 1945)

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.
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