Ernst Hartmann (SS-Brigadeführer)

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Ernst Hartmann
Born10 May 1897
SS and Police Leader, "Tschernigow;"
"Shitomir;"
"Pripet;"
"Wolhynien-Luzk" (Acting)
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsIron Cross,2nd class
Clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class
War Merit Cross,2nd class with Swords

Ernst Hartmann (10 May 1897 – 3 May 1945) was a German SS-

Second World War
.

Early life

Hartmann was born in

Luftstreitkräfte. In October 1918, shortly before the end of the war, he was captured by the British and became a prisoner of war.[1]

After his return from captivity, Hartmann was discharged from the service with the rank of Oberleutnant, and worked for several years as an engineer and locksmith for an aircraft manufacturer. He then went to China where he was employed as a flight instructor for the Chinese Air Force from 1925 to 1928. From 1928 to 1930 he worked as an aeronautics engineer in several European countries before returning to Germany in 1930 and landing a job at Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works in 1930, serving as a flight leader from 1933 to 1935.[1]

SS peacetime career

Hartmann joined the

SS-Abschnitt (District) XVI in Magdeburg until March 1939. He was then transferred to the staff of SS-Oberabschnitt Mitte (Main District – Center) based in Braunschweig until 18 August 1939 when he was dismissed from the SS because of alcoholism. However, he managed to be reinstated at his former rank on 1 October 1939, and returned to his staff posting in Braunschweig. He also held a seat on the 23 member panel of honorary lay judges (Liste der ehrenamtlichen Mitglieder des Volksgerichtshofs [de]) in the People's Court from April 1934. Hartmann was promoted to SS-Oberführer on 30 January 1942. [3]

Second World War

Hartmann was trained for police duties and deployed to the occupied

Ukraine. Leaving that post ahead of the advancing Soviet forces on 31 October 1943, he was named SSPF "Shitomir" in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (RKU) until 25 January 1944 when the Red Army liberated that area. Meanwhile, on 18 December 1943, Hartmann also had been appointed SSPF "Pripet," headquartered in Pinsk in the northwest area of the RKU. He was the only person to hold this command, and retained this post until it was abolished on 6 September 1944, by which time the area had been overrun by the Red Army.[4]

Reichskommissariat Ukraine, showing some of the areas where Hartmann held SSPF commands: Shitomir, Pinsk and Wolhynien-Luzk.

At the same time, Hartmann had been serving since 10 February 1944 as the permanent Deputy to SSPF "

Konigsberg in East Prussia.[5]

Hartmann died on 3 May 1945 of pancreatic cancer, very shortly before the end of the war in Europe, in a hospital in Karlsbad (today, Karlovy Vary).[6]

SS ranks

References

  1. ^ a b Yerger 1997, p. 115.
  2. ^ a b Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2000, p. 27.
  3. ^ Yerger 1997, pp. 115, 147, 179.
  4. ^ Yerger 1997, pp. 67–68, 115.
  5. ^ Yerger 1997, pp. 62, 115.
  6. ^ Death Registry of Ernst Hartmann (record 2104) in Karlovy Vary Registry Office 64, retrieved 14 May 2022

Sources

  • Schiffer Publishing Ltd., ed. (2000). SS Officers List: SS-Standartenführer to SS-Oberstgruppenführer (As of 30 January 1942). Schiffer Military History Publishing.
    ISBN 0-7643-1061-5
    .
  • Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
    ISBN 0-7643-0145-4
    .
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