Ernennung Admiral

[Stefas]

Just bought this.High quality case.Does anyone has mor from this Admiral??

[Ralph P]

Hey Stefas - Thank you very much for posting your interesting document and promotion shoulder board case. Very nice.

I did some research on the person and it appears that he made it to the rank of Konteradmiral. He was born in 1920 and his highest awards are VVO in silver and Kampforden in gold. And I think he retired in 1980. It also appears that he was in the Wehrmacht navy from 1940 to 1945 and joined the KPD in 1945...

I hope this assists you.

[speedytop]

Hi Stefas,

Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke, Die Generale und Admirale der NVA:

Kühn, Walter; Dipl.-Mil.; Konteradmiral
geb: 04.07.1920 in Chemnitz; Vater: Arbeiter; Schule: 8 Klassen; Beruf: Modelltischler; verst.
1935 bis 1940 Lehre Modelltischler;
1940 bis 1945 Kriegsmarine, Obermaat
1945 KPD;
Eintritt bew. Org.: 01.07.1945;
1945 bis 1946 VP-Revierltr. Chemnitz;
1946 SED;
1946 bis 1949 Ltr. Schutzpolizei, Aue, Dresden, Oschatz;
1949 bis 1950 Offz.hörer VP-Hochschule;
1951 bis 1952 Vors. Parteikontrollkommission, HV Seepolizei/VP-See;
1952 bis 1954 Stv. f. pol. Arb. b. Chef d. Stabes d. VP-See;
1954 bis 1955 Stv. Ltr. Politabt., VP-See;
1955 bis 1956 Offz.hörer Politschule Treptow;
1956 bis 1958 Chef 4. Flottille;
1959 bis 1961 Seekriegsakad./UdSSR;
1961 bis 1980 Stv Chef d. Stabes f. Org., Kdo. VM;
K.Adm.: 01 03.1976;
Auszeichn.: Vaterländ. Verd.Ord. Silb.; Kampforden Gold;
Entl.: 30.11.1980

Regards
Uwe

[Mike G.]

If I understand this correctly, this officer survived the Wehrmacht Officer purge in the NVA and continued his service, unlike most former Werhmacht NVA officers, which by 1960 had been forced out of the NVA.

This would make him a most unique and interesting individual. Until now, I had mistakenly assumed the only former Wehrmacht general officer to survive the purge was a Medical Officer.

There is a book specific to general officers of the NVA - I need to locate a source and acquire a copy.

[Stefas]

Hello Michael,that's correct.Most off the officers and Generals where forced out off the NVA.
But maat/obermaat is what I thought one off the lower ranks.The NVA had no problems with soldiers and unter officiere from the wehrmacht.Lots off NVA generals had these ranks in the wehrmacht.


[QUOTE=Michael D. Gallagher;2454879]If I understand this correctly, this officer survived the Wehrmacht Officer purge in the NVA and continued his service, unlike most former Werhmacht NVA officers, which by 1960 had been forced out of the NVA.

[speedytop]

Hi,

Maat and Obermaat are the lowest ranks for NCO's in the Navy (or the highest ranks for EM), in the German Navy between the "Stabsgefreiter" and the "Bootsmann".
US Navy: Petty Officer second class

In the book (see Post 3), I found some former officers:

Zorn: born 1912, 1944 Major, 1952 Generalmajor, discharged 1974.
Bechler: born 1911, 1943 Major, 1952 Generalmajor, discharged 1971.
Brühl,: born 1924, 1944 Leutnant, 1979 Generalmajor, discharged 1989.
And some more.

The other soldiers (Generals) were:
Adam: born 1893, 1943 Oberst, discharged 1958, Generalmajor (retired) 1977.
Korfes: born 1889, 1943 Generalmajor, discharged 1956.
Lenski: born 1893, 1943 Generalmajor, discharged 1958.
Müller (Vincenz): born 1894, 1944 Generalleutnant , discharged 1958.
Walther (Prof. Dr.med.): born 1895, 1945 Generalarzt, discharged 1956.
Wulz: born 1893, 1943 Generalmajor, discharged 1958.
And some more.

Regards
Uwe

[Mike G.]

Uwe,

Thanks.