H.U.V. Alta

[Samba66]

Hi!

Is there anyone who can inform me about H.U.V Alta, what unit it was and what division it belonged to? And what does K.V.A stand for?

Regards Paal

[Akira Takiguchi]

K.V.A. Kampfkräftige Vorausabteilung
H.U.V. Heeres-Unterkunft-Verwaltung

But no information regarding said unit with me...

and K.V.A. may well be incorrect, maybe something... Anwarter?

[Samba66]

Thank you, Akira!
Do you know what Unterkunft-Verwaltung is?

Regards
Paal

[Simon O.]

Hei Paal

Would it be something like Army Accommodation Administration ?




Regards

Simon

[Samba66]

H(e)i Simon!

Have you any information about this unit?


Regards
Paal

[Simon O.]

Hei Paal

No, i'm afraid i don't. Unusual unit though




mvh

Simon

[Robert Noss]

K.V.A. in this document is the rank. Kriegs-Verwaltungs-Assistent which is equivalent to Oberfeldwebel. The preposition Kriegs- says that he was an army official during the war-period. In german: Beamter auf Kriegsdauer.
HUV is right. Heeres-Unterkunfts-Verwaltung. Alta is a town in north Norway on the shore.

Sorry to correct You, Akira.

Kind regards
Robert

[Samba66]

Hi Robert!

Thank you for the information!
Have been to Alta one time, i am from the other end of Norway.....

Regards
Paal

[Robert Noss]

Just to be complete..

Your document was signed by General Emmerich von Nagy.

He was commanding general of the Grenzschutz-Abschnitts-Kommando 20 from 1.9.1939 - 25.10.30, the unit renamed into 538. Division z.b.V. where he remained commander until 2.5.41 as a Generalmajor.

On 1.7.1941 he took over the command of the Abschnitts-Stab Nordnorwegen, this being renamed to Höheres Kommando z.b.V. LXXI, where he was the commanding General until 1.11.1942, now promoted to a Generalleutnant.
Nagy is not listed in Fellgiebel's book about KC-holders, so he was no KC-recipient.

And one more addition. HUV was also used as an abbreviation for Heeres-Unteroffiziers-Vorschule, but these schools were always numbered with roman numerals up to XXI and they were only located on home territorries, never in occupied countries, so HUV in this case is Heeres-Unterkunfts Verwaltung - Army Accomodation Administration.
Just to be complete..

Kind regards
Robert

[Akira Takiguchi]

Thank you very much for correction and added details! <i>Kampfkräftige Vorausabteilung</i> cannot be a rank, that's why I thought it be incorrect.

Per Tessin Vol.1 all HUVs were numbered, probably they were renamed later?

[Robert Noss]

NCO Preparatory Schools

The HUVs were numbered. The roman number corresponded to the military district in which they were located. So the HUV VII was located in Munich, the Wehrbereich VII for example. Not all military districts had their own schools, but numbers up to XXI were given. Often the schools were not called by numbers rather than by their towns, so it is much more common to read or hear HUV Munich rather then HUV VII.

The HUVs were instituted in 1940 by the OKH, the army high command, but the Nazi - Reichsjugendführung didn't like them. They wanted to educate the youth under the authorities of the Nazi-party and with their ideology, so already in 1941 the HUVs were disbanded. Young boys who joined before that date, could finish their three years education, so the last HUV closed in 1944.

For that reasons, I don't think that any HUVs were founded in foreign countries.

Visit my Website-special about the HUVs

Unteroffiziers-Vorschulen

Kind regards
Robert

[Samba66]

Hi all!

Thank you very much for the information, Robert!!!



Regards
Paal

(Oberleutnant zur See der reserve)