Army Personnel Office (Wehrmacht)
The Army Personnel Office (Heeres Personal Amt, Heerespersonalamt or Heeres Personalamt) was a German military agency formed in 1920 and charged with the personnel matters of all officers and cadets of the army of the Reichswehr and later the Wehrmacht. With increased recruitment of officers in 1935 and especially in the Second World War, it was given multiple new tasks. The growing demands led to numerous organisational changes.
In October 1942 Major General Rudolf Schmundt became the new head of the HPA. After his death from injuries received during the assassination attempt on Hitler's life of 20 July 1944 General Wilhelm Burgdorf took over the function.
The agency had several departments (Abteilung).[1]
- Abteilung P 1: Planning human resources, personnel management of the officers
- Abteilung P 2: Disciplinary matters of the officers
- Abteilung P 3: Staffing of the General Staff officers; transferred to the central department of the General Staff of the Army in 1935
- Abteilung P 4: Personnel management of the officers of the special careers; was renamed P 3 on 1 April 1939
- Abteilung P 5: Order, decorations and awards department
Chiefs of the Heerespersonalamt
| No. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Generalleutnant Johann von Braun (1867–1938) | 7 December 1918 | 1 April 1922 | 3 years, 115 days | |
| 2 | Generalleutnant Wilhelm Heye (1869–1947) | 1 April 1922 | 1 October 1923 | 1 year, 183 days | |
| 3 | Generalmajor Hermann Reinicke (1870–1945) | 1 October 1923 | 1 February 1927 | 3 years, 123 days | |
| 4 | Oberst Joachim von Stülpnagel (1880–1968) | 1 February 1927 | 1 October 1929 | 2 years, 242 days | |
| 5 | Oberst Günther von Hammerstein-Equord (1877–1965) | 1 October 1929 | 1 November 1930 | 1 year, 31 days | |
| 6 | Generalleutnant Erich von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1878–1957) | 1 November 1930 | 1 October 1933 | 2 years, 334 days | |
| 7 | Oberst Viktor von Schwedler (1885–1954) | 1 October 1933 | 4 February 1938 | 4 years, 126 days | |
| 8 | Generalmajor Bodewin Keitel (1888–1953) | 4 February 1938 | 1 October 1942 | 4 years, 239 days | |
| 9 | Generalmajor Rudolf Schmundt (1896–1944) | 1 October 1942 | 1 October 1944 † | 2 years, 0 days | |
| 10 | General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895–1945) | 12 October 1944 | 2 May 1945 † | 202 days |
![Johann von Braun [de]](../I/No_image.png.webp)
![Erich von dem Bussche-Ippenburg [de]](../I/Von_dem_Bussche_1954.jpg.webp)
See also
- Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (Luftwaffe equivalent)
- Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office (Navy equivalent)
References
Citations
- Stone 2009, p. 245.
Bibliography
- Stone, David (2009). Hitler's Army, 1939–1945: The Men, Machines and Organization. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-3750-9.
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