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{{Short description|German Nazi, head of the SS Leadership Main Office, SS-Obergruppenführer}}
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'''Hans Jüttner''' (2 March 1894 – 24 May 1965) was a German high-ranking functionary in the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] of [[Nazi Germany]] who served as the head of the ''[[SS Führungshauptamt]]'' (SS Leadership Main Office).


==Career in the Nazi Party and the SS==
'''Hans Jüttner''' (2 March 1894 &ndash; 24 May 1965) was head of the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]'s Main Leadership Office and also an SS [[Obergruppenführer]].
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In 1933, Jüttner joined the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]]. In 1934, Jüttner became chef of the SA ''Reichsführerschule'' (training body for SA leaders) in [[Munich]]. In May 1935, he switched to the SS combat support force (''[[SS-Verfügungstruppe]]'' or SS-VT), which subsequently became the [[Waffen-SS]]. By 1939, Jüttner had become the Inspector of Reserve Troops of the SS-VT-Division. From early 1940, Jüttner led the SS-VT command office.


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In the summer of the same year, Jüttner was promoted to chief of staff of the newly created SS Leadership Main Office (''[[SS-Führungshauptamt]]''), which was responsible for the Waffen-SS's organizational and administrative leadership. This was separate from the administration of [[Nazi concentration camps]], the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (''[[SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt]]''),<ref>Until 1941, the ''Inspektion des Konzentrationslagern'', which reported directly to the ''SS-Hauptamt.''</ref> and from the [[Reich Security Main Office]], which administered the [[Gestapo]], [[Kripo]] and SD. Shortly after taking office, Jüttner was instrumental in wresting control of the militarized Death's Head regiments (''Totenkopfstandarten'') from [[Concentration Camps Inspectorate]] chief [[Theodor Eicke]] and amalgamating them into the Waffen-SS.<ref>Sydnor, Charles W, ''Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945.'' [[Princeton University Press]] (1990) pp. 132-136.</ref> In June 1943, he was promoted to SS-''[[Obergruppenführer]]''. On 30 January 1943, Jüttner became chief of the SS Leadership Main Office. On 21 July 1944, after [[Heinrich Himmler]] had been placed in charge of the [[Replacement Army]] following the failed coup on [[20 July Plot|20 July 1944]], Himmler appointed Jüttner Chief of "Army Armament and Commander of the Reserve Army". Jüttner was later awarded the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross, with Swords.<ref>{{cite book |last= Williams |first= Max |title= SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard |volume=1 |publisher= Fonthill Media LLC |year= 2015 |page= 639 |isbn= 978-1-78155-433-3}}</ref>
==Early life and career==
Jüttner was born in [[Śmigiel|Schmiegel (Śmigiel)]] in the [[Province of Posen]]. After finishing ''[[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]]'', Jüttner joined the army as a volunteer and took part in [[World War I]]. By 1915 he had been promoted to [[lieutenant]], and he was discharged from the army in 1920 with the rank of [[first lieutenant]]. To keep his head above water financially, he worked as a [[sales]]man, from 1928 as a freelancer.


==Career in the Nazi party==
==Trial and conviction==
On 17 May 1945, Jüttner was taken prisoner by British forces. In 1948, he was sentenced to ten years in a labour camp by a denazification court. In appeal proceedings in 1949, his punishment was lowered to four years. [[Rezső Kasztner]] testified that Jüttner had taken pity on a group of Hungarian Jews after witnessing a [[death march]], resulting in 7,500 Jews being sent back to Budapest. It was later found that the death march had been called off since the roads were blocked off by retreating German soldiers.<ref>Christian Gerlach, Götz Aly: ''Das letzte Kapitel. Der Mord an den ungarischen Juden 1944-1945.'' Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3.598-15772-2, S. 362–363.</ref>
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In 1933 Jüttner became a university sport teacher in [[Wrocław|Breslau (Wrocław)]]. At this time he also joined the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] and was installed in the SA Collegiate Office. In 1934, Jüttner also became leader of the SA training body in [[Munich]]. In May 1935, he switched to the SS combat support force (''[[SS-Verfügungstruppe]]'' or SS-VT), which later became the [[Waffen-SS]]. Jüttner was promoted on 1 September 1936 to SS [[Sturmbannführer]] and appointed to the SS-VT inspection department in [[Berlin]]. By 1939, he had become the Inspector of Reserve Troops of the SS-VT-Division. From early 1940, Jüttner was leading the SS-VT command office.


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In 1961, Jüttner testified for the prosecution in the trial of [[Holocaust]] architect [[Adolf Eichmann]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/transcripts/Testimony-Abroad/Hans_Juettner-01.html|title=Eichmann trial: Testimony taken abroad|website=www.nizkor.org|access-date=2008-10-05|archive-date=2012-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208004953/http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/transcripts/Testimony-Abroad/Hans_Juettner-01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later Jüttner was the proprietor of a sanatorium in [[Bad Tölz]],<ref name="auto" /> where he died in 1965.
===Chief of Staff for the Waffen-SS===
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In the summer of the same year, Jüttner was promoted to chief of staff of the newly created SS Leadership Main Office (''[[SS-Führungshauptamt]]''), which was responsible for the Waffen-SS's organizational and administrative leadership. This was separate from the administration of [[Nazi concentration camps]], the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (''[[SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt]]''),<ref>Until 1941, the ''Inspektion des Konzentrationslagern'', which reported directly to the ''SS-Hauptamt.''</ref><ref>http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=3102</ref> and from the SS Reich Main Security Office (''[[SS-Reichssicherheitshauptamt]]'') which administered the [[Gestapo]], [[Kripo]] and SD.<ref>http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=3100</ref> Shortly after taking office, Jüttner was instrumental in wresting control of the militarized Death's-Head regiments (''Totenkopfstandarten'') from [[Concentration Camps Inspectorate]] chief [[Theodor Eicke]] and amalgamating them into the Waffen-SS.<ref>Sydnor, Charles W, ''Soldiers of destruction: the SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945.'' Princeton University Press (1990) pp. 132-136.</ref> In June 1942, after having been promoted to ''SS-[[Obergruppenführer]]'', Jüttner was also given the military rank of ''[[General (Germany)|General]] der Waffen-SS''.


Jüttner was a member of [[HIAG]].<ref>''Abschied von einem großen Soldaten.'' In: ''[[Der Freiwillige]].'' Juni 1965, S. 21–23.</ref>
===High command within SS===
On 30 January 1943, Jüttner reached the high point of his career when he became Leader of the SS Main Leadership Office.<ref>http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=3093</ref> [[Heinrich Himmler]] appointed Jüttner Chief of "Army Armament and Commander of the Reserve Army". Hereafter, Jüttner was Himmler's deputy in this area of command. Jüttner was one of those responsible for building the many [[prisoner of war camp]]s in which [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] were held.

==Post war conviction and later years==
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On May 17, 1945 Jüttner was taken prisoner by British forces. In 1948 he was condemned to 10 years service in a labour camp. In appeal proceedings 1949 the punishment was lowered to 4 years. In 1961 Jüttner testified for the prosecution in the trial of [[Holocaust]] architect [[Adolf Eichmann]].<ref>http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/transcripts/Testimony-Abroad/Hans_Juettner-01.html</ref> Later Jüttner was the proprietor of a sanatorium in [[Bad Tölz]],<ref>[http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/e/eichmann-adolf/transcripts/Testimony-Abroad/Hans_Juettner-01.html nizkor.org]</ref> where he died.

==Awards and decorations==
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* Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross in Silver with Swords
* [[War Merit Cross]] 1st Class with Swords
* War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords


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Hans Jüttner
Born2 March 1894 (1894-03-02)
Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died24 May 1965 (1965-05-25) (aged 71)
Bad Tölz, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel
Years of service1933–45
RankSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS
CommandsSS Leadership Main Office
AwardsKnights Cross of the War Merit Cross, with Swords

Hans Jüttner (2 March 1894 – 24 May 1965) was a German high-ranking functionary in the SS of Nazi Germany who served as the head of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS Leadership Main Office).

Career in the Nazi Party and the SS

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In 1933, Jüttner joined the SA. In 1934, Jüttner became chef of the SA Reichsführerschule (training body for SA leaders) in Munich. In May 1935, he switched to the SS combat support force (SS-Verfügungstruppe or SS-VT), which subsequently became the Waffen-SS. By 1939, Jüttner had become the Inspector of Reserve Troops of the SS-VT-Division. From early 1940, Jüttner led the SS-VT command office.

In the summer of the same year, Jüttner was promoted to chief of staff of the newly created SS Leadership Main Office (SS-Führungshauptamt), which was responsible for the Waffen-SS's organizational and administrative leadership. This was separate from the administration of Nazi concentration camps, the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt),[1] and from the Reich Security Main Office, which administered the Gestapo, Kripo and SD. Shortly after taking office, Jüttner was instrumental in wresting control of the militarized Death's Head regiments (Totenkopfstandarten) from Concentration Camps Inspectorate chief Theodor Eicke and amalgamating them into the Waffen-SS.[2] In June 1943, he was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer. On 30 January 1943, Jüttner became chief of the SS Leadership Main Office. On 21 July 1944, after Heinrich Himmler had been placed in charge of the Replacement Army following the failed coup on 20 July 1944, Himmler appointed Jüttner Chief of "Army Armament and Commander of the Reserve Army". Jüttner was later awarded the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross, with Swords.[3]

Trial and conviction

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On 17 May 1945, Jüttner was taken prisoner by British forces. In 1948, he was sentenced to ten years in a labour camp by a denazification court. In appeal proceedings in 1949, his punishment was lowered to four years. Rezső Kasztner testified that Jüttner had taken pity on a group of Hungarian Jews after witnessing a death march, resulting in 7,500 Jews being sent back to Budapest. It was later found that the death march had been called off since the roads were blocked off by retreating German soldiers.[4]

In 1961, Jüttner testified for the prosecution in the trial of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann.[5] Later Jüttner was the proprietor of a sanatorium in Bad Tölz,[5] where he died in 1965.

Jüttner was a member of HIAG.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Until 1941, the Inspektion des Konzentrationslagern, which reported directly to the SS-Hauptamt.
  2. ^ Sydnor, Charles W, Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton University Press (1990) pp. 132-136.
  3. ^ Williams, Max (2015). SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard. Vol. 1. Fonthill Media LLC. p. 639. ISBN 978-1-78155-433-3.
  4. ^ Christian Gerlach, Götz Aly: Das letzte Kapitel. Der Mord an den ungarischen Juden 1944-1945. Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3.598-15772-2, S. 362–363.
  5. ^ a b "Eichmann trial: Testimony taken abroad". www.nizkor.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  6. ^ Abschied von einem großen Soldaten. In: Der Freiwillige. Juni 1965, S. 21–23.
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