Johann "Hans" Ulrich Klintzsch
(4 November 1898 in
Lübbenau – 17 August 1959 in
Hamburg) was a naval lieutenant from the
Erhardt Brigade
The Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, also known as the Ehrhardt Brigade, was a Freikorps unit of the early Weimar Republic. It was formed on 17 February 1919 as the Second Marine Brigade from members of the former Imperial German Navy under the leade ...
who later served as ''
Oberster SA-Führer
The Supreme SA Leader (german: Oberster SA-Führer), was the titular head of the Nazi Party's paramilitary group, the (SA).
History
To centralize the loyalty of the SA, Hitler personally assumed command of the entire organization in 1930 and ...
'', the supreme commander of the ''
Sturmabteilung
The (; SA; literally "Storm Detachment") was the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. It played a significant role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary purposes were providing protection for Nazi ral ...
'' (SA), from 1921 to February 1923, when he returned to his former unit and ceded control to
Hermann Göring. After his career as SA leader, he went back to the
Luftwaffe. He died during the wedding of his son Fridthjof.
Decorations and awards
*1914
Iron Cross 2nd Class and 1st Class
*
Silesian probation badge (de) (1921)
*
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
References
Notes
Bibliography
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Further reading
* Krüger, Gabriele (1971) ''Die Brigade Ehrhardt''. Leibniz-Verlag.
* Tyrell, Albrecht (1969) ''Führer befiehl''. Droste.
* Tyrell, Albrecht (1975) ''Vom Trommler zum Führer''. Fink.
1898 births
1959 deaths
People from Lübbenau
20th-century Freikorps personnel
Organisation Consul members
Nazi Party officials
Sturmabteilung officers
People from the Province of Brandenburg
Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I
Luftwaffe personnel of World War II
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