Captain Heinz Assmann (15 August 1904 in

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– 15 October 1954 in

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) was a German naval officer who was a Kriegsmarine staff officer in

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's Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) during

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. He is notable for being present in the conference room when the 20 July plot bomb exploded in 1944 and after the war for providing his recollections of the many briefings for

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that he attended.

Biography

Assmann was born in

in the Province of Saxony. He joined the

Reichsmarine The ''Reichsmarine'' ( en, Realm Navy) was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and first two years of Nazi Germany. It was the naval branch of the ''Reichswehr'', existing from 1919 to 1935. In 1935, it became known as the '' ...

in 1922 and was appointed an Admiralty staff officer in the Eastern Naval Group Command in November 1938. He then served in the Naval Operations Division and as the first officer on the battleship '' Tirpitz'' from October 1942 to August 1943. He was a general staff officer at OKW from September 1943 to May 1945.
Heinz Assmann at Kriegsmarine Captains. Retrieved 2 July 2012 From 1953 to 1954 he was a member of the

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References

1904 births 1954 deaths Kriegsmarine personnel People from Stendal Military personnel from the Province of Saxony {{germany-navy-bio-stub People wounded in the 20 July plot