Early Top Nazi Leader. Born Johann "Hans" Ulrich Klintzsch, the son of a senior priest. He served as a lieutenant in the Imperial German Navy in World War I and was decorated with the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Classes for bravery. After the war, he next served briefly in the Reichsmarine. About this time, he joined the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt (also known as the Ehrhardt Brigade), which was a Freikorps unit of the early Weimar Republic. Formed on February 17, 1919, as the 2nd Marine Brigade from members of the former Imperial German Navy (under the leadership of its founder, Hermann Ehrhardt), it was primarily used in the suppression of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and the First Silesian Uprising, both in the first half of 1919. In March 1920, faced with its imminent disbanding by orders of the government in Berlin, the Marine Brigade was one of the main supporters of the "Kapp Putsch" that tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic. After the putsch failed and the Brigade was disbanded in May, Klintzsch then joined the SA. In September 1921, he was arrested in connection with the assassination of Matthias Erzberger, which had occurred on August 26, 1921. Once released, he rose to the rank of the Supreme Commander of the SA (Sturmabteilung) or "Oberster SA-Führer" from 1921, until February 1923, when he ceded the position over to Hermann Göring (this position was only held by a total of five people, and was last retained by Adolf Hitler from 1930-1945). Klintzsch returned to his former navel unit at the rank of Oberleutnant zur See (Naval 1st lieutenant). After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and served with distinction with the unit, Seenotflugkommandos 2, during the "Battle of Britain" and later rose to the rank of Oberst (Colonel).
Early Top Nazi Leader. Born Johann "Hans" Ulrich Klintzsch, the son of a senior priest. He served as a lieutenant in the Imperial German Navy in World War I and was decorated with the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Classes for bravery. After the war, he next served briefly in the Reichsmarine. About this time, he joined the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt (also known as the Ehrhardt Brigade), which was a Freikorps unit of the early Weimar Republic. Formed on February 17, 1919, as the 2nd Marine Brigade from members of the former Imperial German Navy (under the leadership of its founder, Hermann Ehrhardt), it was primarily used in the suppression of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and the First Silesian Uprising, both in the first half of 1919. In March 1920, faced with its imminent disbanding by orders of the government in Berlin, the Marine Brigade was one of the main supporters of the "Kapp Putsch" that tried to overthrow the Weimar Republic. After the putsch failed and the Brigade was disbanded in May, Klintzsch then joined the SA. In September 1921, he was arrested in connection with the assassination of Matthias Erzberger, which had occurred on August 26, 1921. Once released, he rose to the rank of the Supreme Commander of the SA (Sturmabteilung) or "Oberster SA-Führer" from 1921, until February 1923, when he ceded the position over to Hermann Göring (this position was only held by a total of five people, and was last retained by Adolf Hitler from 1930-1945). Klintzsch returned to his former navel unit at the rank of Oberleutnant zur See (Naval 1st lieutenant). After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and served with distinction with the unit, Seenotflugkommandos 2, during the "Battle of Britain" and later rose to the rank of Oberst (Colonel).
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