Erich Hampe

Erich Hampe ( born December 17, 1889 in Gera, † June 28, 1978 in Hangelar near Bonn ) was a German officer and president of the Federal civil air defense, general technical troops and head of operations of the Technical Emergency and publisher and author.

Life

He was the son of General Superiors physician Ernst Hampe. Hampe 1908 hit an officer's career, a, fought in the First World War and in 1919 released as captain of the reserve. In the Weimar Republic, he was from 1920 Deputy Chief and director of operations of the Technical Emergency (TN). After his removal from that position, he returned in 1941 back in the service of the Wehrmacht and eventually served as a general of the Technical troops. In the authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany, he was from 1950 to 1956 in the construction staff of the Agency for Technical Relief, as at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, and finally as President of the Federal Institute for civil air defense use. Hampe died 1978 in Hangelar near Bonn.

After abandoning his career as an officer in 1912 was Hampe chief editor of the newspaper " The Post", which was close to the Free Conservative Party. At times he was a member of the German People's Party, a national liberal party of the Weimar Republic, which was represented from 1920 to 1931 in the Weimar governments. On May 1, 1933 Hampe was a member of the NSDAP (No. 2673271 ).

There was for Hampe in the official area but limits the " Gleichschaltung ": When the full- TN employees should receive police ranks, he refused and was finally released in 1941 from TN. Seamlessly succeeded by his service in the technical troops in the Army High Command. For the relief effort after the bombing of Berlin, he was awarded on 22 July 1944, the German Cross in Silver.

Hampe had to answer on February 28, 1947 a British military court ( British Review Board No. 11). The verdict: Follow the leader. By decision No. 3951 of December 22, 1949 Hampe was relieved of denazification Main Committee for the district Dusseldorf " without limitation ".

Three years later Hampes began work in the public service of the young Federal Republic. In September 1950 he was appointed Otto Lummitzsch in the construction staff of the Agency for Technical Relief. In January 1951 he was a speaker Border Protection; Aviation and Civil Protection in the Ministry of the Interior (BMI ) adjusted. At the end of his career as a federal official Hampe was born on March 25, 1954 President of the newly founded Federal Institute for civil air defense in Bonn.

On June 30, 1955 Hampe was, a year after reaching the age limit rule, retired and he received from the hands of Federal Interior Minister Gerhard Schröder, the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.