Alwin-Broder Albrecht
{{Short description|German naval officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = Alwin-Broder Albrecht
|image = File:Alwin-Broder Albrecht, Hitler's adjutant.png
|caption = Albrecht wearing an NSKK Brigadeführer uniform
|birth_date = {{birth date|1903|09|18|df=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1945|05|01|1903|09|18|df=y}}
|birth_place = Sankt Peter-Ording, German Empire
|death_place = Berlin, Nazi Germany
|allegiance = {{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch = {{navy|Weimar Republic}} (1922–35)
{{navy|Nazi Germany}} (1935–39)
{{flagicon image|NSKK Hausflagge.svg}} NSKK (1939–1945)
|serviceyears = 1922–45
|rank = Brigadeführer
|unit =
|commands =
|battles = Battle of Berlin
|awards =
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Alwin-Broder Albrecht (18 September 1903 – 1 May 1945) was a German naval officer who was one of Adolf Hitler's adjutants during World War II.
Biography
He was born in Sankt Peter-Ording in the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1922 he joined the Reichsmarine.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}} On 1 June 1934, he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant. Then on 1 November 1937, he was promoted to the rank of Korvettenkapitän.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}} When Hitler's liaison officer to the navy, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer was transferred to active service on 19 June 1938, Albrecht took over that position.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}}
However, on 30 June 1939, the Commander of the Navy Großadmiral Erich Raeder wanted him transferred to Tokyo as a military attaché or kicked out of the navy completely after it was discovered that Albrecht had married a woman "with a past" in early 1939.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}} Hitler was against it; he had an argument with Raeder over the matter. On 1 July 1939, Hitler appointed Albrecht a NSKK-Oberführer and made him one of his adjutants.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}} Hitler went on to meet Albrecht's wife and liked her. Under Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler, Albrecht remained on Hitler's staff and worked in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}}
In 1945, Albrecht spent time in the Führerbunker serving in his capacity as an adjutant to Hitler.{{sfn|Kershaw|2008|p=922}} During the Battle in Berlin, he was last seen defending Hitler's Reich Chancellery with a machine gun. He is believed to have committed suicide on 1 May 1945, aged 41.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=289}} His body was never found.{{sfn|Joachimsthaler|1999|p=56}}
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References
- {{cite book | last = Joachimsthaler | first = Anton |author-link=Anton Joachimsthaler | title = The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, The Evidence, The Truth | year = 1999 | orig-year = 1995 | publisher = Brockhampton Press | isbn = 1-86019-902-X }}
- {{cite book | last = Kershaw | first = Ian | title = Hitler: A Biography | publisher = W. W. Norton & Company | location = New York | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-393-06757-6 }}
{{Final occupants of the Führerbunker}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Albrecht, Alwin-Broder}}
Category:People from Nordfriesland
Category:Military personnel from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
Category:Kriegsmarine personnel
Category:Officials of Nazi Germany
Category:National Socialist Motor Corps members
Category:Nazis who died by suicide in Nazi Germany
Category:Adjutants of Adolf Hitler
Category:German military personnel who died by suicide
Category:Military personnel from Schleswig-Holstein
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