Erich Hampe

Erich Hampe

Erich Hampe in the uniform of Technische Nothilfe
Born (1889-12-17)17 December 1889
Gera, German Empire
Died 28 June 1978(1978-06-28) (aged 88)
Bonn, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire German Empire
Germany Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1908–1919, 1941-1945
Rank Generalmajor
Commands held Technische Nothilfe
Battles/wars

World War I

World War II
Awards German Cross in Silver
Iron Cross 1st Class
Bundesverdienstkreuz
Other work President of the Institute for Civilian Air Protection

Erich Hampe (17 December 1889 – 28 June 1978) was a German Army officer with the rank of Generalmajor, who served as Chief of the Department for Technical Troops in OKH during the World War II. Previously he was Vice Chief of the Technische Nothilfe as well as an editor and the author of the official history of German civil defense during the second World War. During the postwar years, he served as the first president of the Federal Agency for Civil Defense (Bundesanstalt für zivilen Luftschutz).

Born in 1889, Hampe entered army service within the German Army on in 1908 as an Officer candidate. In 1912, when he was discharged to the Army Reserve. Hampe began subsequently work as Chief Editor of the "Die Post" newspaper, which closely cooperates with Free Conservative Party.

With the outbreak of the World War I, Hampe was called up in August 1914 and assigned to a machine gun-detachment; he was posted to the Guard Corps and ordered to the Western front. He participated in the First Battle of Ypres, the First Battle of Champagne, the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, and the Battle of Verdun. His military service ended on November 30, 1919, when he retired from the Army. During his service in the Army, Hampe was awarded with the both classes of Iron Cross and Hesse Medal for Bravery.

In the beginning of 1920 in the Weimar Republic, he worked as Vice Chief of the Technische Nothilfe (TN). After being dismissed from TN in 1941, he returned to the Wehrmacht and served as General of the Technical Troops. In the public service of West Germany in 1950, he started with the reconstruction of the Technisches Hilfswerk, continued as head of division in the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and finally as first President of the Federal Agency for Civil Defense (Bundesanstalt für zivilen Luftschutz). Hampe died in 1978 in Hangelar near Bonn.

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