Walter Hewel ( German: Walter Hewel ; January 2, 1904 , Cologne - May 2, 1945 , Berlin ) is a German diplomat during the Second World War and during the interwar period, an active member of the NSDAP , one of the few close friends of Adolf Hitler .
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| Citizenship | German Reich |
| Nationality | Third Reich |
| Occupation | diplomat, politician |
| Father | Anton Hevel |
| Mother | Elsa Hevel |
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Biography
Born in 1904 in Cologne in the family of Elsa and Anton Hevel. His father ran a cocoa factory. Father died in 1913 , after which Walter's mother began to manage the plant. Walter Hevel joined the Nazi party as a teenager, when its number was 200-300 people. In 1923, Walter graduated from Munich Technical University , participated in the Beer Coup . After Hitler was convicted , Hevel was for several months the valet of the Nazi leader. After the coup, Hevel worked as a coffee seller at a British firm in Indonesia . There he organized branches of the NSDAP.
In the 30s, Hevel returned to Germany , where he was appointed ambassador and sent to Spain . September 12, 1937 he was awarded the military rank of SS Sturmbannfuhrer . In 1942 he received a brigadeführer . In 1938 he returned from Spain, became friends with Hitler, began working as a diplomat in the German Foreign Ministry , and was a first-class adviser. In the same year he became a liaison officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From September 1940 to March 1943 he had the right to make special decisions, was in the rank of secretary.
As a liaison officer at Hitler’s headquarters, he was close to the Nazi leader. Hevel kept a diary, which was probably written for disguise in Indonesian . Hevel was one of the last German officers in whom Hitler was sure. Over the past few years, Hevel has always held Hitler's position, but once he refused to marry the daughter of Minister of Arms Fritz Todt. In the last days of the Nazi government, he was an independent consultant to Hitler. He got Hitler potassium cyanide , which was extremely difficult to do at that time.
On the night of May 2, 1945, Walter Hevel one of the last to leave the bunker, but after a few hours (around 10:30), frightened by captivity, committed suicide by shooting himself in the basement on Schönhauser Alley ( Wedding District), not far from Soviet positions.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographisches Handbuch des deutschen Auswärtigen Dienstes 1871-1945. Herausgegeben vom Auswärtigen Amt, Historischer Dienst. Band 2: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: GK. Schöningh, Paderborn ua 2005, ISBN 3-506-71841-X .