Kurt Petter
German physician, youth leader and educational administrator (1909–1969)
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Kurt Petter (3 February 1909 – 3 October 1969) was a German physician, youth leader and educational administrator.
Kurt Petter | |
|---|---|
| Stabsführer of the Hitler Youth | |
| Preceded by | Helmut Möckel |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1909 Dorndorf, Germany |
| Died | 3 October 1969 (aged 60) Hamburg, Germany |
| Party | National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) |
| Spouse | Carin Lennman-Petter |
| Profession | Physician, youth leader, educational administrator |
Petter was born in 1909, the son of Bernhard and Marie Petter. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, University of Bonn and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU).[1] During his final exam period he was pediatrician to the Hitler Youth in Jena.[1]
He was appointed Hitler Youth area leader for Weimar region in 1933.[2] In 1939 he was appointed head of the Reichsführerschule in Potsdam. In January 1937 he served as an inspector-general of the Adolf Hitler Schools with the rank of Gebietsführer.[3][4] On 20 April 1942 he was promoted to Obergebietsführer[3] and served as Deputy to Artur Axmann and as head of the Adolf Hitler Schools.[5] From February to May 1945, he was acting Stabsführer of the Hitler Youth following the death of Helmut Möckel.[1]
He was also a senior physician advising on physical and nutritional requirements for former Hitler Youth joining the German Army.[6] During April and May 1945 he served as Regimental Medical Officer to the 96th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 38th SS Division Nibelungen of the Waffen-SS.[6]
Petter was interned after the war and upon his release moved to Sweden. He married Carin Lennman (1912-1989), daughter of Lieutenant Henning Fredrik Gustaf Lennman (1879-1947) and Margarethe Lennman, geb. Eitze (1882-1965). Henning was son of Konteradmiral of the Royal Swedish Navy Fredrik Wilhelm Lennman (1840-1917) and Alice Lennman, geb. von Heidenstam (1850-1926).
He worked as a pediatrician in his own medical practice in Hamburg, Germany until his death in 1969 and is buried in Nättraby.[7]
