Hans Jüttner
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Hans Jüttner (born 2 March 1894 in Schmiegel, died 24 May 1965 in Bad Tölz) was head of the SS's Main Leadership Office and also an SS Obergruppenführer.
After finishing Gymnasium, Jüttner joined the army as a volunteer and took part in World War I. By 1915 he had been promoted to lieutenant, and he was discharged from the army in 1920 with the rank of first lieutenant. To keep his head above water financially, he worked as a salesman, from 1928 as a freelancer.
In 1933 Jüttner became a university sport teacher in Breslau (now Wrocław in Poland). At this time he also joined the SA and was installed in the SA Collegiate Office. In 1934, Jüttner also became leader of the SA training body in Munich.
In May 1935, he switched to the SS combat support force (SS-Verfügungstruppe or SS-VT), which later became the Waffen-SS. Jüttner was promoted on 1 September 1936 to SS Sturmbannführer and appointed to the SS-VT inspection department in Berlin. By 1939, he had become the Inspector of Reserve Troops of the SS-VT-Division. From early 1940, Jüttner was leading the SS-VT command office.
In the summer of the same year, Jüttner was promoted to chief of staff of the newly created SS Main Leadership Office (SS-Führungshauptamt), which was responsible for the Waffen-SS's organizational and administrative leadership. This also included the administration of concentration camps in the Third Reich.
In June 1942, after having been promoted to SS Obergruppenführer, Jüttner was also given the military rank of General. On 30 January 1943, Jüttner reached the high point of his career when he became Leader of the SS Main Leadership Office.
Heinrich Himmler appointed Jüttner Chief of "Army Armament and Commander of the Reserve Army". Hereafter, Jüttner was Himmler's deputy in this area of command.
Jüttner was one of those responsible for building the many prisoner of war camps in which Soviet prisoners of war were held.
It is unclear from the little available information what Jüttner did after the war.
