Kurt Aßmann

Kurt Aßmann
Born	(1883-07-13)13 July 1883
Died	26 July 1962(1962-07-26) (aged 79)
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine
Years of service	1901–1945
Rank	Admiral

Kurt Aßmann (13 July 1883—26 July 1962) was a German admiral.

In World War I he commanded the "Torpedoboat Flotilla Flanders".

He was present at Adolf Hitler’s Wolfsschanze headquarters on 20 July 1944, during the unsuccessful attempt on the German leader’s life (known as the 20 July Plot). He later provided key testimony to the Allies, which enabled them to piece together the moments leading up to the explosion.

20 July Plot

In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William Shirer writes:

According to the account given Allied interrogators by Admiral Kurt Assmann, who was present [at the Wolfsschanze conference], [Claus von] Stauffenberg had whispered to [General] [Heinz] Brandt, “I must go and telephone. Keep an eye on my briefcase. It has secret papers in it”.^[1]

References

Literature

• Shirer, William L. (1950). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. New York: Ballantine Books, a division of Random House Inc. ISBN 0-449-20936-9.