# Jürgen von Kamptz

Jürgen von Kamptz (August 11, 1891 – August 12, 1954) was a German military officer and a SS member. As SS Obergruppenführer (No. 1258905) and General of the SS Police during World War II; he served as commander of the Order Police in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in Norway and in Italy.

## Biography

Kamptz parents were the senior administrative court judge Bernhard Karl Wilhelm Florus von Kamptz (March 28, 1847 – April 11, 1916) and his wife Anna Luise Henriette Elten (July 9, 1856 – June 1, 1920). After school graduation Kamptz joined, on June 8, 1912, the 64th Infantry Regiment as an ensign and fought in World War I. In September 1918 he married Veronika, née Ayrer, with whom he´d have two daughters. He ended the war with a brevet promotion to first lieutenant. Afterwards he joined the Prussian police service. In August 1932 he joined the Nazi Party, (membership number 1,258,905). Kamptz worked in Department III of Prussian Ministry of the Interior from late September 1933 to mid-June 1936. In 1936 Kamptz worked as Inspector-General of the Gendarmerie and City Police in the Ordnungspolizei main office until April 1937. Starting in April 1937, to June 1939, Kamptz was commander of Berlin's Schutzpolizei. In March 1938, Kamptz became a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS No. 292,714) with the rank of SS Oberführer.
In June 1939 Kamptz became the commander of the Ordnungspolizei in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, working from Prague. From April 1941 to May 1943 he was back in the main office in Berlin as Inspector-General the Gendarmerie and the Municipal Schutzpolizei, succeeding Rudolf Querner. From June 1943 to September 1943 Kamptz was commanding the Ordnungspolizei of the Reichskommissariat Norway, based in Oslo.
In September 1943 Kamptz was transferred to Italy, in the same position, working under Karl Wolff. There Kamptz was also responsible for Bandenbekämpfung, hunting and suppressing resistance fighters and political prisoners and organising the respective transfer to prisons and concentration camps. Working with Theodor Dannecker and Friedrich Boßhammer, Kamptz provided the security guards to deport the Jews from Italy. In August 1944, Kamptz was appointed SS Obergruppenführer and General of the Police. Kamptz was awarded the German Cross in silver on February 7, 1945. On April 29, 1945, Kamptz was taken prisoner of war by the Allies in Rimini. Kamptz was transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 in June 1947 and from there to the Neuengamme internment camp in October 1947.

## Ranks

* SS-Obergruppenführer General of politie: 1 August 1944 - 30 July 1944
* SS-Gruppenführer: 9 November 1940
* Generalleutnant of Polizei: 1 July 1940 (RDA 20 April 1939)
* Charakter als Generalleutnant of Polizei: 20 April 1939
* SS-Brigadeführer: 20 April 1939
* SS-Oberführer: 12 March 1938
* Generalmajor of Polizei: 17 June 1936
* Generalmajor of Gendarmerie: 1 April 1936
* Oberst der Gendarmerie: 9 August 1934
* Oberstleutnant of Polizei: 27 September 1933
* Major der Polizei: 23 December 1929
* Hauptmann of Polizei: 29 July 1923
* Oberleutnant of Polizei: 20 June 1921
* Leutnant of Polizei: 1 February 1920
* Charakter Oberleutnant: 30/31 January 1920
* Leutnant: 17 February 1914
* Fähnrich: 27 January 1913
* Fahnenjunker: 6/8 June 1912