Kurt Daluege
Through the actions of Kurt Daluege, Tamaschke was made "Schutzhaftlagerführer" in the Dachau concentration camp and remained in this position until the beginning of 1935. Under Theodor Eicke, the Inspector of Concentration Camps, Tamaschke rose to become head of the Politische Abteilung in the Concentration Camps Inspectorate (CCI). Through Eicke, with whom he had a special relationship of trust, Tamaschke was employed as the director ("Lagerdirektor") of the newly established women's camp ("Frauenkonzentrationslager") Lichtenburg starting on 1 December 1937. As early as December 1938, he was involved in establishing Ravensbrück concentration camp, a concentration camp for women and children, and stayed on the construction site at Fürstenberg/Havel. After the dissolution of the Lichtenburg concentration camp, Tamaschke moved with his staff to the newly built concentration camp at Ravensbrück, where he retained his position as "Lagerdirektor", in May 1939.