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27-627: Blaschke is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hugo Blaschke , (1881–1959), German dental surgeon, Hitler's personal dentist Jarin Blaschke (born 1978), American cinematographer Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969), American journalist and author of science fiction, fantasy and related non-fiction Wilhelm Blaschke (1885–1962), Austro-Hungarian differential and integral geometer Hanns Blaschke (1896–1971), Austrian NSDAP politician See also [ edit ] 17637 Blaschke ,

54-558: A Ju 390 and to safety. It was in vain as Hitler turned Baur down, stating he had to stay in Berlin. Baur stayed in the bunker complex until Hitler killed himself on the afternoon of 30 April. After Hitler's suicide, Baur found the improvised road-strip too pot-holed for use and overrun by the Soviet 3rd Shock Army . A plan was devised to escape out from Berlin to the Allies on the western side of

81-520: A Mercedes-Benz to replace his personal Ford . On 31 January 1944, Baur was promoted to SS- Brigadeführer (brigadier general) and major general of the police; and on 24 February 1945, he became an SS- Gruppenführer (major general) and Generalleutnant of the Police. During the last days of the war, Baur was with Hitler in the Führerbunker . Baur had devised a plan to allow Hitler to escape from

108-544: A German prisoner that Eva Braun was pregnant with Hitler's child when she died. After ten years of imprisonment, Baur was released from Soviet custody on 10 October 1955. Remaining in West Germany , in 1957 Baur wrote his autobiography Ich flog die Mächtigen der Erde (literally "I flew the mighty of the Earth"). Later, a lengthened version was published as Mit Mächtigen zwischen Himmel und Erde ("Between Heaven and Earth with

135-559: A main-belt asteroid [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Blaschke . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blaschke&oldid=1190670941 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Surnames from given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

162-574: A new aircraft, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor which was named, "Immelmann III". The Condor had a much greater range and was faster than the Ju 52. In 1942, an improved model of the Condor was put into use for Hitler's travels and Baur continued to be his primary pilot. A Ju 290 was assigned to Hitler's renamed squadron, Fliegerstaffel des Führers (FdF) in late 1944. Modifications were completed by February 1945 at

189-568: A pilot of Deutsche Luft Hansa . In the same year, he also became a member of the Nazi Party (No. 48,113). On 1 April 1931, he flew the opening flight of the Berlin -Munich-Rome route, known as the Alpine flight, whose passengers included Nuntius Eugenio Pacelli , Arturo Toscanini and Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria . Hitler was the first politician to campaign by air travel, deciding that travel by plane

216-665: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hugo Blaschke Blaschke was born in Neustadt in West Prussia (now Wejherowo ) and studied dentistry in Berlin and at the University of Pennsylvania . He trained as a dental surgeon in London and opened his own practice in late 1911. During World War I , he served as a military dentist in Frankfurt/Oder and in Berlin. After

243-782: The Schutzstaffel (SS) on 1 May 1935 and was appointed chief dentist of the SS on 31 August 1943. He was promoted to the rank of SS- Brigadeführer on 9 November 1944. In 1945, as the end of Nazi Germany drew near, Blaschke accompanied Hitler to the Reich Chancellery in Berlin and the Führerbunker . As the Red Army was closing in on Berlin , on 20 April, Hitler ordered Blaschke, Albert Bormann , Admiral Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer , Dr. Theodor Morell , secretaries Johanna Wolf , Christa Schroeder , and other staff to leave Berlin by aircraft for

270-707: The Battle of Berlin ; a Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was held on standby which could take off from an improvised airstrip in the Tiergarten , near the Brandenburg Gate . However, Hitler refused to leave Berlin. On 26 April 1945, the improvised landing strip was used by Hanna Reitsch to fly in Colonel-General Robert Ritter von Greim , appointed by Hitler as head of the Luftwaffe after Hermann Göring 's dismissal. During

297-611: The Obersalzberg . The group flew out of Berlin on different flights by aircraft of the Fliegerstaffel des Führers over the following three days. In early May, Soviet Red Army soldiers captured Blaschke's dental assistant Käthe Heusermann and his technician Fritz Echtmann. Heusermann gave a detailed description of Hitler's and Eva Braun's dental bridges and made drawings of them. Thereafter, Heusermann and Echtmann were separately shown

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324-663: The Elbe or to the German Army to the North. SS- Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke split up the Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker soldiers and personnel into ten main groups. Baur, Betz and Martin Bormann left the Reich Chancellery as part of one of the groups. During the escape attempt, Baur became separated from them and then joined another group trying to get to Lehrter station. Thereafter, he

351-482: The FdF's base at Pocking , Bavaria . Baur tested the aircraft, but Hitler never flew in it. Still by the end of the war, Baur commanded a total of 40 different aircraft, including Ju 52, Condors, Ju 290 and the little Fieseler Fi 156 Storch. Although he tried to convert Baur to vegetarianism , Hitler also invited him to the Reich Chancellery for his favourite meal of pork and dumplings for his 40th birthday, and gave him

378-552: The First World War pilot Max Immelmann . Baur was personally selected by Hitler to be his official pilot in 1933 and was consequently released from service by Luft Hansa . Baur was appointed head of Hitler's personal squadron, initially based at Oberwiesenfeld , Munich. As the Luftwaffe was not yet officially established, Hitler wanted Baur to be able to command sufficient power and respect to assure his security, therefore, Baur

405-511: The Mighty"). The French translation is titled J'étais pilote de Hitler: Le sort du monde était entre mes mains ("I was Hitler's pilot: The fate of the world was in my hands"). The book was released in English with the title I Was Hitler's Pilot . The book is a collection of Baur's eyewitness accounts of Hitler's daily activities and conversations. Baur, as Hitler's private pilot and personal friend,

432-513: The dental records of Martin Bormann from memory, and these were later used to identify Bormann's skeletal remains, which were discovered in Berlin in 1972. Blaschke died in Nuremberg in 1959. He was buried in St. Peter Cemetery in Nuremberg. Footnotes Citations Hans Baur#Fliegerstaffel des Führers Johannes 'Hans' Baur (19 June 1897 – 17 February 1993) was Adolf Hitler 's pilot during

459-711: The dental remains found outside the Führerbunker , which they confirmed were those of Hitler and Braun. Both then spent years in Soviet prisons. Blaschke was arrested by US Army troops in Austria on 20 May 1945. He was interrogated by the Americans after the war about Hitler's dental treatment, as part of the effort to identify Hitler's remains. After his release in December 1948, Blaschke practiced dentistry in Nuremberg . He reconstructed

486-605: The evening of 28 April, Reitsch flew von Greim out on the same road-strip to Plön. On 29 April 1945, the Soviet Red Army launched an all-out attack on the centre of Berlin. The Soviet artillery opened up with intense fire in and around the Reich Chancellery area. That evening in the bunker complex below the Chancellery garden, Hitler said his farewell to his personal pilots, Baur and Betz. Baur pleaded with Hitler to leave Berlin. The men volunteered to fly Hitler out of Germany in

513-847: The political campaigns of the early 1930s. He began his aviation career as a flying ace in World War I. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Apprehended by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II in Europe, he was imprisoned in the Soviet Union for ten years. He died in Herrsching , Bavaria , in February 1993. Baur was born in Ampfing , Kingdom of Bavaria . He

540-445: The war ended, he went back to private practice in Berlin. After treating Hermann Göring in 1930, Blaschke began seeing other top Nazi leaders for dental work. Blaschke then joined the Nazi Party on 1 February 1931. Göring recommended him to Hitler in 1933. Following the successful treatment, Blaschke became Hitler's personal dentist. As well as Hitler, he also treated Eva Braun , Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler . He joined

567-744: Was awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the Bavarian Silver Bravery Medal for attacking a French formation of seven and downing two of the SPADs that day. Baur would score his last victories on 29 October 1918. After the war, he joined the Freikorps under Franz von Epp . He went on to become a courier flier for the Bavarian airmail service. Beginning in 1922, he was a pilot for Bayrische Luftlloyd, and then Junkers . In 1926, Baur became

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594-627: Was called up to the Bavarian Army in 1915, and trained in field artillery . He then joined the Luftstreitkräfte (air force) as an artillery spotter. In 1918, Baur served in FA 295 as an Unteroffizier pilot of two-seater Hannover CL.III ground attack aircraft. His observer was Leutnant Georg Ritter von Hengl . Baur was credited with six confirmed and three unconfirmed victories against French aircraft beginning 17 July 1918. Vizefeldwebel Baur

621-622: Was commissioned a Standartenführer (colonel) in the Schutzstaffel (SS No. 171,865) by Heinrich Himmler in October, 1933. Baur was given the task of expanding and organising Hitler's personal squadron and the government "flying group". In 1934, Baur was promoted to the rank of SS- Oberführer . Hitler allowed Baur to fill his squadron with experienced Luft Hansa pilots, including Georg Betz who became co-pilot for Hitler's aircraft and Hans Baur's substitute. By 1937, Hitler had three Ju 52 airplanes for flight use. Then in 1937, Hitler obtained

648-400: Was in his presence most days from 1933 to 1945. The book also includes an account of the events surrounding Hitler's arrest of Ernst Röhm on 30 June 1934 at Bad Wiessee , in which Baur took part. The book tells of Baur's dislike for Göring (whom Baur describes as a "thick-headed glutton"). Baur was one of the few people who was close to Hitler and was one of the last people to see him alive in

675-425: Was more efficient than travel by railway. Baur first served as his pilot during the 1932 General Election . Hitler obtained his first private aeroplane, a Junkers Ju 52/3m with registration number D-2600 (Werk Nr. 4021), in 1933, after becoming German Chancellor . The same registration number continued to be used for all aircraft used by Hitler, even during the war years. The Ju 52 was named Immelmann II after

702-592: Was shot in the legs and the wound was so serious that his right lower leg was later amputated in Poznań on 10 June 1945, while a Soviet prisoner-of-war. Baur was of great interest to his Soviet captors, who believed he might have helped Hitler escape before the fall of Berlin. They also believed he had information concerning stolen art, specifically about the plundering of the Amber Room ( Bernsteinzimmer ) in Leningrad . He

729-533: Was taken to the Soviet Union, where he was subjected to interrogational torture . He told the Soviets that he never saw Hitler's corpse and only learned of the details from other Nazis during his detainment. During his confinement, Baur told fellow inmates (and former SS officers) Heinz Linge and Otto Günsche to "Never say what really happened" during the last days in the bunker, remaining loyal to Hitler. On 25 December 1945, Baur convinced an NKVD spy undercover as

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