Same Vietze in Abt. 1, 14, and 16. He belonged to Abt. 1, but was frequently lent out in support of new formations.
He did not emigrate to the US. No information pertaining to any academic qualification.
No information available at all on a Lt. Blitz. - If you, however, mean Lt. Wilhelm Biltz (Abt. 2), no second person of this name is known with the tank detachments.
My source regarding Vietze is "Sturmpanzerwagen A7V" (Komitee Nachbau Sturmpanzerwagen A7V, Bernard & Graefe Verlag). Page 461 shows a picture of Vietze. The text says that Vietze emigrated to the USA after 1918. His grandson - Major (US Army) Hatfiled lend photo for the book.
Well .... this can't be true, because I have written evidence that Paul Vietze lived in Germany between 1935 and 1943. It seems that he was in America (maybe South America) for a German company - as an engineer. So my thought was, that maybe someone mixed up a few things and he maybe emigrated after 1945.
Or ... there is another Vietze who served in WW1 in the German tank force. However .... definately a Paul Vietze was member of the "Kameradschaft der ehem. schweren Kampfwagenabteilungen".
Vietze did not emigrate; he stayed in Germany, did not participate in WW 2 as a soldier, and died in the 1950ies. I had a brief chat with Mr. Hatfield some years ago.
Apart from the Nachbau-Committee book, what's your source on him?
I've taken 'Paul' as his Christian name into my database (with questionmark), but would prefer further clarification.
I have postcards, letters or receipts: dated from March 267th 1935 adressed to Paul Vietze in Köln (Cologne) dated from June 11th 1937 to March 29th 1941 adressed to Paul Vietze in Thomasiusstr. 8, Berlin
btw: Vietzes signature is a very childish one; a little bit playful. Compared to Theunissens signature, wich is a very male one, very dominant, Vietzes looks ugly.
Name, First name, task in "tank force"?, last rank in ww1? dates of birth? dates of death? Only officers? Or NCOs and soldiers too? Only WW1? Or post war too (like "Schwerer Kampfwagenzug Theunissen"? Or what will be in? I am eager to know.
