Kurt Petter

Kurt Petter (3 February 1909 – 3 October 1969) was a German physician, youth leader and educational administrator.

Petter was born in 1909, the son of Bernhard and Marie Petter. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg, University of Bonn and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). During his final exam period he was pediatrician to the Hitler Youth in Jena. In 1939 he was appointed head of the Reichsführerschule in Potsdam. In January 1937 he served as an inspector-general of the Adolf Hitler Schools with the rank of Gebietsführer. On 20 April 1942 he was promoted to Obergebietsführer From February to May 1945, he was acting Stabsführer of the Hitler Youth following the death of Helmut Möckel. During April and May 1945 he served as Regimental Medical Officer to the 96th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 38th SS Division Nibelungen of the Waffen-SS.