Alwin-Broder Albrecht

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Alwin-Broder Albrecht (18 September 1903 – 1 May 1945) was a German naval officer and one of Adolf Hitler's adjutants during World War II. He was born in Sankt Peter-Ording in the German Empire. He joined the Reichsmarine in 1922 and rose through the ranks, becoming Kapitänleutnant in 1934 and Korvettenkapitän in 1937.

When Hitler's naval liaison officer Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer left active service in June 1938, Albrecht took over the position. In 1939, after a marriage to a woman with a controversial past, Hitler backed him against the Navy’s Erich Raeder. On 1 July 1939 Hitler made Albrecht one of his personal adjutants. He also held a high rank in the NSKK and worked on Hitler's staff in the Reich Chancellery under Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler.

In 1945, Albrecht was in the Führerbunker serving as Hitler's adjutant. During the Battle of Berlin he was last seen defending the Reich Chancellery with a machine gun. He is believed to have committed suicide on 1 May 1945, aged 41; his body was never found.