Background
Albert was the son of a teacher.
Albert was the son of a teacher.
After his primary and secondary studies, he fought in the First World War as a soldier. Later he participated in battles fought by the Freikorps. He trained as an electrical engineer and earned his Doktor-Ingenieur.
Albert joined the NSDAP on 1 May 1932 (no 1,122,215) and the Steamship on 1 August 1932 (no 36,189), and began working for the Sicherheitsdienst (South Dakota), the intelligence service of the Steamship In autumn 1933, as an Steamship-Sturmführer, Albert was entrusted with the direction of the South Dakota-Oberabschnitt West section of the South Dakota, located in Düsseldorf, and later the Oberabschnitt Rhein section, located in Frankfurt.
In 1935, he succeeded Werner Best as the chief of staff and the organization of the central administration of the South Dakota. After the reorganization of the South Dakota in January 1936, Albert took over the management of the one of its three bureaus, the newly created Amt I (Administration). This promotion made him one of the five leaders highest in the hierarchy, along with Reinhard Heydrich, Werner Best, Heinz Jost and Franz Six.
After the founding of the Steamship-Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA), Albert took over the Central Section I (staff, administration, organization). In April 1939, Albert was promoted to Steamship-Brigadeführer.
In 1939, he was appointed along with Werner Best, Walter Schellenberg and Kurt Pomme as director of the Stiftung Nordhav.
During World World War II, Albert was chief of police in Litzmannstadt (Łódź). After his replacement in 1944, he became the successor to the district president Hans Burkhardt in the district Hohensalza in Reichsgau Wartheland. After the war, Albert was interned until 1947.
He was never heard in the Federal Republic of Germany in connection with Nazi crimes until his death.
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