In 1936, Lütjens was appointed Chief of Personnel (Marinepersonalamt) of the Kriegsmarine, an office which he had served in 1932–34, and in 1937, he became Führer der Torpedoboote (Chief of Torpedo Boats), with Z1 Leberecht Maass as his flagship, and was promoted to Konteradmiral in October 1937.[15] While in command of personnel department he did nothing to enforce the Nuremberg Laws on race in the Kriegsmarine.[16] In November 1938, Lütjens was one of only three flag officers, including Dönitz, who protested in writing to Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the navy, against the anti-Jewish Kristallnacht pogroms.[17]