in the beginning of 1920 in the weimar republic, he worked as vice chief of the technische nothilfe (tn). in 1941 he was transferred the wehrmacht and served as inspector general of the technical troops (that originated in tn units transferred to the army). in the public service of west germany in 1950, he started with the reconstruction of the technisches hilfswerk, continued as head of division in the german federal ministry of the interior and finally as first president of the federal agency for civil defense (bundesanstalt für zivilen luftschutz). hampe died in 1978 in hangelar near bonn.