Date of birth:

June 4th, 1882

Date of death:

January 5th, 1963 (Bad Sachsa)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 7.255 // NSDAP-Nr.: 389.500

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

22.06.1902: promoted to Leutnant
00.00.1907: 5. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 161
16.06.1911: promoted to Oberleutnant
00.00.1913: 7. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 161
00.00.1914: Oberleutnant und Kompaniechef, 6. Kompanie, 10. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 161
22.08.1914: severely WIA by a direct shot in the head and reported KIA - healed but lost his left eye, declared unfit for war
00.07.1915: Hauptmann, returned to the front
00.00.1916: Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, 10. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr 161, 185. Infanterie-Division, fightings in the Somme, near Arras and in Flandern
00.00.1916: again WIA in the lung - returned to the front
00.04.1917: proposed for the Pour Le Mérite for his behaviour in front of Arras
30.11.1917: assault on Cambrai near la Bacquerie
00.01.1918: Hauptmann, Führer, I. Bataillon, 10. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr 161, 185. Infanterie-Division
00.03.1918: severely WIA by shrapnell
00.00.1918: Major a.D
Oberstleutnant der Reserve
30.01.1936: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve, Stab, SS Abschnitt XXIII

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