Date of birth:

October 3rd, 1890 (Berlin, Steglitz, Germany)

Date of death:

May 18th, 1976 (Bad Liebenzell)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (10 Apr 1909);
Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1911);
Oberleutnant zur See (19 Sep 1914);
Kapitänleutnant (28 Apr 1918);
Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1927);
Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1932);
Kapitän zur See (01 Sep 1934);
Charakter als Konteradmiral (01 Nov 1939);
Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1941)

Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett, Attended Ground-Training and on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hertha’ (01 Apr 1908-31 Mar 1909)
Attended Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1909-30 Sep 1910)
On Board the Liner ‘Braunschweig’ (01 Oct 1910-31 Jul 1912)
2nd Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Kaiser’ (01 Aug 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Company and Watch-Officer in the III. Torpedo-Division, VI. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (01 Oct 1913-00 Apr 1917)
At the same time, Temporary Flag-Lieutenant of the II. Reconnaissance-Group (27 Jul 1916-04 Aug 1916)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 44’ and ‘S 131’ in the VI. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla, later Chief of the 11th Half-Flotilla (00 Apr 1917-21 Jun 1919)
In captivity, then released and placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 Jun 1919-30 May 1920)
Company-Leader in the Mine-Cadre-Battalion (31 May 1920-09 Sep 1920)
Inspections-Officer in the Naval-School in Mürwik (10 Sep 1920-01 Apr 1922)
Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (02 Apr 1922-14 Sep 1924)
Navigations-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Amazone’ (27 Sep 1924-24 Sep 1925)
Chief of the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (25 Sep 1925-30 Sep 1927)
Press-Advisor in the RWM (04 Oct 1927-14 Mar 1929)
Organisation-Advisor in the Fleet-Department of Naval-Command (15 Mar 1929-30 Sep 1933)
Chief of the Organisation-Department in the Naval Command (01 Oct 1933-28 Sep 1934)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Training-Affairs of the Navy (29 Sep 1934-10 Jun 1937)
At the same time, Acting-Inspector (13 Jul 1936-17 Jul 1936)
Detached for Information to OKM (11 Jun 1937-25 Jun 1937)
Naval-Attaché in Helsinki (Finland) at the same time, Naval-Attaché in Riga, Tallinn and Kaunas (01 Jul 1937-13 Sep 1944)
Commander of Military-District-Command Eutin (01 Nov 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Commander of Military-District-Command Vienna III (01 Feb 1945-04 Apr 1945)
Inspector of Naval-Training-Department in St. Wolfgang (01 May 1945-05 Aug 1945)
In captivity (05 Aug 1945-31 Mar 1947)
Released (31 Mar 1947)

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