Date of birth:

December 11th, 1898 (Hohenstein-Ersthal/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

January 11th, 1977 (Karlsruhe)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 209.060 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.399.935

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Wilhelm Friedrich Keilhaus

Promotions:
25th May1918: Gefreiter
18th September 1918: Unteroffizier
18th September 1919: Polizei-Unterwachtmeister
1st December 1921: Wachtmeister
1st October 1925: Oberwachtmeister
1st April 1929: Hauptwachtmeister
1st April 1934: SS-Sturmführer
4th July 1934: SS-Obersturmführer
1st January 1935: SS-Hauptsturmführer
20th April 1940: SS-Sturmbannführer
20th April 1941: SS-Obersturmbannführer
1st September 1942: SS-Standartenführer
9th November 1943: SS-Oberführer
20th April 1944: SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS

Career:
15th January 1917: Freiwilliger, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 99
18th January 1917: Stoßtruppführer, Infanterie-Regiment „Lübeck" (3. Hanseatisches) Nr. 162
7th July 1919: Sicherheitspolizei, Berlin
4th October 1920: Schutzpolizei
1st April 1932: joined the Sturmabteilung (SA)
1st September 1932: joined the NSDAP
1933: Landespolizei
1st March 1933-17th July 1933: Signalzug, Polizeibataillon Wecke
17th July 1933: Landespolizeigruppe Wecke
17th December 1933: „Landespolizeigruppe General Göring"
1st April 1934: joined the SS as SS-Sturmführer, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
July 1934: took part in the murder of Röhm
April 1942: Inspekteur der Nachrichtentruppen, SS-Führungshauptamt
July 1943: Inspektor für das Nachrichtenwesen, Führungshauptamt der SS
August 1944-May 1945: Chef, Fernmeldewesen, Reichsminister Himmler
May 1945: British POW - Island Farm Special Camp 11
23rd October 1947: camp Neuengamme
1948: released
1955: Signal advisor, Bundeswehr

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  - SS-Brigaf. u. GM d. W-SS Wilhelm Keilhaus - Axis History Forum