Date of birth:

July 22nd, 1887 (Mühlhausen/Thuringia, Germany)

Date of death:

August 18th, 1966 (Kassel/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
October 2nd, 1905: Fahnenjunker;
January 27th, 1907: Leutnant;
December 24th, 1914: Oberleutnant;
August 18th, 1916: Hauptmann;
February 1st, 1920: Hauptmann der Polizei;
?: Major der Polizei;
Jauary 1st, 1934: Oberstleutnant der Polizei;
April 1st, 1935: Oberst der Polizei;
October 1st, 1935: Oberst;
June 1st, 1939: Generalmajor;
June 1st, 1941: Generalleutnant;
June 25th, 1942: General z.b.V.;
August 1st, 1943: General der Infanterie.

Career:
October 2nd, 1905: 1. Oberrheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 97;
1911: Bataillonsadjutant, 1. Oberrheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 97;
1914: Kriegsschule Potsdam;
?: 1. Oberrheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 97;
February 1915: Adjutant, 1. Oberrheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 97;
1918: Generalstab;
February 1st, 1920: Schützpolizei, Berlin;
October 1st, 1935: Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 67;
April 1st, 1937 - October 31st, 1939: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 47;
November 10th, 1939: Kommandant Posen;
January 10th, 1940: Kommandeur 198. Infanterie-Division;
April 10th, 1942: Führereserve OKH;
June 25th, 1942: Heeresgruppe Mitte;
May 10th, 1943 - June 15th, 1943: m.d.F.b. LXVI. Reservekorps;
July 1st, 1943: Generalinspekteur, Kriegsgefangenenwesens der Wehrmacht;
December 4th, 1944: Befehlshaber, Sonderstab I, Oberkommando des Heeres.

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