Date of birth:

April 5th, 1899 (Oberförsterei Ratzeburg/East Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

June 13th, 1983 (Hanover/Lower Saxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
January 12th, 1917: Fahnenjunker;
July 12th, 1918: Leutnant mit Pat. 20-10-1916;
April 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant (650);
June 1st, 1933: Hauptmann (8);
October 1st, 1936: Major (111);
April 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant (50c);
December 1st, 1941: Oberst (20);
December 1st, 1943: Generalmajor (24);
June 1st, 1944: Generalleutnant (11).

Career:
September 1st, 1939: Adj. d.Ob.d.H.;
June 1st, 1941: Chef d.Gen.St.XXXVIII. A.K.;
May 20th, 1943: Führer-Reserve OKH;
September 15th, 1943: Fhr. 58. Inf.Div.;
December 1st, 1943: Kdr. 58. Inf.Div.;
December 10th, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH.
04.05.1945: captured in Niendorf-Lübeck - British POW
12.05.1948: released
01.10.1956: entered the Bundeswehr as Generalmajor, Kdr, I. Korps in Münster
01.04.1957: Kdr, III. Korps, Koblenz
01.01.1958: Befehlshaber, Wehrbereich II, Hannover
30.09.1960: retired

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - NARA Roll T-78 R893