Date of birth:

October 28th, 1891 (Ulm, Germany)

Date of death:

November 30th, 1962 (Duisburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

18.06.1912: Fähnrich
16.06.1913: Leutnant
18.08.1916: Oberleutnant
01.11.1919: Polizei-Oberleutnant
06.10.1920: Polizei-Hauptmann
01.10.1930: Polizei-Major
01.04.1935: Major
01.03.1936: Obertsleutnant
01.10.1938: Oberst
01.07.1942: Generalmajor

Kurt Forster arrived on November 17, 1911 as a flag junker in the Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13. On August 2, 1914 he moved into the field with the 8th battery. From August 1, 1915 he served as a regimental adjutant, then as an adjutant of the artillery commander of the XXII. Army Corps and then as an adjutant of the artillery commander of the 8th Landwehr Division. Forster acted from 21 November 1916 as a battery leader in the foot styleillery battalion 56. 1717 he was then moved as a battery leader in the Reserve Foot Tartillery Regiment 3. In 1918 he finally came as an ordnance officer at the Grenzkommando of the XXXVIII. Reserve corps. From 21 March 1919 he was a leader of a volunteer train, until 11 April 1919, the transfer to the teaching regiment of Artillery shooting was followed. From October 31, 1919 he was assumed to enter the Security Police Duisburg on 1 November 1919 as a police lieutenant. On January 31, 1920, he was finally adopted from the army service. This was followed by a career at the police Duisburg, where he was promoted to the police major on 1 October 1930 and was used as a department head and companed leaders. On March 31, 1934, he became commander of the Landespolitzule Treptow / Riga. On April 1, 1935, the acquisition as Major followed the army and the integration into the staff of Artillery Regiment 4. On October 15, 1935, he was transferred to the staff of Artillery Regiment 24 and carried here on March 1, 1936 to the Lieutenantenant . From 12 October 1937 he commanded the I. Department of the Regiment. On October 1, 1938, Kurt Forster took over the command of Artillery Regiment 75 on 10 November 1938, which he led from 1 September 1939 in World War II. From 18 January 1941 he was artillery commander 143, where he was very wounded on 16 August 1941. After his recovery, he was added to the leader reserve and appointed Artillery Commander 117 on 10 June 1942. Convected on 1 July 1942, he was returned to the leader reserve on 5 August 1943 and commanded on February 1, 194 to the Wehrmacht commandantur Strasbourg to take over the office of the Wehrmacht commander of Kolmar on 1 March 1944 . On September 10, 1944, back to the leader reserve, he came to American captivity on April 21, 1945, from which he was released on 5 November 1945.

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