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Mascus, Hellmut

Date of birth:
March 30th, 1891 (Wüsterwattersdorf/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
December 17th, 1971 (Mittenwald/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
March 11th 1911: Fahnenjunker;
August 18th, 1912: Leutnant (Patent, August 23rd, 1910);
January 27th, 1916: Oberleutnant;
October 1st, 1920: Polizei-Hauptmann (RDA September 21st, 1910);
March 26th, 1929: Polizei-Major (as from April 1st, 1929, RDA March 26th, 1929);
May 1st, 1933, NSDAP member 1.937.928;
June 1st, 1936: Oberstleutnant der Sicherheitspolizei;
April 13th, 1938: Oberst der Sicherheitspolizei (as from March 1st, 1938, RDA April 20th, 1938);
April 20th, 1939: SS-Standartenführer;
April 20th, 1942: SS-Oberführer;
April 20th, 1942: Generalmajor der Polizei;
December 3rd, 1942: SS-Brigadeführer (as from Novermber 9th, 1942);
January 1st, 1944: Generalmajor der Polizei (RDA April 20th, 1942);

Career:
March 11th, 1911: Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 71;
August 12th, 1912: Batterieoffizier, I. Batterie, Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 71;
1914: Batterieoffizier, 4. Batterie, Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 71;
?: Adjutant Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 71;
?: Adjutant Infanterie-Regiment 21;
?: Beobachter, Offizier z.b.V, Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung, Jagdstaffel 71;
?: Flieger-Abteilung 305;
1919: Fliegerbeobachter, Grenzschutz-Flieger-Abteilung 402;
?: Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 71;
April 1920: Studiu Medizin, Breslau;
October 1st, 1920: Schützpolizei Berlin;
September 4th, 1936: Oberpräsidium Hannover;
October 1st, 1936: Inspekteur der Ordnungspolizei Hannover;
April 20th, 1939: Allgemeine SS, 327.418;
May 27th, 1939: IdO, Höheren SS- und Polizeiführer, Salzburg;
June 1st, 1939: IdO, Höheren SS- und Polizeiführer, Alpenland;
April 21st, 1941: BdO Südsteiermark und Südkärnten;
February 23rd, 1942: BdO Stuttgart;
April 8th, 1942: BdO Paris;
August 28th, 1942: BdO Wiesbaden;
December 6th, 1943: BdO Höheren SS- und Polizeiführer Nordwest;
January 5th, 1944: BdO Nimwegen, Nijmegen;
February 8th, 1945: BdO Niederlande.

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