Date of birth:

October 11th, 1904 (Giesenfelde/Pomerania, Germany)

Date of death:

September 19th, 1980 (Bad Oeynhausen/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
July 1st, 1926: Gefreiter;
November 1st, 1926: Unteroffizier;
September 1st, 1927: Fähnrich;
August 1st, 1928: Oberfähnrich;
July 1st, 1929: Leutnant (4);
April 1st, 1933: Oberleutnant (8);
August 1st, 1936: Hauptmann (14);
June 1st, 1941: Major (10);
December 17th, 1941: neues RDA vom 1-7-1940 (44a);
August 1st, 1942: Oberstleutnant (35);
July 1st, 1944: Oberst (33);
April 1st, 1945: Generalmajor.

Career:
September 1st, 1939: Kdr. II./Art.rgt. 29;
January 1st, 1940: Gen.St.Lehrg.Dresden;
April 15th, 1940: Stab H.Gr. C;
August 5th, 1940: Stab 16. Pz.Div.;
January 30th, 1941: kdt.z.Dienstl.z.Gen.St.;
October 24th, 1941: i.d.Gen.St.vers.;
June 12th, 1942: Führer-Reserve OKH;
August 1st, 1942: Gen.St.d.H. (Org.Abt.) vers.;
November 5th, 1943: Chef Gen.St. XXIV. Pz.K.;
June 5th, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH;
June 20th, 1944: Chef Gen.St. XIV. Pz.K.;
August 10th, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH;
September 29th, 1944: Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 551 ab 8-1-1945 mstFb 205. Inf.Div.;
March 15th, 1945: mFb 205. Inf.Div.;
April 1st, 1945: Kdr. 205. Inf.Div.

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