Date of birth:

January 2nd, 1903 (Mainz/Rhine Province, Germany)

Date of death:

December 20th, 1988 (Bonn/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
February 1st, 1927: Leutnant (32);
March, 1st, 1930: Oberleutnant (7);
May 1st, 1935: Hauptmann (7);
December 1st, 1939: Major (113);
March 1st, 1942: Oberstleutnant (416);
March 1st, 1944: Oberst (18a).

Career:
September 1st, 1939: IIa 254. Inf.Div.;
December 18th, 1939: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 465;
October x?, 1940: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 446;
July x?, 1941: Inf.Ers.Btl. 455;
September 1st, 1941: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 446;
July 15th, 1942: Führer-Reserve OKH;
September 21st, 1942: Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 181;
May 6th, 1943: Führer-Reserve OKH;
July 1st, 1943: Kdr.Waff.Schule Gruppe Weiß. Kdr. Armee-Waff.Schule AOK 9;
September 1st, 1944: unter Beibeh.vorst.Dienststllg.mWgGb.kdt.W.Kdtr. Modlin;
January 16th, 1945: Führer-Reserve OKH;
February 8th, 1945: Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 688;
February 26th, 1945: Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 1077;
March 20th, 1945: mdFb 251. Inf.Div.
April 4th, 1945: mdFb Infanteriedivision "Friedrich Ludwig Jahn"
April 23rd, 1945: captured near Potsdam, soviet POW

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - 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 R888
  - forum-der-wehrmacht.de