Date of birth:

February 23rd, 1923 (Wiesbaden/Hessen, Germany)

Date of death:

April 30th, 2002 (Meerbusch, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 391.949 // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
03.04.1939: SS-Anwärter
02.09.1940: SS-Junker
01.01.1941: SS-Standartenjunker
00.00.1941: SS-Standartenoberjunker
20.04.1941: SS-Untersturmführer der Waffen-SS
30.01.1944: SS-Obersturmführer der Waffen-SS

Career:
01.04.1933-01.04.1939: Hitlerjugend
03.04.1939: joined the SS-Totenkopfstandarte "Brandenburg"
02.09.1940-10.04.1941: SS-Junker, SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
20.04.1941: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, SS-Regiment "Deutschland", SS-Division "Reich"
11.11.1941-01.09.1942: SS-Ustuf, SS-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon, SS-Regiment "Deutschland", SS-Division "Reich"
00.00.1942: SS-Ustuf, Bataillons-Adjutant, SS-Regiment "Deutschland"
01.09.1942: SS-Ustuf, SS-Unterführerschule Radolfzell
02.03.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Unterführerschule Posen-Treskau
06.04.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Unterführerschule Lauenburg, Pommern
12.06.1944: SS-Ostuf, Führer, 7. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norwegisch Nr. 1), 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland", III. SS-Panzer-Korps
23.09.1944: SS-Ostuf, WIA to the upper right arm near Vecildas
00.00.1945: SS-Ostuf, Führer, Kampgfruppe, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norwegisch Nr. 1), 11. SS-Freiwillige-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland", III. SS-Panzer-Korps
Qualified for the Nahkampfspange III. Stufe (Gold), amassing 64 close combat days, but the war ended before he could receive the award

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977
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