Loefen, von, Max Hermann (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:: March 5th, 1892 (Erfurt/Thuringia, Germany)
Date of death:: January 4th, 1942 (Majonowka-Iwanowka, Novomoskovsk/Russia, Soviet Union)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1912);
Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1917);
Polizei-Oberleutnant (13 Feb 1920);
Polizei-Hauptmann (12 Jul 1921);
Polizei-Major (10 Mar 1931);
Major (15 Oct 1935);
Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1936);
Oberst (01 Jun 1939);
Generalmajor (01 Jul 1944)

Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1912)
Leutnant in the 74th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1912-29 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 74th Infantry-Regiment (29 Aug 1914-04 Oct 1916)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (04 Oct 1916-03 Nov 1917)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (03 Nov 1917-27 Jan 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1918-01 Sep 1918)
Adjutant of the 37th Infantry-Brigade (01 Sep 1918-09 May 1919)
Company-Leader with Border Protection (09 May 1919-13 Feb 1920)
Transferred into Police Service (13 Feb 1920)
With the Command-Staff of the Security-Police Weimar (13 Feb 1920-29 Jan 1921)
With the Protection Police in Köslin, Halle/Saale and Wittenberg (29 Jan 1921-15 Nov 1922)
With the Protection Police in Altona (15 Nov 1922-01 Oct 1931)
With the Protection Police in Halle/Saale (01 Oct 1931-20 Mar 1933)
Polizei-Major in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior (20 Mar 1933-01 May 1935)
Commander of State-Police-Detachment Görlitz (01 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Commander of IV. Battalion of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 190th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-04 Jan 1942)
Died of a heart-attack (04 Jan 1942)