Date of birth:

November 27th, 1893 (Bornhöved, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

September 2nd, 1982 (Hamburg/Hamburg, Germany)

Service number:

SS Nr.: 14.724 // NSDAP-Nr.: 753.405

Nationality:

German

NSDAP-Nr.: 753 405 (December 1931).
SS-Nr.: 14 724 (September 1st, 1931).

Promotions:
19th November 1931: SS-Scharführer;
26th November 1931: SS-Truppführer;
14th March 1932: SS-Sturmführer;
7th October 1932: SS-Sturmhauptführer;
30th January 1933: SS-Sturmbannführer;
3rd September 1933: SS-Obersturmbannführer;
18th June 1936: SS-Standartenführer;
13th September 1936: SS-Oberführer;
30th January 1941: SS-Brigadeführer;
1st July 1942: Generalmajor der Polizei.

Career:
1st January 1939 - 1st June 1942: Stabsführer, SS-Oberabschnitt "Nordwest";
4th August 1941 - 19th May 1943: SSPF "Charkow";
19th April 1943 - 20th May 1943: Stellvertredender SSPF "Shitomir";
19th May 1943 - 4th September 1943: SSPF "Stalino-Donezgebiet";
September 1943 - January 1944: SS und Polizeiführer z.b.V., HöSSPF "Italien";
23rd January 1944 - 30th April 1945: SS und Polizeiführer "Oberitalien-West"
30th April 1945: captured at Monza, Italy
01st May 1945: POW camp 1
09th January 1946: POW - Island Farm Special Camp 11

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.