Date of birth:

July 3rd, 1893 (Tarnowitz/Silesia, Germany)

Date of death:

August 16th, 1966 (Düsseldorf/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
May 20th, 1912: Fahnenjunker;
December 18th, 1913: Fähnrich;
March 22nd, 1914: Leutnant;
February 1st, 1923: Oberleutnant;
March 1st, 1928: Hauptmann;
January 1st, 1935: Major;
October 1st, 1937: Oberstleutnant;
October 1st, 1940: Oberst;
April 1st, 1944: Generalmajor (11a).

Career:
April 1st, 1939: Kdr. Inf.Rgt. 53;
August 1st, 1940: Kdt.Saarbrücken;
August 1st, 1941: Kdr. Inf.Rgt. 37;
October 1st, 1942: Lazarett, Führerreserve OKH;
January 1st, 1943: Kdr. Inf.-Ersatz-Rgt. 6;
March 1st, 1943: Kdr. Armee-Schule 8. Armee;
May 1st, 1943: Kdr.Füs.Rgt. 39;
July 1st, 1943: Kdr.Gren.Rgt. 871;
April 10th, 1944: General z.b.V. Heeresgruppe Nordukraine;
August 17th, 1944: Kdr. Kampfgruppe Rohr;
October 1st, 1944: Kdr. südlichen Sektors von Warschau;
November 1st, 1944: Fhr. 12. Volks-Grenadier-Division;
November 11th, 1944: General z.b.V. Heeresgruppe H;
December 1st, 1944: Festungskommandant Libau.

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