Richter, Otto (Pionier-Führer)

Date of birth:: December 26th, 1893 (Herrnhut/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: 1980 (Kassel/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
August 8th, 1914: Fahnenjunker;
May 16th, 1915: Leutnant (Patent: May 23rd, 1914);
April 24th, 1921: Leutnant (RDA: September 1st, 1915, -18-);
March 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant (RDA: -5-);
October 1st, 1929: Hauptmann (RDA: -11-);
October 1st, 1935: Major (RDA: -2-);
June 1st, 1938: Oberstleutnant (RDA: -24-);'
June 1st, 1941: Oberst (RDA: -22-, RDA: August 1st, 1940, -1a-);
February 1st, 1944: Generalmajor (RDA: -2-).

Career:
August 8th, 1914: in dienst;
October 1st, 1916: stellvertretender Kompanieführer;
May 21st, 1917: Bataillonsadjutant;
January 8th, 1919: Kompanieführer, Pionier-Bataillon 22;
February 14th, 1919: Kompanieoffizier, Landjägerkorps;
June 14th, 1919: Stab, II. Abteilung;
March 2nd, 1920: Bataillonsadjutant;
January 1st, 1921: Zugführer, Infanterie-Regiment 10;
April 24th, 1921: Wehrkreisprüfung;
July 20th, - December 16th, 1922: Lehrgang für Leiberübung;
March 22nd, 1923; Wehrkreisprüfing;
February 11th, 1924: Führer, Nachrichten Zug;
July 9th, - August 6th, 1924: M.G. Lehrgang;
October 1st, 1925 - February 15th, 1926: Waffenschullehrgang;
June 15th, 1926: Nachrichtenoffizier, Regimentsstab;
August 1st, 1933: Chef, 3. Kompanie;
October 15th, 1935: Stab, VIII. Armeekorps;
October 6th, 1936: Kommandeur, Pionier-Bataillon 48;
July 3rd, 1940: Führerreserve Wehrkreis VIII;
March 14th, 1941: Stab General der Pioniere, Heeresgruppe Nord;
June 25th, 1942: Kommandeur, Pionier-Regiment 519 (motorisiert);
November 5th, 1942: Pionierführer, 18. Armee;
February 4th, - March 1st, 1943: 9. Divisionsführer-Lehrgang;
July 28th, 1943: Führerreserve OKH / 18. Armee;
March 4th, 1944: Heeres-Personal-Amt;
March 10th, 1944: Heeresgruppe A;
April 6th, 1944: m.d.F.b. 73. Infanterie-Division;
April 18th, 1944: m.d.F.b. 79. Infanterie-Division;
May 3rd, 1944: m.d.F.b. 320. Infanterie-Division;
June 1st, 1944: Kommandeur, 198. Infanterie-Division;
August 31st, 1944: British POW.