Date of birth:

November 21st, 1898 (Rastatt/Baden, Germany)

Date of death:

November 16th, 1977 (EMden/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
January 27th, 1918: Leutnant;
February 1st, 1922: Leutnant (RDA: December 1st, 1917, -1-);
April 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant (RDA: -618-);
May 1st, 1933: Hauptmann (RDA: -9-);
June 1st, 1937: Major (RDA: -65-);
April 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant (RDA: -15c);
February 1st, 1942: Oberst (RDA: -79);
February 3rd, 1964: Generalmajor (RDA: December 1st, 1944).

Career:
November 7th, 1916: entering service;
1918: Feldtelegrafen-Bataillon 3;
1922: 1. Nachrichten-Abteilung;
1925: 3. Nachrichten-Abteilung
1933: Nachrichten-Inspektion des Heeres;
1939: Oberkommando des Heeres;
?: Armee-Nachrichten-Führer, Armeeoberkommando 16;
?: Chef der Amtsgruppe Nachrichtenwesen, OKH;
July 31st, 1944: arrested in relation to the July 20th, 1944 asassination attempt;
1945: Soviet POW;
October 17th, 1948: released.

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• - DERMOT, K.F.H. & BRADLEY, M.R., Deutschlands Generale und Admirale: Teil IV /Band 5, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1999.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.