Date of birth:

December 19th, 1896 (Gerolzhofen/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

March 24th, 1973 (Ansbach/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
Fähnrich (07 Jun 1916);
Leutnant (10 Sep 1916);
Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925);
Hauptmann/Rittmeister (01 Oct 1932);
Major (01 Mar 1936);
Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939);
Oberst (01 Apr 1941);
Generalmajor (23 Dec 1944)

Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Jun 1915)
War Volunteer in the Bavarian Leib-Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1915-18 Sep 1915)
Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment, later Platoon-Leader (18 Sep 1915-27 Mar 1918)
Company-Leader in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (27 Mar 1918-29 Aug 1918)
Severely wounded, in Hospital (29 Aug 1918-01 Apr 1919)
In Freikorps Würzbirg then Freikorps Epp (01 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 41st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1927-01 Apr 1932)
Special Training (01 Apr 1932-01 Apr 1933)
Company-Chief in the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1933-01 Apr 1935)
Advisor in the Army Weapons Office/Prüf 2 (01 Apr 1935-30 Aug 1940)
Führer-Reserve OKH (30 Aug 1940-01 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 468th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1940-20 Apr 1942)
Department-Chief Prüf 2 in the Army Weapons Office, OKH (20 Apr 1942-00 Jul 1944)
Course for Higher Troop Leadership (00 Jun 1944-00 Jul 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH & then Commander-in-Chief West (00 Jul 1944-17 Sep 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 272nd Volksgrenadier-Division (17 Sep 1944-23 Sep 1944)
In Hospital after an accident (23 Sep 1944-01 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 62nd Volksgrenadier-Division (01 Nov 1944-01 Feb 1945)
Chief of the Infantry & Artillery Department in the Army Weapons Office/Prüfwesen (01 Feb 1945-08 Apr 1945)
Office-Group-Chief Prüfwesen with Army-Group South (08 Apr 1945-01 May 1945)
In Captivity (01 May 1945-26 Jun 1947)
Released (26 Jun 1947)

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