(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalrichter Henning Freiherr von Beust
Born: 17 May 1892 in Jena
Died: 07 Sep 1965 in Scharbeutz, Baltic Sea (Ostsee)
Promotions:
Leutnant (15 Aug 1915); Gerichts-Referendar (00 Mar 1919); Gerichts-Assessor (07 Apr 1923); Kriegsgerichtsrat (01 Oct 1934); Oberkriegsgerichtsrat (01 Nov 1935); Oberstkriegsgerichtsrat (01 May 1940); Chefrichter (01 Aug 1943); Generalrichter (01 May 1944)
Career:
Referendar-Examination at Higher Regional Court Kassel (00 Aug 1914)
Entered Army Service (03 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker, later Leutnant in the 14th Hussar-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-19 Feb 1919)
Retired (19 Feb 1919)
Appointed Junior Barrister (Referendar) of Lübeck (00 Mar 1919)
2nd State-Examination at Higher Regional Court Kassel (24 Mar 1923)
Appointed Court Assessor (Gerichtsassessor) of Lübeck (07 Apr 1923)
Advocate (Rechtsanwalt) and Notary (Notar) to Lübeck (1924)
Entered Lübeck State Service (00 May 1926)
Provisional State Attorney (Staatsanwalt) at District-Court Lübeck (00 May 1926-15 Dec 1926)
Regular State Attorney at District-Court Lübeck (15 Dec 1926-21 Dec 1932)
Standing Representative of Senior Prosecutor (Oberstaatsanwalt) at District-Court Lübeck (21 Dec 1932-1932)
Appointed by the Lübeck Senate as Successor to the Senior Prosecutor (Oberstaatsanwalt) for 1933 - This Senatorial decree was cancelled by the Nazi Regime (1932-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to Army Law Service (01 Oct 1934)
Chief of the Court of Reichswehr-Service-Office Hamburg, later renamed Court of 20th Division (01 Oct 1934-01 Nov 1935)
Judge at the Court of X. Army-Corps, Hamburg (01 Nov 1935-06 Aug 1939)
Judge at the Court of Commander of Replacement-Troops X (06 Aug 1939-12 Sep 1939)
Judge at the Court of Military-Commander West Prussia (12 Sep 1939-01 Nov 1939)
Judge at the Reichs War Court (01 Nov 1939-12 Dec 1942)
Army-Group-Judge of Army-Group D (12 Dec 1942-1943)
Legal Advisor with the Commander-in-Chief West (1943-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-12 Apr 1947)
Released (12 Apr 1947)
Interned in Dachau and Darmstadt and in the Allied Prison in Nuremberg for hearing as a witness (14 Apr 1947-03 Feb 1948)
Released from Internment (03 Feb 1948)

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