(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalrichter Dr.jur. Otto Grünewald
Born: 29 Mar 1897 in Bad Wimpfen
Died: 29 Jul 1980 in Murnau
Doctorate In Jurisprudence:
Promotions:
Regierungsrat (01 Sep 1937); Oberregierungsrat (1938); Kriegsgerichtsrat (1940); Reichskriegsgerichtsrat (1942); Generalrichter (01 Aug 1944)
Career:
War Volunteer (02 Aug 1915-10 Dec 1918)
Entered Hessian State Service (1925)
Assigned into the Hessian Justice Ministry (1925-1926)
Employed as Judge in Hessian Justice Service (1926-1934)
Dismissed for Political Reasons from the Hessian Justice Ministry (1934)
Transferred to Prussian State Service (1934)
With the Regional-Court Berlin (1934-01 Sep 1937)
Transferred to Army Legal Service (01 Sep 1937)
Divisions-Judge (01 Sep 1937-1938)
Advisor for Criminal Law in the Legal-Department of OKH (1938-14 Jun 1940)
Judge with the Military-Commander Paris (14 Jun 1940-01 Aug 1940)
Judge with the Military-Commander France (16 Oct 1940-04 Dec 1940)
Army-Judge with Army High Command 1 (04 Dec 1940-03 Jun 1942)
Transferred into the Legal-Department of OKH (03 Jun 1942-05 Nov 1942)
Chief of the Army-Field-Justice-Department in OKH (05 Nov 1942-00 May 1945)
In US Captivity (00 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Counsel for the Defence of Chief of Wehrmacht Legal Department, Generalstabsrichter Dr. Lehmann, in Nuremberg (1947-1948)
Member of the Audit Office of the State of Hesse (1948-00 Sep 1952)
Transferred to Blank Service and Assigned with the Planning of new laws on Conscription and the Formation of the Administration of Justice of the Bundeswehr (00 Sep 1952-00 Oct 1955)
Advisor and Subsection-Director in the Federal Ministry for Defence (00 Oct 1955-1957)
Federal-Judge in the Military Service Senate of the Federal High Court in Karlsruhe (1957-1964)
Retired (1964)

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