(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Emil Gunzelmann
Born: 17 Jul 1887 in Munich (München)
Died: 14 Dec 1975 in Oberammergau
Promotions:
Fähnrich (08 Jul 1906); Leutnant (09 Mar 1908); Oberleutnant (30 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (17 Jan 1917); Polizei-Hauptmann (11 Jan 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Oct 1928); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1933); Polizei-Oberst (01 Jul 1935); Oberst (15 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1938); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (08 Jul 1906)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as Fähnrich in the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1906-07 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Munich (01 Aug 1907-25 Jan 1908)
Detached to MG-Instruction-Course at the Bavarian Military Firing School (23 Apr 1914-29 Apr 1914)
With the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment in the Field (07 Aug 1914-25 Aug 1914)
Delegated with the Leadership of the MG-Company of the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (25 Aug 1914-26 Oct 1916)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course in Berlin (27 Jul 1915-30 Jul 1915)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (26 Oct 1916-12 Nov 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (12 Nov 1916-14 Feb 1918)
Detached to the Staff of the 20th Bavarian Infantry-Division (14 Feb 1918-09 Mar 1918)
Assigned as General-Staff-Aspirant to the Staff of the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Division (09 Mar 1918-22 Sep 1918)
Detached to General-Staff-Course in Sedan (12 Aug 1918-08 Sep 1918)
Battalion-Leader in the 11th Bavarian Replacement-Regiment, 39th Bavarian Reserve-Division (22 Sep 1918-13 Nov 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 14th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (13 Nov 1918-02 Dec 1918)
Detached to the General-Command of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (02 Dec 1918-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Processing-Office of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (01 Oct 1919-11 Jan 1920)
Transferred to Police Service (11 Jan 1920)
With the State Police Force Bavaria, later State-Police Bavaria, Group II, Nuremberg (11 Jan 1920-08 Oct 1923)
Acting-Staff-Leader with the Command of the State-Police Nuremberg-Fürth (08 Oct 1923-01 Dec 1923)
Staff-Leader with the Command of the State-Police Nuremberg-Fürth (01 Dec 1923-01 Dec 1931)
At the same time, Delegated with the Temporary-Leadership of Section Nuremberg (05 Sep 1928-07 Sep 1928)
At the same time, Leader of a Tactical Training Course in the area of Police-Officers (01 Oct 1928-13 Oct 1928)
At the same time, Temporary-Commander of Police-Section Nuremberg (29 Oct 1928-31 Oct 1928)
Detached to Police Legal Courses in Munich (12 Nov 1929-20 Dec 1929)
At the same time, Temporary-Instructor with the Officer-Training-Course of the State-Police Nuremberg-Fürth (03 Nov 1930-13 Dec 1930)
At the same time, Leader of the Officer-Training-Course in Coburg (31 Aug 1931-05 Sep 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of School-Administration of the Police-School Fürstenfeldbruck, at the same time Specialised Advisor for Legal Matters and Specialised-Instructor for Regulations (01 Dec 1931-01 Jun 1935)
Detached to Staff-Officer-Course in Stuttgart (24 Apr 1935-27 Apr 1935)
Chief Of Staff of the State-Police-Inspection South, Stuttgart (01 Jun 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Assigned with the Staff of Army-Service-Office 7 (15 Oct 1935-15 May 1936)
Transferred to the Staff of the 40th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1936-01 Apr 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of the 34th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1938-01 May 1938)
Commander of the 34th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1938-01 May 1939)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Mannheim (01 May 1939-06 May 1941)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Graz (06 May 1941-01 Jan 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jan 1943-21 Feb 1944)
Detached to Course for POW Affairs (10 Jan 1944-19 Jan 1944)
Detached to the Commander of POWs in Military-District X (21 Feb 1944-15 Apr 1944)
Detached to the Commander of POWs in Military-District General-Government (15 Apr 1944-01 May 1944)
Commander of POWs in Military-District General-Government (01 May 1944-05 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Sep 1944-20 Sep 1944)
Commander of POWs in Military-District VII, Munich (20 Sep 1944-04 May 1945)
In Captivity (04 May 1945-05 May 1948)
Released (05 May 1948)

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