(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Fritz Hildemann
Born: 18 May 1889 in Friedrichsort near Kiel
Died: 15 Dec 1975 in Bad Boll, Göppingen
Promotions:
Fähnrich (19 Jun 1909); Leutnant (22 Mar 1910); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1915); Polizei-Hauptmann (06 Jun 1920); Polizei-Major (26 Mar 1929); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant (15 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Oct 1908)
Fahnenjunker in the 21st Pioneer-Battalion (17 Oct 1908-03 Aug 1914)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1912-22 Mar 1914)
Detached to Seminar for Oriental Languages (15 Apr 1914-03 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 1st Field-Company of the 21st Pioneer-Battalion (03 Aug 1914-09 Jun 1915)
Transferred to the Guards-Pioneer-Replacement-Battalion (09 Jun 1918-12 Jun 1915)
Transferred to the German Pioneer-Command in Turkey (12 Jun 1915-00 Sep 1916)
Detached to the Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Army High Command 6 (00 Sep 1916-00 Oct 1916)
Detached to the Staff of the German Military Plenipotentiary in Iraq (00 Oct 1916-22 Dec 1916)
Transferred into the 21st Pioneer-Battalion (22 Dec 1916-13 Jan 1917)
Transferred to Horse-Depot 164 of Staging-Inspection Woyrsch and Detached as Auxiliary-Officer to the General-Staff of Army-Group Woyrsch (13 Jan 1917-04 May 1917)
Leader of 2nd Replacement-Company of the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (04 May 1917-05 Oct 1917)
Detached to Deputise as a General-Staff-Officer to the High Command of Army-Group Woyrsch (05 Oct 1917-18 Oct 1917)
Detached to Deputise as a General-Staff-Officer to the General-Command of the Landwehrkorps (18 Oct 1917-17 Feb 1918)
Leader of the 1st Reserve-Company of the 21st Pioneer-Battalion (17 Feb 1918-28 Feb 1918)
Leader of the 4th Company of the 27th Pioneer-Battalion (28 Feb 1918-24 May 1918)
Detached to the Staff of the 32nd Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (24 May 1918-01 Jun 1918)
Detached as Acting 2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 25th Landwehr-Division (01 Jun 1918-15 Jun 1918)
While retaining previous position, transferred to Fortess Straßburg (15 Jun 1918-15 Dec 1918)
At the same time, Detached to the 254th Landwehr-Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Aug 1918-08 Sep 1918)
At the same time, Detached to the 254th Landwehr-Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Sep 1918-28 Sep 1918)
Assigned to the 21st Pioneer-Replacement-Battalion (15 Dec 1918-07 Feb 1919)
Transferred to the Staff-Officer of Pioneers with Border-Protection-Command North (07 Feb 1919-11 Jun 1919)
Detached to the Auxiliary-Police of the Police-Presidency Berlin (11 Jun 1919-06 Jun 1920)
Transferred to Police Service (06 Jun 1920)
Quartermaster in the Organisation-Staff of the Protection-Police Berlin (06 Jun 1920-01 Mar 1922)
Personnel-Administrator with Group-Command Berlin-South (01 Mar 1922-01 Apr 1923)
Leader of 2nd Alarm Berlin-Tempelhof (01 Apr 1923-20 Jun 1924)
Chief of 8th Police-District, Police-Inspection Alexanderplatz (20 Jun 1924-01 Oct 1924)
Briefing in Criminal Service (01 Oct 1924-01 Dec 1924)
Chief of 8th Police-District, Police-Inspection Alexanderplatz (01 Dec 1924-01 Jul 1925)
Director of Department 3 of the Police-Inspection Alexanderplatz (01 Jul 1925-01 Apr 1926)
Detached to Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (08 Sep 1925-15 Dec 1925)
Chief of 9th Police-District, Police-Inspection Alexanderplatz (01 Apr 1926-01 Jan 1927)
Chief of 29th Police-District, Police-Inspection Tiergarten (01 Jan 1927-22 May 1929)
Detached to Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (09 Jan 1928-11 May 1928)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Altona (22 May 1929-01 May 1930)
Temporary Leader of the II. Police-Inspection Altona (01 May 1930-02 May 1930)
Department-Director with the Command of the Protection-Police Altona (02 May 1930-02 Mar 1933)
Detached to Course K at the Police-School for Physical Exercise (12 Aug 1931-08 Sep 1931)
Transferred to the Government-Presidency Schleswig (02 Mar 1933-10 Apr 1934)
Department-Head for Affairs of the State Police with the State-Police Kiel (10 Apr 1934-15 Apr 1934)
Commander of State-Police-Department Halle (15 Apr 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 41st Pioneer-Battalion (15 Oct 1935-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of Pioneers IV (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Pioneer-Regiment-Staff 507 (26 Aug 1939-06 Feb 1940)
Army-Pioneer-Leader of the 16th Army (06 Feb 1940-05 Jun 1943)
General of Pioneers in Work-Staff Rommel (05 Jun 1943-19 Jul 1943)
General of Pioneers of Army-Group B (19 Jul 1943-25 Nov 1943)
General of Pioneers with the Commander-in-Chief South-West (Army-Group C) (25 Nov 1943-02 May 1945)
In Captivity (02 May 1945-06 Jun 1947)
Released (06 Jun 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (30 Nov 1942)


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