(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hermann Harttmann
Born: 26 Oct 1885 in Stuttgart
Died: 08 Feb 1953 in Ludwigsburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich (20 Dec 1904); Leutnant (18 Oct 1905); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1912); Hauptmann (28 Nov 1914); Major (01 Oct 1926); Oberstleutnant (L) (01 Oct 1933); Oberstleutnant (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberst (E) (01 Apr 1938); Oberst (01 Jun 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Jul 1903)
Fahnenjunker in the 125th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1903-06 Mar 1910)
Transfered to the Protection Troop at Cameroon (06 Mar 1910-09 Feb 1916)
In Captivity in Cameroon then Interned in Spain (09 Feb 1916-31 Dec 1919)
Discharged out of Internment (31 Dec 1919)
Retired out of the Protection Troop and transferred back to Württemberg Military Service (31 Mar 1920-01 Apr 1920)
With the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 26th Rifle-Regiment (01 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 25th Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Company-Chief in the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Apr 1924)
Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Apr 1924-31 Dec 1927)
Retired (31 Dec 1927)
Military Instructor in Chile (01 Jan 1928-31 Dec 1930)
Return Trip to Germany (01 Jan 1931-31 Mar 1931)
Entered Army Service as Territorial-Officer (L-Officer) (Supplemental-Officer (E-Officer) from 05 Mar 1935, Active-Officer (A-Officer) from 01 Jun 1941)
Employed in the Staff of Terrirorial-Command Schwarzwald (01 Apr 1931-01 Oct 1932)
Transferred to the Staff of Territorial-Command Neckar (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Administrator of Personnel Acquisition with Military-Region-Command Stuttgart (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Director of Group II with the Reichs-Central-Recruitment-Office Stuttgart (01 Oct 1934-01 Apr 1938)
With the Staff of Military-Replacement-Inspection Stuttgart (01 Apr 1938-01 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 35th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (01 Nov 1939-18 Jul 1940)
With the Staff of Military-Replacement-Inspection Stuttgart (18 Jul 1940-15 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 5th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 35th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (06 Nov 1940-01 Jul 1941)
Detached to Colonial-Staff Libya (01 Jul 1941-25 Aug 1941)
In Special Staff 'Tropics' with the Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army, OKH (25 Aug 1941-05 Sep 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH while concurrently Detached to the Staff of the Commanding General of Security and Commander in Army-Area A (05 Sep 1942-24 Oct 1942)
Field-Commandant 607, Oreyov (24 Oct 1942-25 Feb 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Feb 1943-24 Aug 1943)
Senior Field Commandant 392 (24 Aug 1943-08 Nov 1943)
Location-Commandant Rovno (13 Nov 1943-22 Jan 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (22 Jan 1944-15 Jun 1944)
Detached to the Wehrmacht-Command-Office Mühlhausen, Alsace (15 Jun 1944-15 Jul 1944)
Field-Commandant Mühlhausen, Alsace (15 Jul 1944-00 Feb 1945)
Führer-Reserve (00 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Jul 1947)
Released (00 Jul 1947)

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