(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Heinrich Niehoff
Born: 20 Nov 1882 in Bochum, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Died: 19 Feb 1946 in Soviet captivity
Promotions:
Fähnrich (27 Feb 1902); Leutnant (22 Nov 1902); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1911); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Charakter als Major (30 Sep 1919); Polizei-Major (01 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (22 Dec 1921); Polizei-Oberst (26 Nov 1929); Polizei-Generalmajor (01 Apr 1933); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1936); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Generalleutnant (30 Jan 1938)
Career:
Entered the Army with the 15th Infantry-Regiment (1901-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1911-01 Aug 1914)
Company and Battalion Leader in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-00 Aug 1915)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) with the Staff of Staging-Inspection Grodno (00 Aug 1915-00 Oct 1915)
Adjutant of the 17th Infantry-Brigade (00 Oct 1915-1916)
With the Staff of the 16th Infantry-Division (1916-00 Sep 1918)
With the Staff of the Commander Minsk then Grodno (00 Sep 1918-30 Sep 1919)
Retired (30 Sep 1919)
Entered Police Service with the Police in Mülheim, Ruhr (01 Oct 1919-1920)
Commander of the Police-Administration Kiel (1920-1928)
Commander of the Police-Administration Berlin (1928-31 Mar 1933)
Commander of the State-Police Breslau (01 Apr 1933-31 Jan 1936)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Chief Of Staff and Vice-President of the Reichs-Air-Protection-Federation (Reichsluftschutzbundes) (01 Feb 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Retired (31 Mar 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army and Senior-Field-Commandant 670 (28 Feb 1940-31 Jan 1941)
Placed to Disposal (01 Feb 1941-14 Nov 1942)
Commander of Rear-Army-Area South-France (15 Nov 1942-10 Aug 1944)
Retired (10 Aug 1944)
In Soviet Captivity (07 Dec 1945-19 Feb 1946)
Died in Soviet Captivity (19 Feb 1946)

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