(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Oskar Kraemer
Born: 05 Oct 1899 in Sr. Wendel
Died: 11 May 1945 by Rattaj, Czechoslovakia
Promotions:
Gefreiter (21 Sep 1914); Unteroffizier (29 Apr 1915); Segeant (22 Feb 1918); Vizefeldwebel (02 Oct 1919); Polizei-Wachtmeister (23 Dec 1919); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (01 Jun 1920); Polizei-Hauptwachtmeister (01 Apr 1923); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Oct 1924); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 May 1928); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Apr 1933); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1935); Major (01 Oct 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1940); Oberst (01 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered the Army as Soldier in the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (14 Oct 1910-23 Sep 1912)
Discharged to the Reserves (23 Sep 1912-02 Aug 1914)
Called Up from Reserve into the 135th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-13 Jun 1918)
Detached to Army-Flight-Park 18 (14 Jun 1918-27 Nov 1918)
In French Captivity (27 Nov 1918-30 Aug 1919)
Released and Placed to the Disposal of the 135th then 10th Infantry-Regiments (31 Aug 1919-02 Oct 1919)
Retired (02 Oct 1919)
Entered Police Service as Police Officer with the Protection-Police Berlin (11 Oct 1919-30 Sep 1924)
Alarm-Officer with the Protection-Police Berlin (01 Oct 1924-31 Mar 1927)
Leader of the Interior-Service of the Police-Inspection-Command Berlin-Linden (01 Apr 1927-24 Oct 1927)
Assistant with the Police-Inspection Berlin-Reinickendorf and Charlottenburg (25 Oct 1927-26 Feb 1929)
Instructor, Alarm-Officer and Platoon-Leader with the Protection-Police-Group-Command Berlin-Centre (27 Feb 1929-26 Feb 1933)
Unit-Leader in the Police-Battalion Wecke (27 Feb 1933-31 May 1933)
Unit-Leader in the Police-Group Wecke (01 Jun 1933-16 Jul 1933)
Unit-Leader in the State-Police-Group Wecke (17 Jul 1933-11 Jan 1934)
Unit-Leader in the State-Police-Group ‘General Göring’ (12 Jan 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Flak-Battery-Chief in the Luftwaffe-Regiment ‘General Göring’ (01 Oct 1935-25 Feb 1937)
Temporary-Flak-Battalion-Commander in Luftwaffe-Regiment ‘General Göring’ (26 Feb 1937-30 Sep 1937)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 11th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 35th Flak-Regiment (01 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1938)
Commander of the 85th Light Flak-Battalion (01 Oct 1938-31 May 1940)
Commander of the 22nd Flak-Regiment (01 Jun 1940-01 Feb 1944)
Commander of Flak-Brigade XV (01 Feb 1944-01 Sep 1944)
Commander of the 11th Flak-Division (10 Sep 1944-11 May 1945)
Killed (11 May 1945)

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