(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich Niehuus
Born: 06 Feb 1898 in Mülheim, Ruhr
Died: 23 Nov 1951 in Camp Voikovo, USSR
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 May 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (23 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Dec 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (18 Dec 1926); Major (01 Jan 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army in the 40th Fusilier-Regiment (02 Jan 1914-21 May 1915)
Platoon and Company Leader in the 463rd Infantry-Regiment (22 May 1915-1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 113th Infantry-Regiment (1919-23 Oct 1919)
Transferred into Police Service as Platoon-Leader and Technical Officer with the Protection-Police in Essen (24 Oct 1919-04 Feb 1923)
Advisor for Motor-Transport-Affairs and Leader of the Motor-Transport-Technical Special-Personnel with the Protection-Police Oberhausen (05 Feb 1923-24 Mar 1924)
Detached to the Protection-Police Gelsenkirchen (25 Mar 1924-31 Mar 1924)
Technical Officer and Specialist with the Protection-Police Dortmund (01 Apr 1924-10 Aug 1925)
Platoon-Leader and Transport-Instructor with the Protection-Police Witten, Ruhr (11 Aug 1925-31 Dec 1925)
Leader of the Motor-Transport-Services of the Protection-Police Kassel (01 Jan 1926-26 May 1930)
Training to the District-Chief with 2nd Police-District, Kassel (27 May 1930-01 Jul 1930)
Chief of the 1st Police-District, Kassel (02 Jul 1930-30 Sep 1931)
Chief of the 4th Police-District, Kassel (01 Oct 1931-14 Feb 1933)
Chief of the 8th Police-District, Kassel (15 Feb 1933-23 Aug 1933)
Leader of the 3rd State-Police-Unit, Kassel (24 Aug 1933-25 Oct 1933)
Leader of the 2nd State-Police-Unit, Kassel (26 Oct 1933-14 Jun 1934)
Leader of the 3rd State-Police-Unit, Halle (15 Jun 1934-31 Dec 1934)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Instructor at the Flying-Technical School, Jüterbog (01 Jan 1935-31 Jul 1940)
Commander of the Higher Flying Technical School in Berlin-Adlershof (01 Aug 1940-1942)
Commander of the Higher Flying Technical School Jüterbog and Air-Base-Commandant of Altes Lager (1942-28 Feb 1944)
Airport-Area-Commandant 5/XI (01 Mar 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (08 May 1945-23 Nov 1951)
Died in Soviet Captivity (23 Nov 1951)

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