(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Paul Pavel
Born: 01 Feb 1891 in Neumarkt, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 02 Jul 1975 in Krefeld
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (15 Jan 1917); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Dec 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (30 Jun 1926); Polizei-Major (20 Apr 1934); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1940); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves as a War Volunteer and Reserve-Offiziers-Aspirant in the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Aug 1914-14 Jan 1917)
Platoon-Leader in the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jan 1917-31 Jul 1917)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1917-28 Dec 1918)
Platoon-Leader and Court-Officer in the 6th Battery of the Volunteer Territorial-Jäger-Corps (Maerker) (29 Dec 1918-24 Aug 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Battery of the Artillery-School (25 Aug 1919-28 Feb 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the Flak-Battery of the IV. Battalion in the 15th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment, Jüterbog (01 Mar 1920-30 Nov 1920)
Granted Leave (01 Dec 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Entered Police Service as Alarm-Unit-Officer with the Protection-Police Berlin, Police-Department Lichtenberg (01 Dec 1920-30 Sep 1921)
Administrator with the Protection-Police-Command East, Berlin (01 Oct 1921-31 Mar 1923)
Chief of the Protection-Police-District 259, Berlin (01 Apr 1923-30 Jun 1925)
Administrator with the Police-Inspection-Command Berlin-Lichtenberg (01 Jul 1925-28 Feb 1926)
Chief of the Protection-Police-District 87, Berlin (01 Mar 1926-30 Jun 1926)
Administrator with the Protection-Police-Command Munich-Gladbach (01 Jul 1926-30 Jun 1928)
Instructor at the Police-School Eiche (01 Jul 1928-02 Aug 1931)
Briefing as District-Chief with Police-District 1, Protection-Police Berlin (03 Aug 1931-30 Sep 1931)
Chief of Protection-Police-District 42, Berlin (01 Oct 1931-30 Sep 1932)
Chief of Protection-Police-District 32, Berlin (01 Oct 1932-30 Apr 1933)
Unit-Leader with the Police-Detachment Wecke (01 May 1934-08 Apr 1934)
Liaison-Officer to the Government-Presidency Merseburg (09 Apr 1934-23 Dec 1934)
Instructor at the Higher Police School Eiche (24 Nov 1934-31 May 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Battery-Chief (Flak) in Stettin and Tutow (01 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Battalion-Commander in the 3rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Battalion-Commander in the 33rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1937-31 Jan 1939)
Commander of the 86th Light Flak-Regiment (01 Feb 1939-23 Aug 1939)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 32nd Flak-Regiment (24 Aug 1939-07 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 132nd Flak-Regiment (08 Oct 1939-17 Dec 1942)
Commander of Motorised-Flak-Brigade VI (00 Dec 1942-21 Feb 1943)
Commander of Motorised-Flak-Brigade X (22 Feb 1943-25 Jun 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 19th Flak-Division (26 Jun 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Commander of the 19th Flak-Division (01 Apr 1944-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-05 Jun 1947)
Released (05 Jun 1947)

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