1920 - 1922 were Paul "Papa" Hausser kompanieführer in Infanterie-Regiment 5. Stettin. Does anyone know in which company or batallion?
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From 1920-1922 he served as Ia to Reichswehr Brigade 5Comment
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Hausser Lebenslauf
This is kind of a mess, because I've never figured out how to properly paste text here at WAF, but here's what I have on him (from Leaders of the SS & German Police, Volume II [Bender Publishing, 2015]):
Paul (“Papa”) Hausser<O
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SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS<O></O>
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Born: 07.10.1880 in Brandenburg an der Havel / Regierungsbezirk Potsdam / Provinz Mark Brandenburg. <O></O>
Died: 21.12.1972 in Ludwigsburg / Württemberg. <O></O>
NSDAP-Nr.: 4 138 779 (Joined 01.05.1937) <O></O>
SS-Nr.: 239 795 (Joined 15.11.1934) <O></O>
Promotions:<O></O>
20.03.1899 Leutnant (mit Patent vom 20.03.1899) <O></O>
19.08.1909 Oberleutnant (mit Patent vom 19.08.1909) <O></O>
01.10.1913 Hauptmann i. G. (mit Patent vom 01.10.1913) <O></O>
22.03.1918 Major (mit Patent vom 22.03.1918; 01.02.1922: Granted RDA vom 22.03.1918) <O></O>
01.04.1923 Oberstleutnant (mit RDA vom 15.11.1922) <O></O>
01.11.1927 Oberst (m. RDA v. 01.07.1927) <O></O>
01.02.1931 Generalmajor (m. RDA v. 01.02.1934) <O></O>
31.10.1932 Charakter als Generalleutnant <O></O>
01.11.1933 Landesfuhrer der SA-Reserve I <O></O>
01.03.1934 SA-Standartenfuhrer<O></O>
15.11.1934 SS-Standartenfuhrer (mit Patent vom 01.11.1934)<O></O>
01.07.1935 SS-Oberfuhrer<O></O>
22.05.1936 SS-Brigadefuhrer<O></O>
01.06.1938 SS-Gruppenfuhrer<O></O>
19.11.1940 Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS<O></O>
01.10.1941 SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS<O></O>
01.08.1944 SS-Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS<O></O>
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Career:<O></O>
ca. 1887-00.00.1890 Attended Volksschule and Gymnasium in Brandenburg an der Havel.<O></O>
00.00.1890-00.00.1892 Attended Realgymnasium in Stettin (due to the posting of his father to that city).<O></O>
00.00.1892-00.00.1896 Attended the Kadettenvoranstalt Köslin / Pommern.<O></O>
00.00.1896-00.03.1899 Attended the Haupt-Kadettenanstalt Berlin-Lichterfelde (graduated Oberprima).
20.03.1899-01.10.1903 Commissioned and assigned as a Zugführer to Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 155 ( Ostrowo / Provinz Posen; redesignated 7.Westpreussischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 155, 27.01.1902). Ranglisten for the Regiment indicate the following specific assignments (dates given are those of Rangliste publication; he held these posts as of those dates):<O></O>
Zugführer in 6.Kompanie: [02.05.1899]<O></O>
Zugführer in 7.Kompanie: [07.05.1900]<O></O>
Zugführer in 1.Kompanie: [01.06.1901]<O></O>
Zugführer in 6.Kompanie: [06.05.1903]<O></O>
01.10.1903-00.00.1906 Adjutant of II.Bataillon / 7.Westpreussischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 155 ( Ostrowo).<O></O>
00.00.1906-01.10.1908 Regimentsadjutant of 7.Westpreussischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 155. Detached for training during this period to the Militär-Turnanstalt, Berlin and Gewehrfabrik (artillery factory) Spandau.<O></O>
00.00.1907-00.00.1908 Preparation for the Militärakademie.<O></O>
Autumn 1908 Passed entrance examination in Posen for the Kriegsakademie, Berlin.<O></O>
01.10.1908-21.07.1911 Attended the Kriegsakademie in Berlin for training as General Staff Officer.<O></O>
Autumn 1909 Feldartillerie training in Stettin.<O></O>
Autumn 1910 Training with Ulanen-Regiment Ulm.<O></O>
22.08.1911-15.09.1911 Detached to the Kaiserlichen Marine (Imperial [German] Navy) in Kiel, participating in the Autumn fleet exercises in the western Baltic and the Kattegat aboard the battleship S.M.S. “Schlesien”.<O></O>
00.10.1911-31.03.1912 Returned to service with 7.Westpreussischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 155.<O></O>
22.03.1912-22.03.1914 Attached to the Topographischen Abteilung (topographical department) in the Grossen Generalstabes (with effect from 01.04.1912). <O></O>
Summer 1912 Participated in a large-scale technical surveying exercise in the area of Ortelsburg-Gerdauen. <O></O>
00.00.1912-00.00.1912 Assigned as Leiter of an Eisenbahn-Abteilung (Railway Detachment) for mobilization duties.<O></O>
09.11.1912-00.00.191_ Underwent training as Flugzeug-Beobachter (aerial observer) with Fliegerbataillon Döberitz.<O></O>
22.03.1914-01.08.1914 (?) Officially assigned to the Topographische Abteilung (Landesaufnahme) in the Grossen Generalstab.<O></O>
01.08.1914-27.01.1915 Assigned to the Generalstab of 6.Armee (commanded by Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern), employed as Flugzeug-Beobachter over the Western Front. <O></O>
27.01.1915-00.10.1915 Assigned as 2.Generalstabsoffizier (Ib) to Generalstab of VI.Armee-Korps (Western Front). Temporarily posted during this period as a Kompanieführer in Infanterie-Regiment “von Goeben” (2. Rheinisches) Nr. 28.<O></O>
00.10.1915-00.01.1918 Assigned to Generalstab of 109. Infanterie-Division on the Eastern Front, then as Ia (1.Generalstabsoffizier) in the Marine-Dienststelle Libau (Latvia).<O></O>
00.01.1918-00.03.1918 Assigned as Ia to Generalstab of I. Reserve-Korps.<O></O>
00.03.1918-00.00.1918 Assigned as Ia to Generalstab of Generalkommando z.b.V. 59. <O></O>
00.00.1918-00.00.1918 Assigned as Ia to General Staff of the Rumänischen Korps FOSCANI (under General Avarescu). <O></O>
00.01.1919-00.05.1919 Assigned to Generalstab of V.Armee-Korps as Verbindungsoffizier of Generalkommando (V.Armee-Korps HQ) attached to Grenzschutz Ost (HQ: Glogau / Schlesien).<O></O>
00.05.1919-30.09.1919 Assigned as Ia to Generalstab of Reichswehr-Brigade 5.<O></O>
01.10.1919-30.09.1920 Assigned as Ia to Generalstab of Wehrkreiskommando II (HQ: Stettin).<O></O>
01.10.1920-00.00.1922 Assigned as Ia to Stab of 2. Division (HQ: Stettin). <O></O>
00.00.1922-31.03.1923 Kompanieführer in Infanterie-Regiment 5 (Base: Stettin). <O></O>
01.04.1923-01.03.1925 Kommandeur of III.Bataillon / 4. (Preussisches) Infanterie-Regiment (Base: Deutsch-Krone).<O></O>
01.03.1925-31.10.1927 Chef des Stabes of Wehrkreiskommando II and 2.Division (HQ: Stettin).<O></O>
01.11.1927-31.10.1928 Assigned as Oberst beim Stab to 10.(Sächsisches) Infanterie-Regiment (Base: Dresden).<O></O>
01.11.1928-31.10.1930 Kommandeur of 10. (Sächsisches) Infanterie-Regiment. <O></O>
01.11.1930-31.01.1932 Infanterieführer IV (HQ: Magdeburg). Succeeded Oberst Adalbert von Taysen. Succeeded by Oberst Hans-Georg von Jagow.<O></O>
31.01.1932 Retired from the Reichswehr as Char. Generalleutnant, possibly for political differences with other officers. Resided in Kleinmachow bei Berlin and appeared as a guest lecturer at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin.<O></O>
05.02.1933-31.10.1933 Joined the “Stahlhelm” Bund, assigned as Landesführer in Berlin-Brandenburg.<O></O>
05.02.1933-00.04.1934 Landesführer of the Reichskriegerbund in Berlin-Brandenburg. Succeeded Franz von Stephani. Succeeded by Hermann Müller.<O></O>
01.11.1933-28.02.1934 Transferred to the SA-Reserve I (SAR-I) when the “Stahlhelm” Bund was absorbed by that organization, assigned as Führer (m.d.F.b.) of Oberlandesverbandes III and the Landesverbande Berlin-Brandenburg of SA-Reserve I. <O></O>
01.03.1934-29.10.1934 Führer of SAR-I-Brigade R 25 “Berlin-Brandenburg”.<O></O>
Summer 1934 During SA maneuvers in Friedrichsroda, Hausser met with an old regimental comrade, SS-Brigadeführer Paul Scharfe, who subsequently introduced him to Heinrich Himmler.<O></O>
01.11.1934 Discharged from the SA.<O></O>
15.11.1934-01.07.1935 Joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe, "mit den Vorarbeiten für die SS-Führerschule Braunschweig beauftragt" (charged with preliminary work toward the establishment of the SS officer training school in Braunschweig, with effect from 01.11.1934). He had been introduced to Heinrich Himmler by Paul Scharfe, a former regimental comrade and SS officer. Himmler invited Hausser into the SS in order to examine the issue of training the militarized SS units, or SS-Verfügungstruppe.<O></O>
01.07.1935-22.05.1936 Kommandeur of the SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig (with effect from 01.11.1934). First holder of this post. Succeeded by Friedemann Götze.<O></O>
01.08.1935-05.05.1937 "Inspekteur der SS-Junkerschulen Braunschweig & Bad Tölz". First holder of this post. Succeeded by Walter Schmitt.<O></O>
22.05.1936 -30.09.1936 Chef of Amt I (Führungsamt) in the SS-Hauptamt . Succeeded August Heissmeyer. Succeeded by Hermann Cummerow.<O></O>
01.10.1936-10.08.1939 "Inspekteur der SS-Verfügungstruppe". First holder of this post. Tension eventually grew between Hausser and “Sepp” Dietrich over who was to control the militarized SS. Dietrich refused to acknowledge that Hausser as Inspector of the SS-VT had any say in the affairs of the Leibstandarte-SS. This tension culminated in 05.1938 with Hausser’s threat to resign; the cause of this state of affairs was Dietrich’s refusal to provide officers and men of the Leibstandarte for the newly formed “Der Führer” Regiment of the SS-VT. Nothing changed, however Dietrich essentially agreed to disagree with Hausser and tension between the two eased in Summer 1938.<O></O>
01.05.1937 Joined the NSDAP.<O></O>
25.07.1939-09.10.1939 Verbindungsoffizier (liaison officer) of the SS-VT attached to the divisional staff of Panzerverband Ostpreussen(redesignated Panzer-Division "Kempf", 10.08.1939). This unit was created 25.07.1939 and commanded by the former commander of 4.Panzer-Brigade, Generalmajor Werner Kempf. It consisted of an Army Panzer-Regiment, SS-Standarte “Deutschland”, the SS-Artillerie-Regiment, and various other Army and SS-VT units. It served under I. and III.Armee-Korps during the Polish Campaign, returned to Berlin 03.10.1939, and was disbanded 09.10.1939. <O></O>
25.09.1939 Participated in the state funeral for Generaloberst Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (killed in action in Poland, 22.09.1939), Berlin.<O></O>
10.10.1939-01.04.1940 “Aufstellungskommandeur der SS-V-Division” (Formation commander of the “SS-Division Verfügungstruppe”) at the Truppenübungsplatz Brdy-Wald bei Pilsen (in the area of Würzburg as of 30.11.1939 and in the area of Münster as of 24.01.1940). This was the formation staff used in the creation of the SS-V- Division, consisting of SS-Standarten “Germania”, “Deutschland”, and “Der Führer”.<O></O>
01.04.1940-14.10.1941 Kommandeur of the SS-V-Division (redesignated SS-Division “Deutschland, 01.12.1940 and SS-Division (mot.) “Reich” on 21.12.1940) in the Western Campaign, in the occupation of the Netherlands, and in the invasions of Yugoslavia and Russia. Relinquished command to his senior regimental commander, Willi Bittrich, due to severe wounds sustained on 14.10.1941 (see entry for that date, below).<O></O>
00.06.1940-15.08.1940 Chef of the "Kommandoamt der SS" in the SS-Hauptamt (this became Amt I of the newly formed SS-Führungshauptamt, headed by Hans Jüttner, on 15.08.1940).<O></O>
14.10.1941 Severely wounded by shrapnel on the Rollbahn before Istra near Gjatsch on the Borodino, losing part of his right upper jaw and being blinded in the right eye.<O></O>
14.10.1941-28.05.1942 Hospitalization and convalescence. On 05.05.1942, he reported to the Reichsführer-SS that his health was improving.<O></O>
28.05.1942-01.06.1942 Aufstellungskommandeur (Formation Commander) of the SS-Generalkommando (Corps HQ) at Truppenübungsplatz Bergen.<O></O>
01.06.1942-28.06.1944 Kommandierender-General of SS-Generalkommando (Panzer)(redesignated I.SS-Panzer-Korps, 28.04.1943, then to II.SS-Panzer-Korps on 01.06.1943 [renumbered to allow for the raising of the Leibstandarte SS to corps status]. This corps was briefly upgraded to 1.SS-Panzer-Armee, Autumn 1943). First holder of this post. Succeeded by Willi Bittrich. At Kharkov, he directly disobeyed Hitler’s orders and withdrew his troops from the city to save lives; though he later recaptured the city in March 1943, he received no official recognition for the effort. After Operation “Zitadelle” at Kursk, the II.SS-Panzer-Korps was transferred to northern Italy under Rommel’s Heeresgruppe B, then moved to France in Autumn 1943. From March to mid-June 1944, it was engaged on the Eastern Front, then transferred to the Normandy Invasion Front.<O></O>
28.06.1944-01.09.1944 Oberbefehlshaber of 7.Armee (m.d.F.b. until 01.08.1944, then appointed to permanent command). Succeeded Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann who committed suicide on 28.06.1944. Succeeded, due to wounds sustained 20.08.1944 (see below), by General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenburger. Of his appointment, Generalleutnant a. D. Hans Speidel wrote:<O></O>
“Without further consultation with Rommel, SS-Obergruppenführer Hausser, commander of the II SS Panzer Corps, was appointed to succeed Dollmann. Hausser had to leave his corps at the very moment when it was to lead the attack against the enemy front at Caen. Hausser had served in the Army and the General Staff, but he had gone into the SS at an early date. He was soldierly, had driven and marked courage, but was difficult to fathom in political matters, a veritable Janus. His appointment was received with mixed feelings; he was younger in service than many commanding generals…” (Speidel, Invasion 1944, pp. 102-103)<O></O>
10.07.1944 Appointed to head the “Kommandoamt der Waffen-SS” in the SS-Führungshauptamt (posting cancelled due to the military situation in Normandy).<O></O>
16.08.1944-17.08.1944 Führer (m.d.F.b.) of Heeresgruppe "B". Temporarily assigned due to the suicide of Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge. Succeeded by Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model.<O></O>
20.08.1944 Severely wounded in the right side of the skull by shrapnel during the breakout from the Argentan-Falaise pocket and evacuated aboard an armored personnel carrier.<O></O>
00.08.1944-21.01.1945 (?) Hospitalization and convalescence in various medical facilities, including the Lazarett in Greifswald, due to wounds sustained 20.08.1944.<O></O>
23.01.1945-29.01.1945 "beauftragt mit der stellvertretenden Führung" (charged with deputizing leadership) of Heeresgruppe Oberrhein. Succeeded Heinrich Himmler.<O></O>
28.01.1945-03.04.1945 Befehlshaber of Heeresgruppe G (consisting of 1. and 19.Armee). Succeeded Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz. He was dismissed from command due to a disagreement with Hitler. During this period, on 20.03.1945, he met with Reichsminister Albert Speer; the two agreed during their meeting that Hitler's "Nero-Befehl” (concerning a "scorched earth" policy in Germany) should not be implemented. Speer writes: <O></O>
"It took until midnight for us to reach the army headquarters, situated in a wine-growing village in the Palatinate. SS General Hausser was more sensible in the interpretation of insane orders than his Commander in Chief [Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring]. Hausser thought that the ordered evacuation could not possibly be carried out and that blowing up the bridges would be irresponsible." (Speer, Inside the Third Reich, p. 559)<O></O>
10.02.1945 Issued the following order:<O></O>
"The combination of depleted units, and the deployment of youthful and inadequate reinforcements, have had an untoward effect on morale. Moreover, the front is so wide that the influence of officers and Party officials is no longer as effective as it might be. Hence the danger of desertion has increased, and preventive measures are urgently needed. One of our Armies has accordingly asked that the measures regarding the arrest of family-hostages be made known to the troops. It should, however, be remembered that the threat of arresting dependents has lost much of its force, particularly when the families concerned are in enemy-occupied territory.<O></O>
[signed] HAUSSER<O></O>
Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe G" (Hans Dollinger, The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, <O></O>
p. 63)<O></O>
04.04.1945 Transferred to the Führerreserve.<O></O>
00.04.1945-09.05.1945 Attached as “General z.b.V.” to Staff of Oberbefehlshaber "Südwest" (Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring). <O></O>
06.05.1945-09.05.1945 “Sonderbeauftragter für Sicherheit und Ordnung beim Stab des Oberbefehlshabers Süd” (Special Representative for Security and Order attached to the Staff of Commander-in-Chief South). <O</O
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Postwar Confinement & Activities:<O></O>
Surrendered to U.S. troops at Zell am See / Österreich, 09.05.1945. As of 24.05.1945, he was under interrogation at the U.S. 7<SUP>th</SUP> Army Interrogation Center in Augsburg, where, in a Final Interrogation Report dated 09.07.1945, the following comments were made by Major Paul Kubala, commander of the facility:<O></O>
“Source is a firm believer in Hitler’s theories, and attempted to justify most of the Fuehrer’s deeds, but he talked freely on military matters. Formerly a Prussian [sic] general in the Army, source stressed the fact that he was primarily a military leader and not a politician…” (Interrogation Records Prepared for War Crimes Proceedings at Nuernberg, 1945-1947/OCCPAC Interrogation Transcripts And Related Records: Hausser, Paul; Publication Number M1270, Record Group RG238)<O></O>
Interned in 20 different camps, including the “War Crimes” Camp in Dachau, the Oberursel internment camp near Frankfurt am Main (where he worked with the “Historical Division”), a camp in Nürnberg (while he appeared as a defense witness regarding the Waffen-SS before the International Military Tribunal, 05./06.08.1946), and finally at Lager Neustadt-Allendorf near Marburg until the start of 1948. He was then placed under automatic detention at Lager Neustadt-Allendorf. Tried by a de-Nazification court, 00.01.1948 to Summer 1948, and sentenced to 2 years’ labor camp. Sentence upheld by the Zentralberufungskammer Nordwürttemberg, 00.07.1949. He was appointed as the “Erster Vorsitzender” (first chairman) of the “Hilfsmeinschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit” (HIAG, the Mutual Aid Society for Waffen-SS veterans) in 1951, remaining in that post until his death (succeeded by Willi Bittrich). On 24.09.1951, he was selected, along with Herbert Otto Gille, for the provisional presidency of the newly-formed “Verbandes deutscher Soldaten” (Federation of German Soldiers). On 06.04.1962, the “Sozialwerks Paul Hausser e.V.” was organized in Ettlingen / Baden by former SS-Brigadeführer Karl Cerff. Among the guests at his 90th birthday party on 07.10.1970 were Generalleutnant Albert Schnez (Inspector of the Bundesheer), Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Willi Wagenknecht, Ministerpräsident Filbinger (a representative of the CDU); several Bundestag delegates sent written birthday greetings. On the same date, SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS a.D. Wilhelm Bittrich appeared as the main speaker at a ceremony honoring Hausser in Ludwigsburg . Hausser’s last public appearance occurred on 16.10.1972, when he attended a veterans’ meeting of 2.SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich” in Bad Aibling. At his funeral in Ludwigsburg on 28.12.1972, the memorial address was read by SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS a. D. Otto Kumm. On 07.10.1980, the honorary chairman of the “Verbandes deutscher Soldaten”, Bundeswehr-Generalleutnant a. D. Gerhard Matzky, made a speech in München to mark Hausser’s 100th birthday.
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Published Works:<O></O>
Das schwere Maschinengewehr: Seine schiesstechnische und taktische Verwendung auf Grund der Erfahrungen des Weltkrieges (The Heavy Machine Gun: Its Firing Methods and Tactical Utilization on the Basis of the Lessons Learned in the World War) (1923)<O></O>
Waffen-SS im Einsatz (Waffen-SS in Action)(1949)<O></O>
Aus der Geschichte der Waffen-SS (Sonderdruck der DSZ, 1952)<O></O>
Soldaten wie andere auch. Der Weg der Waffen-SS (Soldiers Like Any Other-The Path of the Waffen-SS), Munin Verlag, Osnabrück (1966)<O></O>
- “Manuscripts assembled under the Foreign Military Studies Program of the Historical Division, U.S. Army Europe, 1945-1954” (all published in 1954):<O></O>
“B-600, Army Group G (25 Jan.-21 Mar. 1945)” (1947)<O></O>
“B-179, Seventh Army in Normandy (25 Jul.-20 Aug. 1944)” (1946) <O></O>
“B-178, Seventh Army (13-14 Aug. 1944)” (1946)<O></O>
“A-974, Normandy--Seventh Army (29 Jun-24 Jul. 1944)” (1946)<O></O>
“B-026, Effect of Ardennes Offensive on Army Group G” (1946)<O></O>
“ETHINT-48, Seventh Army, Normandy” (00.09.1945)<O></O>
“A-907, Seventh Army (20 Jun.-20 Aug. 1944)” (1945) <O></O>
Decorations & Awards:<O></O>
26.08.1944 Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (90.) as SS-Oberst-
Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS and Oberbefehlshaber 7.Armee, Western Front
(based on a recommendation dated 23.08.1944)<O></O>
28.07.1943 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (261.) as SS-
Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen- SS and Kommandierender-General SS-Panzer-Korps,
Eastern Front (based on a recommendation by Generaloberst Hermann Hoth)<O></O>
08.08.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant
der Waffen-SS and Kommandeur of SS-Division "Reich" / XXXXVI.Panzer-Korps / Panzergruppe
2 / 4.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte, Eastern Front (based on a recommendation dated
05.08.1941 and signed by Korps Kom. Gen. General der Panzertruppe Heinrich von Vietinghoff;
Endorsed by Panzergruppe Befehlshaber Heinz Guderian; Panzer-Armee OB Günther von Kluge;
and Heeresgruppe OB Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock; Approved by Oberbefehlshaber des
Heeres Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch)<O></O>
27.01.1917 Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preussischen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern<O></O>
17.05.1940 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse<O></O>
27.09.1939 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse<O></O>
Winter 1915/16 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse <O></O>
00.00.1914 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse<O></O>
00.00.1918 Ritterkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern des Kgl. Sächsischen Albrechts-Ordens I. Klasse<O></O>
28.07.1917 Ritterkreuz des Militärischen Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstordens (Baden)<O></O>
07.09.1914 Kgl. Bayerischer Militär-Verdienstorden IV.Klasse mit Schwertern und Krone<O></O>
00.00.19__ Anhaltischer Friedrichkreuz 1914-1918, am Band für Kämpfer<O></O>
11.07.1918 k.u.k. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration<O></O>
00.00.191_ k.u.k. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration<O></O>
00.00.1912 (?) Fliegerbeobachterabzeichen (Preussen)<O></O>
00.00.191_ Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Württembergischen Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern<O></O>
09.05.1942 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber<O></O>
ca. 1934 Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914-1918 mit Schwertern<O></O>
30.01.1943 Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP<O></O>
00.00.193_ Ehrendolch der SS<O></O>
[01.12.1936] Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS<O></O>
[01.12.1936] Totenkopfring der SS<O></O>
00.00.193_ SS-Zivilabzeichen (Nr. 61 111)<O></O>
16.12.1935 Julleuchter der SS<O></O>
00.00.193_ Ehrenwinkel für alte Kämpfer mit Stern<O></O>
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* Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Kurt Hausser (born 15.10.1846 in Cunerwitz / Schlesien, died 27.03.1901 in Posen) and his wife Anna, née Otto. A Prussian Army officer, Kurt Hausser’s promotions were as follows: Sekonde-Lieutenant- 14.11.1867; Premier-Lieutenant- 15.04.1875; Hauptmann- 13.01.1883; char. Major z.D.- 17.05.1892. <O></O>
* Religion: Protestant until 00.00.1940, then left the church and declared himself “gottgläubig”.<O></O>
* Married on 09.11.1912 to Elisabeth Gérard (born 18.07.1891 in Berlin, died 16.10.1978 in München). One daughter (born 28.12.1913). <O></O>
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Citino, Robert Michael:<O></O>
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Thanks for the reply guys. So that would be from 1922-1923 and not 20-22 he commanded it, but still no specific company?Comment
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I've yet to find the specific company.
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Hmmm...
In 1922/23 Hausser was first Major, then promoted to Oberstleutnant, as stated below:
To me it seems a bit strange to read that his next career step, after serving as a Ia in 1922, and en route to becoming a Bataillonschef in 1923, he should have spent about a year as a company commander. Or was this because his last active command had been as a Zugführer 20 years before? So, couldn't it be a typo of sorts?Originally posted by Michael Miller View Post
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