Hermann Schaefer
Hermann Schaefer | |
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Born | 12 September 1885 Metz, Alsace-Lorraine |
Died | 1962 Wyk auf Föhr, Germany | (aged 76)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Army |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Unit | Infanterie-Regiment 22 Infanterie-Regiment 80 |
Commands held | Kommandant von Kassel Feld-Kommandeur 589 |
Battles/wars | World War II World War I |
Awards | Eisernes Kreuz |
Hermann Schaefer (1885–1962) was a German general during the Second World War.
Biography[]
In 1885, Hermann Schaefer was born in Metz, in Alsace-Lorraine. Schaefer fought during the First World War, with the rank of Oberleutnant ('First Lieutenant') and eventually Hauptmann ('Captain'). He made a career in the Reichswehr, then in the German army. During the Second World War, Hermann Schaefer participated in many military operations in Poland and Italy. He obtained the rank of Generalmajor in February 1941.
Hermann Schaefer died in 1962 in Kassel, Germany.
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- 1885 births
- 1962 deaths
- Prussian Army personnel
- Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- People from Metz
- People from Alsace-Lorraine
- German colonial people in Kamerun
- Reichswehr personnel
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
- German military personnel stubs