Kurt Haseloff

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Kurt Haseloff
Kurt Haseloff und General Friedrich Fromm, on April 1940
Born	18 March 1894 Metz, Alsace-Lorraine
Died	30 September 1978 Munich, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Unit	5th Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade 5th Rifle-Brigade
Commands held	Chief of the Household-Department in OKH Commander of the 5th Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade Commander of the 5th Rifle-Brigade
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross 1939 Iron Cross 1914

Kurt Haseloff (1894–1978) was a German general during World War II.

Kurt Haseloff was born in Metz in Alsace-Lorraine. He served as a Lieutenant during World War I. He was retained in the Reichswehr, and then in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany

During the Second World War, Kurt Haseloff participated in many significant military operations. Chief of Staff of the General Army Office on September 1939, Haseloff was assigned commander of the 5th Rifle-Brigade from March 1941 to July 1942, before being assigned commander of the 5th Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade. Haseloff attained the rank of Generalmajor on 1 January 1943. Haseloff was assigned Chief of the General Staff of the Commanding General of Military-District General-Government from January 1943 to May 1944. Haseloff was eventually assigned Chief of the Household-Department in OKH from May 1944 to August 11, 1944.

Kurt Haseloff died on 30 September 1978 in Munich.

Decorations[]

• Iron Cross of 1914, 2nd and 1st classes^[1]
• Iron Cross of 1939, 2nd and 1st classes
• Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary)^[1]
• Silver Medal for Bravery (Austria-Hungary)^[1]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Austrian War Commemorative Medal with Swords
• Hungarian World War Commemorative Medal with Swords
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st class
• Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle clasp
• Eastern Front Medal
• War Merit Cross (1939), 1st and 2nd class with Swords

References[]

Sources[]

• (de) Dermot Bradley: Die Generale des Heeres 1921-1945, Band 5: v. Haack-Hitzfeld; Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1999.