The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
Freytag, Walter
Major-General
* 2nd of July 1892
† 6th of February 1982
Promotions
| 1936-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-01-01 | Colonel |
| 1942-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1952-10-01 | Major-General (People's Police) |
Service
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1937-01-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion,33rd Infantry Regiment |
| 1937-01-01 | – | 1938-11-10 | Attached to Fortress Glogau |
| 1938-11-10 | – | 1939-04-01 | Attached to 54th Infantry Regiment |
| 1939-04-01 | – | 1941-04-10 | Commandant of Brünn (Brno) |
| 1941-04-10 | – | 1941-06-20 | Acting Commanding Officer 240th Infantry Regiment |
| 1941-06-20 | – | 1942-01-07 | Commanding Officer 240th Infantry Regiment |
| 1942-01-07 | – | 1942-03-01 | Unemployed |
| 1942-03-01 | – | 1942-07-12 | Commanding Officer 769th Regiment |
| 1942-07-12 | – | 1942-11-05 | Commandant of Smolensk |
| 1942-11-05 | – | 1942-12-01 | Unemployed |
| 1942-12-01 | – | 1943-02-04 | Commandant of Krasnodar |
| 1943-02-04 | – | 1943-03-15 | Unemployed |
| 1943-03-15 | – | 1943-03-20 | Attached to Army Group Nord |
| 1943-03-20 | – | 1943-05-15 | Attached to 18th Army |
| 1943-05-15 | – | 1943-10-10 | General Officer Commanding Eastern Troops for Special Employment 741 |
| 1943-10-10 | – | 1943-11-08 | Unemployed |
| 1943-11-08 | – | 1943-12-01 | Attached to Military District XX |
| 1943-12-01 | – | 1945-02-20 | Commandant of Danzig |
| 1945-02-20 | – | 1945-05-08 | Unemployed |
| 1945-08-12 | – | 1949-09-28 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
| 1949-09-28 | Released | ||
| 1949-11-01 | Joins the East German Police | ||
| 1949-11-01 | – | 1952-XX-XX | Commandant of Higher Police School, Kochsted |
| 1953-10-01 | – | 1954-12-31 | Commandant of Higher Police School, Dresden |
| 1953-12-31 | Retired |
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299662