The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
Hoffmeister, Edmund
Lieutenant-General
* 4th of March 1893
† 20th of February 1950
Promotions
| 1937-03-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-03-01 | Colonel |
| 1943-09-01 | Major-General |
| 1944-03-01 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1938-03-21 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment |
| 1938-03-21 | – | 1939-09-27 | At disposal of the Chief of the Army General Staff |
| 1938-03-21 | – | 1939-09-27 | Attached to Reconnaissance Flying School Braunschweig |
| 1939-09-27 | – | 1939-10-01 | Unemployed |
| 1939-10-01 | – | 1940-12-10 | Commanding Officer 21st Infantry Regiment |
| 1940-12-10 | – | 1941-11-15 | Commanding Officer 206th Infantry Regiment |
| 1941-11-15 | – | 1942-06-13 | Commanding Officer 206th Mountain Infantry Regiment |
| 1942-06-13 | – | 1942-09-01 | Unemployed |
| 1942-09-01 | – | 1943-01-01 | Commanding Officer 61st Infantry Regiment |
| 1942-10-20 | – | 1942-10-30 | Acting General Officer Commanding 7th Infantry Division |
| 1943-01-01 | – | 1943-04-01 | Ill |
| 1943-04-01 | – | 1943-07-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding 17th Infantry Division |
| 1943-07-01 | – | 1943-09-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding 383rd Infantry Division |
| 1943-09-01 | – | 1944-06-20 | General Officer Commanding 383rd Infantry Division |
| 1944-06-20 | – | 1944-07-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding XXXXI Panzer Corps |
| 1944-07-01 | – | 1948-12-20 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
| 1948-12-20 | Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal | ||
| 1950-02-20 | Died in Prison |
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299888