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Portrait of General of Infantry Otto Lasch

Lasch, Otto

General of Infantry

* 25th of June 1893

† 29th of April 1971

Promotions

1937-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-01 Colonel
1942-08-01 Major-General
1943-04-01 Lieutenant-General
1944-11-09 General of Infantry

Service

1936-10-01 1939-10-26 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1939-10-26 1942-08-20 Commanding Officer 43rd Regiment
1942-08-20 1942-09-27 Acting General Officer Commanding 217th Infantry Division
1942-09-27 1943-10-20 General Officer Commanding 217th Infantry Division
1943-11-20 1944-08-12 General Officer Commanding 349th Infantry Division
1944-08-12 1944-09-02 Unemployed
1944-09-02 1944-11-01 General Officer Commanding LXIV
1944-11-09 1945-04-09 General Officer Commanding Military District I
1945-01-28 1945-04-09 Commandant of Fortress Königsberg
1945-04-09 1955-10-08 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1945-04-11 Condemned to death by a German Military Tribunal in absentia
1955-10-08 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300107