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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Oskar Wilhelm Robert Paul Ludwig Hellmuth von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg

von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, Oskar Wilhelm Robert Paul Ludwig Hellmuth

Lieutenant-General

* 31st of January 1881

† 13th of February 1960

Promotions

1929-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1932-02-01 Colonel
1934-09-30 Honorary Major-General
1940-09-01 Major-General (at Disposal)
1942-04-01 Lieutenant-General (at Disposal)

Service

1925-05-01 1934-08-03 Personal Adjutant to the President
1934-08-03 1934-09-30 At disposal
1934-09-30 Retired
1939-08-26 Recalled
1939-08-26 1939-10-19 General Officer Commanding Military District I
1939-10-19 1940-02-01 General Officer Commanding 422nd Infantry Division
1940-02-01 1941-02-15 General Officer Commanding 401st Division for Special Employment
1941-02-15 1945-02-01 General Officer Commanding Prisoners of War, Military District I
1945-02-01 1945-02-28 Unemployed
1945-02-28 Retired
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299388