General of Infantry
* 5th of January 1890
† 22nd of July 1981
| 1933-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1935-04-01 | Colonel |
| 1938-02-01 | Major-General |
| 1940-07-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-12-01 | General of Infantry |
| 1945-04-12 | Demoted to private |
| 1945-04-18 | Major |
| 1933-04-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1934-12-01 | Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment Breslau |
| 1934-12-01 | – | 1937-07-20 | Chief of Staff, Army Ordnance Office |
| 1937-07-20 | – | 1942-09-27 | Plenipotentiary-General for the Iron & Steel Industry |
| 1938-02-01 | – | 1942-09-27 | Chief of Resources, Energy & Mining Section, Ministry of Industry |
| 1942-09-27 | – | 1943-11-15 | General Officer Commanding German Troops in Denmark |
| 1943-11-15 | – | 1945-01-27 | Military Commander Denmark |
| 1945-01-27 | – | 1945-04-12 | Unemployed |
| 1945-04-12 | Condemned to 8 years imprisonment and loss of rank | ||
| 1945-04-18 | – | 1945-05-07 | Attached to XXXXVIII Panzer Corps |
| 1945-05-07 | – | 1945-07-XX | Prisoner of War, US Captivity |
| 1945-07-XX | – | 1947-03-31 | Prisoner of War, British Captivity |
| 1947-09-27 | Arrested | ||
| 1947-09-27 | – | 1949-07-21 | Prisoner, Danish Captivity |
| 1948-09-20 | Condemned to 8 years imprisonment | ||
| 1949-07-21 | Acquitted and released |