(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Kurt Anger
Born: 13 Dec 1888 in Oliva, Danzig
Died: 24 Mar 1961 in Oberstaufen, Allg�u
Promotions:
Leutnant (14 Mar 1907); Oberleutnant (24 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (05 Oct 1916); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Feb 1920); Polizei-Major (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1934); Polizei-Oberst (01 Oct 1935); Oberst (15 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Mar 1907)
Leutnant in the 52nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Mar 1907-01 Oct 1912)
Detached to Artillery School J�terbog (01 Oct 1908-31 Jan 1909)
Adjutant and Court-Officer of the II. Battalion of the 52nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-21 Jan 1915)
German Liaison-Officer with the Royal & Imperial Austro-Hungarian Corps-Command Hofmann (21 Jan 1915-10 Aug 1915)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 52nd Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Aug 1915-15 Sep 1915)
Temporary-Adjutant of the 1st Field-Artillery-Brigade (15 Sep 1915-01 Nov 1915)
Adjutant of the 1st Field-Artillery-Brigade (01 Nov 1915-08 Mar 1917)
Transferred into a General Staff Post of the 109th Infantry-Division (08 Mar 1917-08 Jun 1917)
Transferred into a General Staff Post of the Army High Command Mackensen (08 Jun 1917-21 Sep 1917)
At the same time, Detached to General-Staff-Course in Sedan (05 Aug 1917-03 Sep 1917)
Transferred into a General Staff Post of the 231st Infantry-Division (21 Sep 1917-13 Jan 1918)
Assigned to the General-Staff of X. Reserve-Corps (13 Jan 1918-25 Jul 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of X. Army-Corps (25 Jul 1918-10 Jan 1919)
Liaison-Officer of Supreme Army Command to the General-Command of I. Army-Corps (10 Jan 1919-01 Apr 1919)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of 36th Division (01 Apr 1919-21 Jul 1919)
Detached to the Security-Police Berlin (21 Jul 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Feb 1920)
With the Security-Police Berlin (01 Feb 1920-01 May 1920)
Transferred into the Prussian Ministry of the Interior (01 May 1920-08 Mar 1922)
Department-Leader 21 with the Command of Security-Police Berlin (08 Mar 1922-16 Jun 1923)
Detached to Police-Inspection Charlottenburg (16 Jun 1923-01 Jan 1924)
Transferred to Police-Inspection Berlin Wei�ensee (01 Jan 1924-01 Jun 1925)
Director of Department Ia with Police-Group-Command Berlin-South (01 Jun 1925-01 Sep 1925)
Director of Department Ia with Police-Group-Command Berlin-Centre (01 Sep 1925-01 Jul 1926)
Transferred into Police-Inspection Berlin-Tempelhof (01 Jul 1926-01 Jul 1927)
Leader of Police-Inspection Berlin-Steglitz (01 Jul 1927-05 Jun 1928)
Commander of Police-Inspection Berlin-Sch�neberg (05 Jun 1928-11 Jul 1928)
Commander of Police-Inspection Prenzlauer Berg (11 Jul 1928-15 Sep 1928)
Administrator with the Local-Government in Merseburg (15 Sep 1928-01 Jan 1929)
Administrator with the Local-Government in Liegnitz (01 Jan 1929-01 May 1933)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Security-Police Oppeln (01 May 1933-01 Aug 1933)
Delegated with the Leadership of State-Police-Department Oppeln-Waldenburg-G�rlitz (01 Aug 1933-01 Jan 1934)
Delegated with the Leadership of Training-Command Oppeln (01 Jan 1934-01 Feb 1934)
Temporary-Commander of Training-Command Halle/Saale (01 Feb 1934-01 Jul 1935)
Detached to the III. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment Naumburg (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Detached to Artillery Firing School J�terbog (02 Sep 1935-28 Sep 1935)
Transferred into the Army (15 Oct 1935)
Oberst with the Staff of the 60th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Detached to Course for Staff Officers in Chemnitz (25 Nov 1935-05 Dec 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 31st Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 18th Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-30 Sep 1939)
Artillery Commander 110 (30 Sep 1939-01 Apr 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Detached to Course for POW-Matters in Vienna (06 Jul 1942-15 Jul 1942)
Detached to the Commander of POWs in Military-District XIII (22 Jul 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Commander of POWs in Military-District XIII (01 Aug 1942-01 May 1945)
In Captivity (01 May 1945-14 Jun 1947)
Released (14 Jun 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- �sterr. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Kgl. Ungar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Grossoffizierkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Ordens vom Heiligen Alexander mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Rum�n. Erinnerungs-Medaille �Kreuzzug gegen den Kommunismus�
- Krimschild
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�


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