Generalmajor Karl von Dewitz genannt von Krebs Born: 06 Aug 1887 in Berlin Died: 19 Apr 1945 in Torgau (Shot by HJ) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Oberj�ger (12 Jul 1907); F�hnrich (18 Nov 1907); Leutnant (21 Mar 1908); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (18 Apr 1916); Major (01 Feb 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1933); Charakter als Oberst (01 Jun 1935); Oberst (01 Mar 1936); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1941) Career:
Entered Army Service (18 Mar 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the Guards-J�ger-Battalion (18 Mar 1907-27 Jan 1913)
Adjutant of the Guards-J�ger-Battalion (27 Jan 1913-28 Dec 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (28 Dec 1915-23 Feb 1916)
Back in the Field with the Guards-J�ger-Battalion, later Battalion-Adjutant (23 Feb 1916-15 May 1916)
Company-Leader in the Guards-J�ger-Battalion (15 May 1916-27 Sep 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 222nd Infantry-Division (27 Sep 1916-14 Oct 1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the VIII. Army-Corps (14 Oct 1916-16 May 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 18th Infantry-Division (16 May 1917-29 Nov 1917)
Attended 1st General-Staff-Course (12 Jul 1917-07 Aug 1917)
Transferred into the Army General Staff while retaining position with the 18th Infantry-Division (29 Nov 1917-09 Feb 1918)
Officer Of The Army and Assigned to Army High Command of the 17th Army (09 Feb 1918-05 Mar 1918)
Assigned to the General-Command of the VI. Army-Corps (05 Mar 1918-01 May 1918)
Assigned to the General-Command of the XVIII. Army-Corps (01 May 1918-17 May 1918)
Assigned to the General-Command of the XIV. Army-Corps (17 May 1918-26 Jun 1918)
Officer Of The Army and Assigned for Special Use to Army-Detachment B (26 Jun 1918-30 Jul 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the III. Army-Corps (30 Jul 1918-29 Sep 1918)
With the Staff of the 75th Reserve-Division (29 Sep 1918-23 Oct 1918)
Officer Of The Army and Assigned to General-Command 65 (23 Oct 1918-16 Jan 1919)
Detached to the General-Staff of the 43rd Reserve-Division (03 Dec 1918-12 Dec 1918)
Company-Leader in the Guards-J�ger-Battalion, Freikorps Potsdam (16 Jan 1919-01 May 1920)
Company-Leader in the 3rd Reichswehr-J�ger-Battalion (01 May 1920-16 May 1920)
Company-Leader in the 5th Infantry-Regiment (16 May 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Company-Chief in the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Apr 1927)
Detached to the Command-Office Berlin (01 Apr 1927-01 May 1927)
Allocation-Office: 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 May 1927-01 Feb 1928)
With the Staff of the Command-Office Berlin (01 Feb 1928-01 Mar 1929)
Transferred into the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1929-01 Nov 1930)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1930-01 Apr 1934)
With the Staff of the Commander K�strin (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
With Border-Section-Command K�strin (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
With the Staff of the Commander K�strin (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Supplemental-Officer (01 May 1936); Active-Officer again (01 Jun 1941)
Training-Director Berlin I (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 323rd Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-18 Dec 1941)
Commander of Division 191 (18 Dec 1941-01 Mar 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Mar 1943-06 Apr 1943)
Detached to the Commander-in-Chief West (06 Apr 1943-01 Aug 1943)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Brod (01 Aug 1943-1944)
Commander of the 137th Infantry-Division (Battle-Group Dewitz) (1944-00 Oct 1944)
In Captivity (00 Oct 1944-1945)
Exchanged then Arrested (1945-19 Apr 1945)
Shot by the Hitler Youth in Torgau, reasons for arrest & execution unclear, most probably defeatism & treachery (19 Apr 1945)
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