Generalmajor Otto Herfurth Born: 22 Jan 1893 in Hasserode, District Wernigerode Died: 09 Sep 1944 in Berlin (Executed) Promotions:
F�hnrich (08 May 1915); Leutnant (30 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Feb 1925); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1929); Major (01 Sep 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1938); Oberst (01 Jun 1941); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 50th Infantry-Regiment then Platoon-Leader in the 50th Infantry-Regiment then Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 403rd Infantry-Regiment (11 Aug 1914-28 Sep 1918)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 50th Infantry-Regiment (28 Sep 1918-18 Dec 1918)
With the 50th Infantry-Regiment (18 Dec 1918-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the 9th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred to the 8th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1925)
With the Staff of the Command-Office of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Hammerstein (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred back into the 8th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1929)
Detached for Subsidiary-Leadership-Training to the Staff of 1st Division (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred into the 2nd Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1932)
Company-Chief in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1935)
Adjutant of the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Oct 1935-01 Aug 1938)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1938-01 Jul 1939)
Transferred into OKH (01 Jul 1939-12 Oct 1939)
Department-Chief in OKH/In 4 (12 Oct 1939-15 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1940-15 Mar 1943)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement V. Army-Corps (Military-District V, Stuttgart) (15 Mar 1943-01 Jun 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement III. Army-Corps (Military-District-Command III, Berlin) (01 Jun 1944-14 Aug 1944)
Arrested in connection with the 20 Jul 1944 Bomb Plot. Excluded from the Wehrmacht & Sentenced to Death (14 Aug 1944-09 Sep 1944)
Executed (09 Sep 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (18 Sep 1942)
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