Generalmajor Norbert Holm Born: 16 Dec 1895 in Hamburg Died: 03 Jun 1962 in Hamburg Promotions:
Leutnant (07 Nov 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Nov 1923); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1928); Major (01 Nov 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1937); Oberst (01 Jul 1940); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (31 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (31 Aug 1914-01 Jul 1915)
Fahnenjunker in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1915-28 Feb 1918)
Detached to Officer-Training-Course (14 Apr 1916-30 Apr 1916)
Detached to Officer-Training-Course (23 May 1916-19 Jun 1916)
Detached to Officer-Training-Course (01 Feb 1917-20 Mar 1917)
Detached to MG-Course (27 Aug 1917-23 Sep 1917)
Company-Leader in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (28 Feb 1918-12 Jun 1918)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 76th Infantry-Regiment (12 Jun 1918-22 Dec 1918)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 76th Infantry-Regiment (22 Dec 1918-01 Mar 1919)
Transferred to the Guards-Cavalry-Rifle-Division (01 Mar 1919-11 May 1920)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (11 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 4th Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-19 Sep 1923)
Detached to Mortar-Course (23 Feb 1921-16 Apr 1921)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (19 Sep 1923-01 Oct 1928)
Company-Chief in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment & Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Course in the Troop-Office, RWM (01 Oct 1931-01 Apr 1932)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader II (01 Apr 1932-01 Oct 1932)
Transferred into the Operations-Department, RWM (01 Oct 1932-10 Oct 1933)
Transferred into the Staff of 3rd Division (10 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred into the Staff of Military-District-Command III (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into the General-Staff of III. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1935-18 Mar 1936)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 12th Division (18 Mar 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Transferred to the Staff of the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 90th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-15 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 196th Infantry-Regiment (15 Feb 1940-15 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 694th Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1940-26 May 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (26 May 1941-30 Jun 1941)
Leader of the Advanced-Guard of II. Army-Corps for the Attack on Kovno (30 Jun 1941-12 Jul 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (12 Jul 1941-14 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 156th Infantry-Regiment (14 Jul 1941-31 Jan 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (31 Jan 1942-27 May 1943)
Commander of the 579th Infantry-Regiment (27 May 1943-22 Jul 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (22 Jul 1943-15 Aug 1943)
Chief of the Investigation-Staff of Army-Group Ukraine (15 Aug 1943-30 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Temporary Leadership of the 304th Infantry-Division (30 Aug 1943-10 Oct 1943)
Commander of the 579th Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1943-22 Oct 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (22 Oct 1943-31 03 1944)
Detached to the 214th Infantry-Division for Use as a Regimental-Leader (31 Mar 1944-12 Apr 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve Army-Group Ukraine, Liaison-Officer to the II. Hungarian Army-Corps (12 Apr 1944-12 May 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 357th Infantry-Division (12 May 1944-01 Aug 1944)
Commander of the 357th Infantry-Division (01 Aug 1944-12 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (12 Sep 1944-16 Sep 1944)
Arrested (16 Sep 1944-16 Oct 1944)
Demoted by an Illegitimate Special Court, exact reasons are unknown but most probably because his Chief of Operations (Ia) was previously Senior-Quartermaster with Generalfeldmarschall Rommel and had been shot by the SS (16 Oct 1944)
Sch�tze in the 19th Panzer-Division (21 Oct 1944-27 Jan 1945)
Unteroffizier because of bravery in the Field (27 Jan 1915-01 Mar 1945)
Feldwebel because of Bravery in the Field (01 Mar 1945-09 May 1945)
In US Captivity (09 May 1945-17 May 1945)
Escaped from Captivity (17 May 1945-10 Jun 1945)
Returned Home (10 Jun 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (20 Dec 1941)
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