(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Hermann Konitzky
Born: 01 Mar 1890 in Bremen
Died: 18 Jun 1973 in Bremen-Oberneuland
Promotions:
F�hnrich (13 Mar 1912); Leutnant (27 Jan 1913); Oberleutnant (18 Apr 1916); Charakter als Hauptmann (03 Aug 1921); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1930); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Mar 1941); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Apr 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 21st Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1911-01 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 21st Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-1916)
Leader of a Sound-Measuring-Troop, later Instructor at the Artillery-School Wahn (1916-1918)
Assistant in the Artillery Tests Commission (1918-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-03 Aug 1921)
Retired (03 Aug 1921)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Apr 1930)
Hauptmann in Sound Measuring Service (01 Apr 1930-01 Apr 1933)
Adjutant of Military-District-Command Bremen 1 (01 Apr 1933-01 Apr 1934)
With the Staff of Military-Replacement-Inspection Bremen (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Battery-Chief of the Sound-Measuring-Battery of the 3rd Observation-Battalion (01 Oct 1935-01 Nov 1937)
Commander of the 3rd Observation-Battalion (01 Nov 1937-25 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 796th Artillery-Regiment (25 Mar 1940-01 Apr 1942)
Commander of the Army-Unteroffiziers-School of Artillery in Amberg (01 Apr 1942-01 Oct 1944)
Commander of the Fortress-Artillery-School in Dolle (01 Oct 1944-01 Mar 1945)
Battle-Commandant of Dessau-Ro�lau (01 Mar 1945-25 Apr 1945)
Leader of a Battle-Group in Army Wenck (Army High Command 12) (Formed at XXXIX. Panzer-Corps with Volkssturm & Gneisenau Units, with 2 Regiments (one of them with stomach ill soldiers), with 2 Battalions each. The 2nd Regiment was subordinated to the Battle-Commandant of Brandenburg) (25 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-01 Jul 1947)
Released (01 Jul 1947)

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