Generalmajor Josef Krieger Born: 25 May 1893 in Reisbach, District Dingolfing, Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) Died: 28 Mar 1949 in Freising Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (30 Sep 1914); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (15 Nov 1914); F�hnrich (10 Jan 1915); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (11 Apr 1915); Leutnant (16 May 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (31 Jan 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Oct 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (20 Dec 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Nov 1926); Polizei-Major (01 Dec 1934); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Oct 1940); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (08 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Aug 1914-20 Oct 1914)
In the Field with the Regiment (20 Oc 1914-11 May 1916)
Company-Leader in the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (11 May 1916-23 Jul 1916)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (23 Jul 1916-19 Aug 1916)
Transferred to the Staff of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (19 Aug 1916-21 Oct 1916)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (21 Oct 1916-30 Sep 1918)
Leader of II. Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (30 Sep 1918-01 Apr 1919)
Leader of the Forward-Command of II. Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-22 Apr 1919)
Commandant of the Headquarters with the Bavarian High Command in Ulm (22 Apr 1919-12 May 1919)
Advisor with the City-Command-Office Munich (12 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Granted Leave & Detached as Auxiliary-Officer to the Inspection of the State Police in Munich (01 Oct 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Transferred to the Bavarian State Police (31 Jan 1920-01 Apr 1920)
Advisor with Economics-Office Munich with the State-Police-Office in the Ministry of the Interior (01 Apr 1920-15 Feb 1926)
Entered Police Service (01 Oct 1920)
Detached to Training-Course as Subsidiary Leader (01 Oct 1923-30 Jul 1924)
Instructor-Officer with Instruction-Detachment B at the Police-Preparatory-School Eichst�tt (15 Feb 1926-01 Sep 1927)
Leader of Instruction-Detachment A of the Police-Preparatory-School Eichst�tt (01 Sep 1927-01 Oct 1929)
Personnel-Advisor with the Inspection of State-Police in Munich (01 Oct 1929-01 Nov 1930)
Assigned to the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior (01 Nov 1930-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Assigned to the Staff of the 61st Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Jul 1936)
Commander of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 40th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-00 Apr 1938)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (00 Apr 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 468th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 438th Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-02 May 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (02 May 1942-01 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 7th Infantry-Training-Regiment (01 Oct 1942-01 May 1943)
Commander of the 866th Grenadier-Regiment (01 May 1943-30 Jun 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve of Army-Group A & Commandant of Feodosia (30 Jun 1943-25 Apr 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (24 Apr 1944-22 Aug 1944)
Commander of the 325th Security-Division (22 Aug 1944-15 Sep 1944)
Commander of the 708th Volksgrenadier-Division (15 Sep 1944-15 Nov 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
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