Generalmajor Kurt Kühme Born: 27 Aug 1885 in Lötzen, East Prussia (Ostpreußen) Died: 25 Dec 1944 near Hellschlag, Eifel (Killed) Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (22 Mar 1903); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1903); Leutnant (18 Aug 1904); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1913); Hauptmann (25 Feb 1915); Charakter als Major (00 May 1920); SA-Gruppenführer (1931); SA-Obergruppenführer (27 Jun 1933); Oberstleutnant z.V. (27 Aug 1939); Oberst z.V. (01 Oct 1942); Generalmajor z.V. (25 Jan 1945) Career:
Cadet-Institute Karlsruhe & Head-Cadet-Institute Groß-Lichterfelde (1886-22 Mar 1903)
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1903)
With the 174th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1903-1913)
Detached to the Instruction-Infantry-Battalion (1913-00 Aug 1914)
Leader of the Staff-Watch of the Grand Headquarters (00 Aug 1914-1915)
Company-Chief in the 174th Infantry-Regiment (1915-1917)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 261st Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (1917-00 Nov 1918)
Leader of the Silesian Freikorps Kühme (Poland, Ruhr) (00 Nov 1918-00 May 1920)
Retired (00 May 1920)
Leader of Freikorps Kühme in Upper Silesia (00 May 1921-00 Jun 1921)
Leader of Deployment of Defence-Organisations Bavaria in the Coburg Area, then Thuringia (00 Oct 1923-09 Nov 1923)
Director of the Peoples Sports School Wünsdorf (Courses for Pre-Military Training in application of Military-District-Command III) (1925-1930)
Leader of the Reichs Leader School of the SA (Munich) (31 Mar 1931-13 Apr 1932)
Leader of the Reichs Leader School of the SA (Munich) (01 Jul 1932-30 Jun 1934)
SA-Obergruppenführer in the Adjutancy of the Supreme SA-Leadership (27 Jun 1933-1935)
Chief of the Signals-Office in the Staff of the Supreme SA-Leadership (1935-30 Sep 1935)
SA-Führer z.V. of the Staff of the Supreme SA-Leadership (01 Oct 1935-10 Apr 1938)
Unsuccessfully proposed in the 'List of Leaders for the choice of Greater German Reichstages on 10 Apr 1938'; Honorary Member of the People's Court (10 Apr 1938-01 Jul 1938)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Jul 1938)
Field-Commandant 509, Lodz (10 Sep 1939-24 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 79th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (24 Feb 1940-21 Jul 1940)
Führer-Reserve - Military-District-Command VIII (21 Jul 1940-30 Jul 1940)
Commander of the 306th Infantry-Regiment (30 Jul 1940-16 Oct 1941)
Führer-Reserve - Military-District-Command VIII (16 Oct 1941-26 Oct 1941)
Commander of the 454th Grenadier-Regiment (26 Oct 1941-02 May 1942)
Inspector of SA-Pioneers (01 Feb 1942-25 Dec 1944)
Transferred into the 454th Replacement-Infantry-Battalion (02 May 1942-01 Jul 1942)
Commander of the 677th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jul 1942-15 Dec 1942)
Commander of the 252nd Reserve-Grenadier-Regiment (15 Dec 1942-11 May 1943)
Member of the Reichstages (Constituency 3, Berlin-East) (24 Mar 1943-25 Dec 1944)
Commander of the 869th Grenadier-Regiment (11 May 1943-04 Jun 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (04 Jun 1943-26 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve - Army-Group Centre (26 Sep 1943-13 Oct 1943)
Commander of the 406th Grenadier-Regiment (13 Oct 1943-29 Jul 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (29 Jul 1944-19 Dec 1944)
Temporary Leader of Division-Command z.b.V. 406 (Landesschützen) (19 Dec 1944-25 Dec 1944)
Killed (25 Dec 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
- Pour le mérite: am 30.08.1918 als Hauptmann und Führer I. Bataillon/ Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 261
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 09.10.1944 als Oberst z.V. und Kommandeur des Grenadier-Regiment 406
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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