Generalmajor Erwin Lahousen (Edler von Vivremont) Born: 25 Oct 1897 in Vienna (Wien) Died: 24 Feb 1955 in Innsbruck Promotions:
Leutnant (18 Aug 1915); Oberleutnant (01 May 1917); Hauptmann (08 Jul 1921); Major (25 Aug 1933); Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (08 Jun 1936); deutsches Major (27 Jul 1938); deutsches Oberstleutnant (20 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Jan 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jan 19450 Career:
Entered Austrian Army Service (18 Aug 1915)
Leutnant in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1915-15 Nov 1915)
Platoon & Company Commander in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1915-25 May 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (25 May 1916-01 Aug 1917)
2nd Regimental-Adjutant of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1917-01 Sep 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 50th Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Platoon-Commander in Volkswehr-Battalion Korneuberg (01 Jan 1919-02 Mar 1919)
Transferred to Depot-Watch in Kaiser-Ebersdorf (02 Mar 1919-30 May 1921)
Transferred into the 7th Alpenj�ger-Regiment (30 May 1921-01 Jun 1921)
Assigned to III. MG-Company of the 7th Alpenj�ger-Regiment (01 Jun 1921-15 Oct 1922)
Assigned to 8th Company of the 7th Alpenj�ger-Regiment (15 Oct 1922-01 Mar 1923)
Transferred to 7th Company of the 7th Alpenj�ger-Regiment (01 Mar 1923-15 Oct 1924)
Transferred to III. MG-Company of the 7th Alpenj�ger-Regiment (15 Oct 1924-10 Dec 1929)
Detached to the Artillery Technical School Vienna (10 Dec 1929-01 Feb 1930)
Detached for Training as a Pyrotechnist for Army Purposes at the Pyrotechnical Institute, Vienna (01 Feb 1930-01 Sep 1933)
Training for Higher Military Service (20 Oct 1930-20 Jul 1933)
Transferred to the Army-Administration-Office Lower Austria (01 Sep 1933-15 Oct 1933)
Transferred to 2nd Brigade-Command (15 Oct 1933-01 Jan 1935)
Transferred to Department VA (Signals-Department, ND-Zentrale) responsible for Poland, Czechoslovakia & Hungary in the Federal Ministry for National Defence (01 Jan 1935-11 Apr 1938)
Transferred into the German Army (15 Mar 1938)
Transferred to Abwehr-Department I, OKW (11 Apr 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Department-Chief Abwehr-Department II (Sabotage & Disruption), Foreign Office (Amt Ausland), Abwehr (Admiral Canaris), OKW (10 Nov 1938-31 Jul 1943)
At the same time, Detached to the 50th Infantry-Regiment (22 Jan 1941-15 Feb 1941)
At the same time, Detached to the 71st Infantry-Division (16 Feb 1941-15 Mar 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1943-01 Aug 1943)
Regimental-Commander of Courses in D�beritz (01 Aug 1943-20 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve Army-Group North, at the same time, Detached to the 96th Grenadier-Regiment for Briefing as a Regimental-Commander; Commander of the 41st J�ger-Regiment (20 Jan 1944-20 Jul 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Mar 1944-23 Mar 1944)
Detached to the 121st Infantry-Division (23 Mar 1944-20 Jul 1944)
Wounded, in Hospital (20 Jul 1944-01 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Aug 1944-00 Dec 1944)
Commander of Investigation-Staffs in Military-District XVII (00 Dec 1944-09 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-04 Jun 1947)
With the Nuremberg Trials as a Witness for the Accused in connection with the German invasion of Austria (30 Nov 1945)
Released (04 Jun 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (15 Sep 1943)
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