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Generalmajor Maximilian Lindenau
Born: 25 Oct 1881 in Neidenburg, East Prussia (Ostpreu�en)
Died: 09 Jan 1951 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (20 Mar 1899); F�hnrich (17 Nov 1899); Leutnant (18 Aug 1900); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1910); Hauptmann (18 Dec 1913); Charakter als Major (?? ??? 1919); Polizei-Major (?? ??? 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1934); Oberst (01 Aug 1936); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (20 Mar 1899)
F�hnrich in the 1st Grenadier-Regiment; Adjutant of the Fusilier-Battalion of the 1st Grenadier-Regiment (20 Mar 1899-?? ??? 1912)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1909-00 Jul 1912)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Grenadier-Regiment (?? ??? 1912-18 Dec 1913)
Company-Chief in the 1st Grenadier-Regiment (18 Dec 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Company-Chief in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-?? ??? 1915)
Adjutant of the 2nd Infantry-Brigade (?? ??? 1915-00 May 1915)
Captured near Zwinin, in Russian Captivity (00 May 1915-00 May 1918)
Escaped Captivity (00 May 1918)
Battalion-Commander in the 1st Grenadier-Regiment (00 May 1918-?? ??? 1919)
Retired (?? ??? 1919)
Entered Police Service with the State-Police in East Prussia (?? ??? 1920)
Commander of the Protection-Police Elbing (?? ??? 1920-?? ??? 1927)
Transferred to Army Service as a Landwehr-Employee (?? ??? 1927); then Landwehr-Officer (01 Oct 1934); then Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Landwehr-Employee in Kiel (?? ??? 1927-01 Oct 1933)
Landwehr-Officer in L�beck (01 Oct 1933-?? ??? 1938)
Commander of Military-District-Command V, Hamburg (?? ??? 1938-?? ??? 1940)
Commander of the 58th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (?? ??? 1940-17 Jun 1941)
Commander of the 609th Security-Regiment (17 Jun 1941-31 Mar 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (31 Mar 1942-01 May 1942)
Placed at the Special Disposal of the C-in-C Army (01 May 1942-31 Jul 1944)
Retired (31 Jul 1944)

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