14  -01- 1890 
Born

 Joined the Army 
05-1917

13 – 09 – 1918 
Cadet

01 – 01 1922 
Second Lieutenant

01 – 01 – 1927 
First Lieutenant

01 – 03 – 1934 
Captain

01 – 06 – 1938 
Major

01 – 09 – 1940 
Lieutenant Colonel

01 – 04 – 1942 
Colonel

Chief of General Staff of Panzer Group Africa
 

01-03 – 1943 
Chief of Staff of the 1st Italian Army *Tunisia*

01 – 05 – 1943 
in reserve

20 – 10 -1943 
Commander 3rd Panzer Divison

01 – 03 – 1943 
Brigadier

01 – 05 – 1944
General

29 – 03 1945
Commander of 113th Corps

08 – 05 – 1945
prisoner of war

30 – 01 – 1970 
Died