(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Heinrich von Behr
Born: 08 Sep 1887 in Königsberg, Prussia (Preußen)
Died: 16 Nov 1951 in Hardtwiesen
Promotions:
Fähnrich (27 Jan 1909); Leutnant (19 Nov 1908); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1915); Hauptmann (09 Jul 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (20 Jun 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Nov 1926); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1935); Oberstleutnant (15 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1937); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (13 May 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the 93rd Infantry-Regiment (13 May 1907-07 Mar 1914)
Detached to a Seminar for Oriental Languages in Berlin (15 Apr 1913-15 Aug 1913)
Transferred to the Guard Troop in the Cameroon (07 Mar 1914-09 Jul 1918)
Transferred into the 95th Infantry-Regiment and Assigned to Army-Group Eichhorn (09 Jul 1918-12 Mar 1919)
With Volunteer-Battalion Altenburg (12 Mar 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 104th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-07 Jan 1920)
Transferred into Police Service (07 Jan 1920)
With the Security-Police in Berlin (07 Jan 1920-01 Apr 1923)
Transferred to Police-Group South of Police-Inspection Steglitz (01 Apr 1923-01 Apr 1928)
Instructor at the Police School Burg (01 Apr 1928-07 Apr 1934)
Commander of the State-Police-Department Magdeburg (07 Apr 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Jun 1937)
Commander of the 45th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1937-15 Dec 1940)
Commander of Division 173, later renamed 173rd Reserve-Division (15 Dec 1940-20 Feb 1944)
Führer-Reserve and Detached as Leader of the Formation-Staff of Division Milowitz (20 Feb 1944-12 Apr 1944)
Detached to Military-District-Command 1 (12 Apr 1944-09 Jul 1944)
Detached to Military-District-Command XIII as Leader of the Formation-Staff of Division Grafenwöhr (09 Jul 1944-03 Feb 1945)
Commander of the Special-Purpose-Division-Staff 614 (03 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

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