Hermann Schaefer

Hermann Schaefer
Born 12 September 1885
Metz, Alsace-Lorraine
Died 1962 (1963) (aged 77)
Kassel, Germany
Allegiance German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Rank Generalmajor
Unit Infanterie-Regiment 22
Infanterie-Regiment 80
Commands held Kommandant von Kassel
Feld-Kommandeur 589
Battles/wars World War II
World War I
Awards Eisernes Kreuz

Hermann Schaefer (1885–1962) was a German general during the Second World War.

Biography

In 1885, Hermann Schaefer was born in Metz, in Alsace-Lorraine. Schaefer fought during the First World War, with the rank of Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant) and eventually Hauptmann (Captain). He made a career in the Reichswehr, then in the Heer, the German army. During the Second World War, Hermann Schaefer participated in many military operations in Poland and Italy. He obtained the rank of Generalmajor on February 1941.

Hermann Schaefer died in 1962 in Kassel, Germany.

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