Generalmajor Heinz Kattner Born: 08 Aug 1892 in Pleschen, Province Posen Died: Missing since 00 Jun 1945 in Yugoslavia, probably executed in Zagreb, pronounced dead with effect from 31 Dec 1945 by District-Court Sonthofen. Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (22 Mar 1914); F�hnrich (15 Jun 1914); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (02 Aug 1914); Leutnant (22 Jan 1915); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1918); Polizei-Oberleutnant (21 Aug 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (31 Jan 1922); Polizei-Major (06 Nov 1933); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (20 Apr 1937); Oberst (16 Mar 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (25 Sep 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (26 Sep 1913-22 Aug 1914)
Detached to War-School Danzig (01 Jun 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Wounded near Rossignol, in Bad Ems Hospital (22 Aug 1914-15 Dec 1914)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (15 Dec 1914-24 Feb 1915)
In the Field with the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (24 Feb 1915-15 May 1915)
Company-Leader in the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1915-31 May 1918)
At the same time, Company-Leader-Course with VI. Army-Corps (06 Nov 1915-21 Nov 1915)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (31 May 1918-13 Jun 1918)
Leader of II. Battalion of the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (13 Jun 1918-16 Jun 1918)
Company-Leader in the 23rd Infantry-Regiment (16 Jun 1918-28 May 1919)
Transferred into the 63rd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (28 May 1919-23 Jun 1919)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 63rd Infantry-Regiment & District-Commissioner & Town-Commandant in Rosenberg (23 Jun 1919-28 Jan 1920)
On Leave (28 Jan 1920-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (31 Mar 1920)
District-Advisor of Net-Districts in Sch�nlanken (10 Mar 1920-01 Mar 1921)
Transferred to the Home-Organisation of Upper Silesian Self-Defence (01 Mar 1921-02 May 1921)
After being released from French Captivity, Adjutant of Detachment von Gilgenheim (02 May 1921-21 May 1921)
Auxiliary-Officer of Ia of Group South in Self-Defence Upper Silesia (von H�lsen) (21 May 1921-21 Aug 1921)
Entered Police Service (21 Aug 1921)
Administrator with the Government in Schneidem�hl (21 Aug 1921-31 Jan 1922)
Unit-Leader of Police in Braunsberg, East Prussia (31 Jan 1922-25 Apr 1922)
Unit-Leader of Police in Preu�isch-Holland (25 Apr 1922-04 Sep 1922)
Unit-Leader of Police in Gleiwitz (04 Sep 1922-12 Jun 1924)
Detached to Course at the Police-School for Physical Exercise, Spandau (05 Apr 1923-04 May 1923)
Detached to Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (20 Aug 1923-20 Dec 1923)
Unit-Leader with the Police in Waldenburg, Silesia (12 Jun 1924-02 May 1928)
Detached to Course for Occupational and Educational Phychology, Berlin (10 Sep 1925-16 Dec 1925)
Leader of an Instruction-Battalion at the Police-School Sensburg/East Prussia (02 May 1928-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred to the Police-School Frankenstein (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1930)
Detached Briefing-Course for Examiners with the Police Institute Berlin-Charlottenburg (18 Aug 1930-30 Aug 1930)
Employment-Officer at the Police-School Frankenstein (01 Oct 1930-29 Jan 1933)
Detached to 10th Police-Major-Aspirant-Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (04 Oct 1932-28 Jan 1933)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Breslau (29 Jan 1933-01 Aug 1933)
Adjutant with the State-Police-Office Breslau (01 Aug 1933-07 Nov 1933)
Major with the Staff of State-Police-Office Breslau (07 Nov 1933-13 Dec 1933)
Liaison-Officer with the Government in Breslau (13 Dec 1933-10 Apr 1935)
Major with the Staff of State-Police-Office Breslau (10 Apr 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Detached to Staff-Officer-Course with Infantry-School D�beritz (13 May 1935-29 May 1935)
Detached for Service with the Training-Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Breslau (01 Jul 1935-05 Sep 1935)
Detached to the Staff of Infantry-Regiment Breslau (05 Sep 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
With the Staff of the 49th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Jul 1936)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1936-12 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 632rd Infantry-Regiment (12 Feb 1940-05 Apr 1940)
Taken ill, in Hospital (05 Apr 1940-03 May 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (03 May 1940-25 Jul 1940)
Commander of the 161st Infantry-Regiment (25 Jul 1940-04 May 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve - Military-District-Command VIII (04 May 1942-25 Jul 1942)
Commander of Military-District-Unterf�hrer-Course VIII (25 Jul 1942-18 Mar 1943)
Commander of the 728th Grenadier-Regiment (18 Mar 1943-15 Sep 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1943-16 Sep 1943)
Commandant of Defence-Area Toulon (16 Sep 1943-20 May 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 May 1944-01 Jul 1944)
Detached to the Military-Commander France (01 Jul 1944-01 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Sep 1944-05 Sep 1944)
Field-Commandant 538 (05 Sep 1944-04 Jan 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (04 Jan 1945-20 Jan 1945)
Field-Commandant 1034 (20 Jan 1945-14 May 1945)
In Captivity (14 May 1945-00 Jun 1945)
Moved from Camp Lerde near Ljubljana to be Transported to Belgrade, went missing from that time, most probably executed by Partisans (00 Jun 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz fes k�niglichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
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