Generalstabsrichter Werner Lueben Born: 23 Mar 1894 in Breslau Died: 28 Jul 1944 in Torgau (Suicide) Doctorate in Jurisprudence: 1930 Promotions:
Unteroffizier (00 Mar 1915); Leutnant der Reserve (00 Jan 1916); Kriegsgerichtsrat (01 Jan 1934); Oberkriegsgerichtsrat (08 Mar 1935); Ministerialrat (00 000 1936); Reichskriegsanwalt (01 Oct 1936); Reichskriegsgerichtsrat (00 000 1939); Sanatspr�sident am Reichskriegsgericht (01 Jan 1944); Generalstabsrichter (01 May 1944) Career:
Studies of Law & Political Science at the University of Halle (00 000 1913-00 Aug 1914)
Entered Reserve Army Service (00 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 75th Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 Aug 1914-00 Apr 1916)
Adjutant in the II. Battalion of the 75th Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 Apr 1916-00 May 1920)
First Legal State Test, Entered Prussian Legal Service (00 May 1920-00 000 1920)
Intern Lawyor at the Higher Regional Court in Naumburg (00 000 1920-00 Sep 1923)
Grand Legal State Examination: Local Court Counsel in Bartenstein, East Prussia (00 Sep 1923-01 Jun 1928)
Transferred to District Court K�nigsberg (01 Jun 1928-01 Nov 1933)
Trial as War Court Counsel for Army Bar in Military-District III (01 Nov 1933-00 Mar 1934)
War Court Counsel with Military-District-Court III (00 Mar 1934-01 Jan 1935)
Member of the Court of the Army-Service-Office Breslau (01 Jan 1935-01 Oct 1936)
Detached as a Reichs War Court Attorney to the Reichs War Court (RKG) (01 Oct 1936-00 Sep 1939)
Transferred, on a permanent basis, to the Reichs War Court (00 Sep 1939-00 Nov 1939)
Reichs War Court Counsel & Legal Advisor with Army-Group-Command B, then with the Commander-in-Chief East. At the same time, with Border Protection section Command South (00 Nov 1939-15 May 1940)
Reichs War Court Counsel with Army High Command 9 (15 May 1940-00 Oct 1940)
Reichs War Court Counsel and Department-Director III, Legal Advisor in the Staff of Military-Commander in France (00 Oct 1940-30 Jun 1942)
Judge at the 1st Senate of the Reichs War Court (01 Jul 1942-01 Jan 1944)
President of the 2nd Senate of the Reichs War Court (01 Jan 1944-28 Jul 1944)
Committed suicide by pistol in his quarters at Torgau (28 Jul 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
1914 EK I: 00.02.1919
1914 EK II:
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