Generalintendant Kurt Freiherr von Kreß von Kressenstein Born: 03 Jul 1900 in Munich (München) Died: 17 Aug 1945 in Schönbrunn, District Dachau Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich zur See (21 Feb 1920); Charakter als Leutnant zur See (22 Oct 1921); Regierungs-Assessor (01 May 1927); Regierungsrat (Titel) (01 Nov 1929); Regierungsamtmann (01 May 1931); Regierungsrat (01 Dec 1933); Oberregierungsrat (01 Oct 1935); Ministerialrat (01 Aug 1938); General-Intendant (01 Sep 1941) Career:
Entered the Navy as Kadett at the Naval-School Mürwik (02 Apr 1918-30 Jun 1918)
Kadett on Board the School-Ship 'Freya' (01 Jul 1918-26 Sep 1918)
Kadett on Board the Liner 'Kaiser' (27 Sep 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Retired (30 Nov 1918)
Volunteer in Freikorps Oberland/Epp (24 Apr 1919-01 Aug 1919)
Law-Studies at the University Of Munich (15 Sep 1919-22 Feb 1920)
Reactivated to Naval Service as Fähnrich in the 1st then 2nd Coastal-Defence-Regiments then Training at the Naval-School Mürwik (23 Feb 1920-31 Oct 1921)
Retired (31 Oct 1921)
Law-Studies at the University Of Munich (01 Nov 1921-31 Oct 1923)
1st Legal State Examination (00 Oct 1923)
Referendar at the Local-Court Munich (01 Nov 1923-31 Jul 1924)
Referendar at District-Court Munich I (01 Aug 1924-30 Apr 1925)
Referendar with District-Office Dachau (01 May 1925-31 Oct 1925)
Referendar with the Police-Direction Munich (01 Nov 1925-30 Apr 1926)
Referendar with RA. Geh. Justizrat Maurmeier, Munich (01 May 1926-31 Oct 1926)
2nd Legal State Examination (00 Dec 1926)
Entered Bavarian State Service as Assessor and Legal Assistant with RA. Noell, Munich (07 Jan 1927-30 Apr 1927)
Regierungsassessor with the Government of Schwaben and Neuburg, Chamber of the Interior, Augsburg (01 May 1927-30 Apr 1931)
Regierungsamtmann at District-Office Munich (01 Dec 1933-31 Aug 1934)
Detached for Testing to Air-Office Munich (01 Sep 1934-31 Dec 1934)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe as Regierungsrat with Air-District-Command V, Munich (01 Jan 1935-25 Nov 1936)
Director of the Administration-School of the Luftwaffe, Braunschweig (26 Nov 1936-20 Apr 1937)
Group-Director in the RLM/LD II 1 then LP III 1 (21 Apr 1937-10 Oct 1939)
Department-Chief in the RLM/LD 9 (11 Oct 1939-11 Mar 1941)
Department-Chief in the RLM/LD 8 (12 Mar 1941-04 Sep 1941)
Office-Group-Chief in the RLM/LD Pers. (05 Sep 1941-31 Oct 1943)
Office-Group-Chief in the RLM/LP (B) (01 Nov 1943-02 Jun 1944)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (03 Jun 1944-06 Jul 1944)
Detached to Air-Region-Command XI (07 Jul 1944-31 Aug 1944)
Air-Region-Intendant with Air-Region-Command VII, Munich (01 Sep 1944-04 May 1945)
In US Captivity and in Hospital (04 May 1945-17 Aug 1945)
Died in Hospital (17 Aug 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutches Kreuz in Silber (30 Jun 1944)
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