Otto Ernst Remer
German Regiment/Division Army Officer in the Wehrmacht (1912-1997)
Generalmajor Otto Ernst Remer (18 August 1912 – 4 October 1997) was a German Army officer who served during World War II and played a major role in stopping the 20 July plot in 1944 against Adolf Hitler. He was a captain and a major (1943–1944), and finally a Oberst (colonel) and a Generalmajor (major general) in 1945. In his later years, he became a politician and far-right activist. He co-founded the Socialist Reich Party in West Germany in the 1950s and is considered an influential figure in postwar neo-fascist politics in Germany.
Early life
Otto Ernst Remer was born in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, in the German Empire on 18 August 1912. He attended a military academy and was commissioned as an officer in the German Army 1932 at the age of 20, a few months before Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, initiating a series of laws in the Weimar Republic which made him the sole leader in the country.
Military career
Remer began his career in April 1933 as an ensign in the 4th Prussian Infantry Regiment. Remer took part in the Invasion of Poland in 1939 (upon which he was awarded the rank of Oberleutnant or Lieutenant), the Balkans Campaign, and Operation Barbarossa. In April 1942, he was posted to Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland.
In February 1943, he commanded an infantry battalion (with the rank of Army Hauptmann/Captain or Army Major) in the Großdeutschland Division (GD) after the regiment was reformed into a division.
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