Hölter, Hermann, born 31-01-1900 in Lemgo, entered the Army Service as a Fahnenjunker, age 17, in the Replacement Battalion of the 180th Infantry Regiment, on 07-11-1917. He was in the fields with this regiment and wounded 
in hospital from 28-03-1918 until 22-04-1918. He ended the war at the Fahnenjunker Course in Münsingen. With the start of World War II he as a Oberstleutnant was the Chief of Staff in the General Staff of the 34th Division 
under General of the Artillery Hans Behlendorff 
Behlendorff died age 71, on 16-03-1961, in Baden Baden. Holter was the Chief of the General Staff of the German General with the Finnish headquarters to 23-09-1941 and landed in the Führer Reserve 
(see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) until 01-10-1941. appointed as Chief of Staff of the Higher Command XXXVI until 16-11-1941 and the same position in the XXXVI Mountain Corps, under command of General of the Cavalry Hans Feige, 
until 05-02-1944, meanwhile a Generalmajor and again in the Führer Reserve to 01-03-1944. Hans Feige survived the war and died 17-09-1953, aged 72, in Bad Schussenried,
in hospital from 28-03-1918 until 22-04-1918. He ended the war at the Fahnenjunker Course in Münsingen. With the start of World War II he as a Oberstleutnant was the Chief of Staff in the General Staff of the 34th Division under General of the Artillery Hans Behlendorff Behlendorff died age 71, on 16-03-1961, in Baden Baden. Holter was the Chief of the General Staff of the German General with the Finnish headquarters to 23-09-1941 and landed in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) until 01-10-1941. appointed as Chief of Staff of the Higher Command XXXVI until 16-11-1941 and the same position in the XXXVI Mountain Corps, under command of General of the Cavalry Hans Feige, until 05-02-1944, meanwhile a Generalmajor and again in the Führer Reserve to 01-03-1944. Hans Feige survived the war and died 17-09-1953, aged 72, in Bad Schussenried,
Holter on the picture right as Chief of Staff of the famous Generaloberst der Gebirgstruppe, Kommandeur der 3th Gebirgs Division 
, Eduard Dietl. 
The 3th Gebirgs Division was created from the Austrian Army’s 5th 
under command of Generalmajor Eugen Hahn 
,and 7th Divisions 
under command of General Otto Hartmann, 
following the Anschluss in 1938. It fought the remainder of the war in the south, retreating with the front lines through the Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, and finally surrendering to the Soviets in Silesia at the end of the war. Hölter was also the Chief of Staff of Dietl’s successor Lothar Rendulic,
as Dietl crashed in June 1944. Eugen Hahn died age 53 on 10-08-1938 in Heidelberg and Otto Hartmann died age 67 on 10-07-1952 in MiesbachHölter got the command of the 20th Mountain Army, where he was the successor of Generaloberst der Wehrmacht, Chef der Wehrmacht, Alfred Jodl
and at the same time Chief of Wehrmacht Command Norway until his captivity on 08-05-1945, as a Generalleutnant. The youngest Generalleutnant in WWII, with 36, was Theodor Tolsdorff. 
The 20th Mountain Army or German Lapland Army (AOK Lappland) was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was established in January 1942, and renamed the 20th Mountain Army (20. Gebirgsarmee) in June 1942. On 18-12-1944, the 20th Mountain Army absorbed the German 21st Army under command of General der Infanterie, Kurt von Tippelskirch 
Death and burial ground of Hölter, Hermann Ernst Wilhelm.
Released in December 1947, Hölter retired in Bad Böll where he at the old age of 89 died, on 05-05-1989. Hölter is buried on the cemetery of Bad Böll next to Genereralleutnant der Pioniere, Chef Kommandant Pioniers Süd West, Fritz Hildemann.
