Schulte-Heuthaus, Hermann, born 15-01-1898 at Gut Klein Weißensee in the district of Wehlau; 
Hermann, during the First World War, joined the Grenadier Regiment “King Frederick the Great” (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 of the Prussian Army as an ensign on 14-10-1914. In this regiment, after being promoted to lieutenant and serving as a platoon leader, he was first appointed battalion adjutant in 1917 and then regimental adjutant in 1918. In 1920, when he left the Reichswehr, he was given the rank of first lieutenant. The Grenadier Regiment “King Frederick the Great” (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 on 17-08-1914, was mobilized according to the mobilization plan. It belonged to the 3rd Infantry Brigade, the 2nd Infantry Division, the 8th Army and the 1st Army Corps. In addition to the regiment moving into the field, it set up a reserve battalion of four companies and two recruit depots. On 29-08-1918, the regiment received its own mortar company, which was formed from parts of the mortar company No. 2.
In 1934, Hermann rejoined the Reichswehr 
as a captain. On 01-01-1939, Hermann was promoted to Major. In 1940, he was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment. He led this unit as part of the 1st Infantry Division 
under command of Generalleutnant Philipp Kleffel, 
in the Western campaign, where he was wounded 
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Philipp Kleffel (09-12-1887 – 10-10-1964, age 76) was a German General during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 
of Nazi Germany. For 10 days, Kleffel served as the last commander of the short-lived 25th Army in the Netherlands, until it was converted on 07-04-1945 to the Netherlands High Command (Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande), under Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz. 
Kleffell was part of the General Staff when Blaskowitz surrendered OB Niederlande to I Canadian Corps’ Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes 
at Wageningen on 06-05-1945, effectively ending the war in the Netherlands.
After being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he was transferred to the Führer reserve. From 01-05-1941, he took over the 25th Motorcycle Battalion as part of the 25th Infantry Division (motorized) under command of General Anton Grasser 
, which he led in the central sector of the Eastern Front.General Grasser survived the war and died 03-11-1976 (aged 85) inStuttgart, Baden-Württemburg, West Germany.
On 23-01-1942, Schulte-Heuthaus was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. At the end of February of the same year, he gave up command of the battalion and was transferred back to the Führer reserve. 
Sent to Africa in March 1942 to be deployed to the General Staff of the Panzer Army Africa, 
under command of Gerneral Erwin Rommel,
he was promoted to Oberst a month later. In September 1942, he became deputy commander of the 90th Light Africa Division, 
, before handing over command to Major General Ulrich Kleemann 
a few days later. At the beginning of July 1943, he was appointed commander of the Fusilier Regiment Großdeutschland, 
where he was again wounded. He was so badly injured that his right arm had to be amputated. His predecessor, Obewrst Eugen Garski, 
was killed in action on 30-09-1942, aged 45, during the attack on Kostonosovo (near Rzhev) and was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor on 13-10-1942.
At the end of March 1944, Schulte-Heuthaus was appointed commander of the Greater Germany Replacement Brigade in Cottbus, but gave up command of it in October. On 20-10-1944, he was appointed the last commander of the Brandenburg Division, 
which was deployed in East Prussia and Lusatia from February 1945 as part of the Greater Germany Panzer Corps. On 01-03-1945, he was promoted to Major General. The war ended in May 1945 as part of the LIX Army Corps in Czechoslovakia in the Olomouc and Deutsch-Brod area.[Schulte-Heuthaus was taken prisoner of war by the Western Allies, from which he was released in 1947.
The Brandenburgers were members of Nazi Germany’s Wehrmacht special forces unit during World War II. Originally, the unit was formed by and operated as an extension of the military’s intelligence and counter-espionage organ, the Abwehr. Members of this unit took part in seizing operationally important targets by way of sabotage and infiltration. Consisting of foreign German nationals working on behalf of the Third Reich, the unit’s members often lived abroad, were proficient in foreign languages, and were familiar with the local culture and customs of the areas where they were deployed.
Death and burial ground of Hermann Schulte-Heuthaus.
Hermann Schulte-Heuthaus died 28-12-1979 (age 81) in Berlin, Germany. He is buried at the Friedhof/Cemetery Zehlendorf, Zehlendorf, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Onkel-Tom-Street 30 Zehlendorf, Germany.
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