Career
Born in Ravensburg, Thumm entered service in World War I on August 8, 1914, and earned his commission as a Leutnant on August 2, 1915 in the 125th Infantry Regiment. Thumm was promoted to Oberst in October 1941, Generalmajor in March 1943, Generalleutnant in September 1943, and General der Infanterie in January 1945. Thumm commanding the following formations: I. Bataillon, 75.
Infanterie-Regiment on October 1, 1938 56.
Jäger-Regiment on June 13, 19405th Jäger Division on January 4, 1943LXIV. Armeekorps on November 1, 1944 After pulling Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the LXIV. Armeekorps on January 20, 1945. Captured at the end of the war, Thumm spent some two and half years in an Allied Prisoner Of War camp.
Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim. Wehrmachtbericht reference Bibliography.
