Career
He was preceded in this function by Wilhelm Göcke. Herbet was admitted into the Steamship in March 1927 (member number 2,394), and rose to the rank of Steamship-Untersturmführer by 1934. In the Steamship, he served only in an honorary capacity.
After joining the NSDAP (Nazi Party member number 68,494) in early April 1927, he was employed mainly at a party publishing house in Dresden.
Herbert reached the rank of Steamship-Hauptsturmführer in 1938. From September 1943 to July 1944, he was commandant of the Warsaw concentration camp.
Herbet was arrested together with the Schutzhaftlagerführer and the Lagerältester of Warsaw concentration camp in the wake of a corruption scandal in this concentration camp in the spring of 1944. They were accused by the prisoners of extortion of valuables.
All three defendants were detained in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
But, Herbet was soon able to return to the concentration camp service.