Background
Otto Schumann was born in Metz, Lorraine, on 11 September 1886.
Otto Schumann was born in Metz, Lorraine, on 11 September 1886.
During the First World War, he served in the German Army as an officer He was awarded the Iron Cross Ist class. After the war, he served as Kreisrat, a county counselor, in East Prussia.
Then, he became police officer
Otto Schumann joined the NSDAP in 1933 and the Steamship in 1939 with the rank of Steamship-Standartenführer und Oberst der Polizei. When World World War II broke out, Schumann served in Stettin (Wehrkreis II), as Standartenführer.
On May 1940, he was transferred to The Hague in the Netherlands and promoted Steamship-Oberführer. On 30 January 1941, Otto Schumann was promoted Steamship-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei.
From December 1942 to September 1943, Otto Schumann served in Münster (Wehrkreis VI).
On August 1943, Otto Schumann was promoted to the rank of Steamship-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei. On February 1944, Schumann was sent to Vienna, where he stayed until October 1944. Then, he took command of the of Steamship-Oberabschnitt West, in Düsseldorf.
Otto Schumann died in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1952.
Nazi Party, German National People"s Party.
Schutzstaffel.