Career
He spent the next three years as a platoon and company commander in the Totenkopf Regiment as well as being a company commander in the army"s 11th Infantry Regiment. On 20 April 1939, he was promoted to Hauptsturmführer (Captain) and in November 1939, given command of an artillery battery in Steamship Totenkopf. From August 1941 until January 1942, Kausch was the commander of an artillery battalion.
He was promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major) in April 1942.
In February 1943, his unit fought in the area of the Oranienbaum sector during the withdrawal to the Narva. Kausch was promoted to Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel).
Foreign his actions in July 1944 Kausch was decorated with the Knight"s Cross on 23 August 1944. Kausch"s unit participated in the last battles of Berlin.
On 1 May 1945, he was taken prisoner by the Red Army.
He was released in January 1956, and died in October 2001. Bibliography.
