Career
He was promoted to Oberst (Colonel) in 1940 and served as a Brigade commander in the 3rd Panzer Division from 27 June 1941 to August 1941. In 1942 he was appointed the Deputy Chief of the Army Personnel Office (HPA) at the Heer (Army) High Command (OKH). On 1 January 1943 he was promoted to Generalmajor (Major General) and on 1 April 1944 to Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General).
On 21 July 1944 he arrived at the country home of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben, having been ordered to arrest him following his involvement in the 20 July plot coup attempt.
Linnarz was the Commander of the 26th Panzer-Division in Italy from 1 March 1945 until 8 May 1945. Linnarz was interrogated about his wartime role and recollections on 25 February 1948.
He died aged 85 in 1979 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
