Ernst Adolph entered the Army Service in 13-03-1894, as a Fahnenjunker. He was highly decorated officer and ended World War I as Chief of Staff of Special Purpose General Command 59. Ernst Adolph stayed in the 100.000 men Reichwehr , until he retired in 1928. Placed to the disposal of the army in 1935, he applied again and became the rank of Major General, on 01-02-1941. Temporary Commandant of the Troop Exercise Grounds Bergen-Belsen, Bergen Belsen would become an infamous place with their terrible concentration camp. Adolph was Field Commander of the 755th Infantry Regiment, under Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck in Le Mans in France, in June 1940. Being the Wehrmacht Commander of Dniepropehovsk in Russia from 01-02-1942 until 31-04-1942, he in the age of 69, retired. He lived after the war in Goslar.
Ernst Adolph entered the Army Service in 13-03-1894, as a Fahnenjunker. He was highly decorated officer and ended World War I as Chief of Staff of Special Purpose General Command 59. Ernst Adolph stayed in the 100.000 men Reichwehr , until he retired in 1928. Placed to the disposal of the army in 1935, he applied again and became the rank of Major General, on 01-02-1941. Temporary Commandant of the Troop Exercise Grounds Bergen-Belsen, Bergen Belsen would become an infamous place with their terrible concentration camp. Adolph was Field Commander of the 755th Infantry Regiment, under Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck in Le Mans in France, in June 1940. Being the Wehrmacht Commander of Dniepropehovsk in Russia from 01-02-1942 until 31-04-1942, he in the age of 69, retired. He lived after the war in Goslar.
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