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Josef Kiermayer was born on
21 December 1897 in
Erding (Bavaria). He served apprenticeship as saddler. From
8 September 1915 until 12 February 1916 he was soldier in the
Bayerisches Infanterie-Leibregiment, from
13 February 1916 until the end of WW1 he
served as sergeant in the
Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment 116.
From
27 November 1919 he worked as policeman. On
30 January 1938
he became member of the
Reichssicherheitsdienst in which he served as
SS-Untersturmführer
and
Kriminalrat.
Kiermayer was promoted
SS-Hauptsturmführer on
30 January 1943, and
SS-Sturmbannführer on
21 June 1944.
Finally Kiermayer became chief of
Himmler's escort command, his personal aide
and secretary,
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and accompanied him
during his last days. Kiermayer was probably captured in
Bremervörde on
21 or 22 May 1945,
together with other members of
Himmler's flight group.
Sources:
Witte Peter, Wildt Michael, Pohl Dieter and others, eds.
Der Dienstkalender Heinrich Himmlers 1941/42,
Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1999
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