After suffering from severe frostbite on the Eastern Front at the end of 1942, he served as an Offizier für wehrgeistige Führung (political officer) at the antiaircraft artillery school in Altenstadt, near Schongau.
After suffering from severe cold on the Eastern Front at the end of 1942, he served as a political officer at the antiaircraft artillery school in Altenstadt, near Schongau.