55th Infantry Regiment no relation World War I
Early life
Lutze was born in Bevergern, Westphalia, in 1890. He was employed by the Reichspost from 1907 until he joined the Prussian Army in 1912. He served with the 55th Infantry Regiment and then fought in the 369th Infantry Regiment and 15th Reserve Infantry Regiment during the First World War. He served as a platoon leader and a company commander and lost an eye in combat. After his discharge in 1919 with the rank of Oberleutnant, Lutze returned to his postal job and then became a salesman and a business manager. He also joined the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund, the largest, most active and most influential anti-Semitic organisation in the Weimar Republic.
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