SS and Police Leader
From late October 1942 to May 1943, he was SS and Police Leader (, SSPF) in Zhitomir, and then SSPF in Białystok until July 1944. Under his leadership, as part of anti-partisan operations, the SS and police destroyed 108 villages and killed another 2,336 people. From December 1944, he was deputy leader of "SS-Oberabschnitt Nordost" (Northeast), and deputy Higher SS and Police Leader "Nordost", based in Königsberg, until May 1945.