Potsdam ,  Province of Brandenburg  and joined the 4. Reiterregiment (Cavalry Regiment) of the German  Reichswehr  in 1926. He was educated at the  Infantry  school  Dresden  together with  Claus von Stauffenberg  and  Manfred von Brauchitsch  in October 1927 - August 1928 [1]  and was promoted a  Lieutenant  in 1930. In 1937/38