Facts: - battles: world war i world war ii - death date: 30 june 1985 - allegiance: germany - rank: generalleutnant - placeofburial: nordfriedhof , munich - awards: knight 's cross of the iron cross etc. . - birth date: 15 january 1897 - serviceyears: 1916 -- 45 , 1956 -- 61 - name: max-josef johann pemsel - branch: bavarian 1919 -- 35 -rrb- heer -lrb- 1935 -- 45 -rrb- army bundeswehr -lrb- 1956 -- 61 -rrb- -lrb- 1916 -- 19 -rrb- reichswehr -lrb- - death place: munich , bavaria - birth place: regensburg , bavaria Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of max-josef pemsel .
max-josef pemsel -lrb- 15 january 1897 -- 30 june 1985 -rrb- was a '' generalleutnant '' in the german army during second world war .after the war he became one of the very few senior officers from the nazi germany-era armed forces to serve in the west german army .