 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokunge Umambo hweGermany hwazvipira muna 1918, akachengetwa muReichswehr. Mukutanga kwema1920, akatora chikamu mukudzvinyirirwa kweSilesian Uprisings. Akasimudzirwa kuva Oberleutnant muna July 1925 uye Hauptmann muna 1930. Akashanda mumapoka ehondo akasiyana-siyana, uye sechikamu chekuunganidzwa kwemauto mushure mekusimuka kwaAdolf Hitler, akagadzwa semutungamiri we3rd Battalion ye28th Infantry Regiment muna 1936, aine chinzvimbo che Major. 