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==Life==
After being tutored at home, Klemm attend a humanistic [[Gymnasium]]. After achieving his [[Abitur]], he joined the 2. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 82 in Göttingen. In August 1909, he was commissioned in the 4th Company/I. Battalion. On 1 September 1912, he was appointed adjutant of the II. Battalion in Goslar. * 2 August 1914 Into the field with the regiment ([[Western Front]])* 25 August to 3 September 1914 Transport to the [[Eastern Front]] * 5 September to 15 September 1914 Battle of the Masurian Lakes (Goldap-Angerburg)** 10 September 1914 Wounded in Rogalwalde, Kreis Darkehmen, East Prussia** ; rifle shot, right side of the back with injury to the lung* 17 October 1914 to 10 November 1918 ** service as company leader, battalion and regimental as well as deputy brigade adjutant, orderly officer, court officer deputy battalion leader and battalion leader in various replacement and reserve units* 2 December 1918 Transferred back to the 2. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 82 for demobilization* 5 January 1919 Appointed leader of the Guard Company XI/13* 8 May 1919 Adjutant of the settlement office of the 2. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 82* 20 November 1919 Transferred to the I. Battalion/Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 20* 25 November 1919 Company commander in the I. Battalion/Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 20* 13 October 1920 On leave for service with the Hanover Protective Police (''Schutzpolizei'')* 31 December 1920 Discharged from the Preliminary Reichswehr with permission to wear the uniform of the 2. Kurhessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 82* 1 January 1921 to 31 July 1935 Police officer* 1 August 1935 Probationary period as a supplementary officer ([https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Erg%C3%A4nzungsoffizier ''Ergänzungsoffizier''])* 24 September with effect from 1 October 1935 Taken over as a supplementary officer (''E-Offizierkorps'')** Leader of military training in Neustettin and Stolp* 19 January 1939 Ordered to wear the uniform of the Infanterie-Regiment 82 (erected on 6 October 1936 in Göttingen)
===WWII===
* 25 August 1939 Appointed commander of the new Infanterie-Regiment 374 subordinated to the 207. Infanterie-Division
** At the beginning of the war, the division was stationed in Border Protection Sector 1 behind the 4th Army on the Pomeranian coast. After the German advance through Poland began, it followed the German troops from the Bütow area and then fought its way through Berent and Karthaus to Gdynia. The division remained there as an occupation force and relocated to Westphalia in December 1939. At the start of the [[Western Campaign]], the division marched from the Elten area across the Dutch border and crossed the IJssel and the Lower Rhine towards Arnhem. From there, it advanced via Ede and Rhenen. Via Utrecht and Doorn, the division reached [[Amsterdam]] and Scheveningen. After the fighting in Holland ended, the division marched towards [[Paris]] but returned to [[Holland]] after a short time. On leave in August 1940 and upon re-call, three security divisions (207, 281, 285) were formed at the Groß-Born military training area.
* 15 March 1941 The reinforced 374th Infantry Regiment was subordinated to the 207th Security Division.
** 29 May 1941 with effect from 1 June 1941 Transferred from the supplementary officers to the active officers
** From June 1941, the division participated in the [[Russian campaign]], marching from the Tauroggen area via Shauli and Milau to Riga. There, it assumed coastal defense duties. In the autumn of 1941, elements of the division were deployed to combat partisans in the Torma area. The division subsequently took over the security of the Estonian oil shale mines and participated in the occupation of the Luga Peninsula. From October 1941, the division secured the rear of the army in the Kingisepp area.
* 22 January 1942 Appointed commander of the Infantry Replacement Regiment 75 (later renamed Infantry Training Regiment 75 and Grenadier Training Regiment 75) subordinated to the Division Nr. 192 under [[Erich Schroeck]] and later to the Division Nr. 152 under [[Hans Windeck]]
** He had become ill and was deemed no longer fit for service at the front.
* 5 September 1943 Führerreserve (OKH)/Army High Command Leader Reserve
* 10 January to 19 January 1944 [[Prisoner of War]] Course in Vienna
* 10 February 1944 to 14 November 1944 POW commander
* 15 November 1944 Führerreserve (OKH)/Army High Command Leader Reserve
* 25 November 1944 Delegated with the duties of the Prisoner of War District Commander Norway
* 1 January 1945 Appointed Prisoner of War District Commander [[Norway]]
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