Max Paul Otto Hofmann  
(09.03.1854 - 28.11.1918)
place of birth:  Meiningen, Thüringen  (Thuringia)
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  General der Infanterie


General Max Hoffmann was an Imperial German division and corps commander during the Great War. As Germany mobilized, he headed 19th Infantry Division attached to Emmich's X. Army Corps as they laid siege to the fortresses of Liege, Belgium. The 19th ID was also soon thereafter involved in the Battle for Namur. After pushing deep into France, the division additionally took part in the First Battle of the Marne of September 1914.

In the Spring of 1915, the division transferred to the Galician Front to serve under Generaloberst August von Mackensen as he prepared for his offensive to break through at Gorlice-Tarnow. Generalleutnant Hofmann was appointed in July 1915 as Georg von der Marwitz' provisional replacement as commander of the Beskiden-Korps, part of the Army of the Bug. The success of his corps troops in taking the fortress at Brest-Litovsk earned Hofmann the Pour le Merite in August 1915. After being engaged with Graf von Bothmer's Süd-Armee in East Galicia, the Beskiden-Korps was transferred in October 1917 to the Moselle River area of the Western Front. Hofmann's corps was renamed to XXXVIII. Reserve Corps in January 1918, after which he wa promoted to General der Infanterie on the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm's birthday. That summer his corps fought alongside General von Hutier's 18th Army in the Avre River area. General Hofmann had to leave the front in mid-August after falling seriously ill in August, and died in the field hospital shortly after the War drew to a close. 

	General der Infanterie	27.01.1918
	Pour le Mérite	28.08.1915  (Eichenlaub:  05.07.1918)