Martin fought in the
German Imperial Army in the
First World War in which he was awarded
Iron Cross first and second class. After Germany's defeat, he joined the paramilitary
Freikorps in 1919. He obtained his
Juris Doctor after the war ended and then joined the police department in Nuremberg in 1923, rising through the ranks to chief of police in Nuremberg. After
World War II ended in Europe, he was indicted and tried for complicity in the deportation of Franconia Jews to
Auschwitz. Martin was acquitted of the charges. ==References==