[1] In 1933 he joined the Nazi Party in Austria[1] and later authored a brochure about the actions of local SA Brigade 6 („SA-Brigade Jäger“).
On April 25, 1944, Wehrmacht intelligence “reported no military or political objections to the planned deportation of the island’s Jews”.
Second, Jaeger argued that the Italians on Corfu presented a greater threat than the Jews, “against whom incidentally there have never been any complaints”.
Jaeger argued that the operation would lead to “a loss of ethical prestige in the eyes of the population”, an argument which, according to scholar Mark Mazower, was almost unique among German officers during this time period.
After the German withdrawal from the island in October 1944 Oberst Jaeger is next recorded as commanding Festungs-Bataillon 1017 in the Balkans in February 1945.