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Erwin von Witzleben
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German field marshal (1881–1944)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1881-12-04 ) 4 December 1881, Breslau , Silesia , Prussia , Germany (present-day Wrocław, Poland)
- Died
- 8 August 1944 (1944-08-08) (aged 62), Plötzensee Prison , Berlin , Germany
- Allegiance
- Prussia Germany
- Branch
- Imperial German Army Prussian Army Reichswehr German Army
- Service years
- 1901–1944
- Rank
- Generalfeldmarschall
- Commands
- 1st Army OB West
- Conflicts
- World War I Battle of Verdun Battle of Champagne World War II Saar Offensive Battle of France German resistance to Nazism
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- Plötzensee Prison
- Occupation
- resistance fighter
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Military rank
- general field marshal
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-043-13, Erwin v. Witzleben.jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt (Oder)
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- Commons category
- Erwin von Witzleben
- date of birth
- 1881-12-04
- date of death
- 1944-08-08
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Army Group D
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1901-00-00
- end of work period
- 1942-00-00
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
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Encyclopedic overview
Job Wilhelm Georg Erwin Erdmann von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall ('field marshal') in the Wehrmacht and Oberbefehlshaber West ('commander in chief in the west', abbreviated to OB West), during the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was designated to become commander in chief of the Wehrmacht in a post-Nazi regime, had the plot succeeded. After being dishonourably discharged by the Ehrenhof ('court of honour'), he was murdered, after a show trial from the Volksgerichtshof ('people's court').
Early years
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