Hans-Karl Asmus Werner Freiherr von Esebeck was a German General who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps.
Career
He was also a conspirator against Adolf Hitler. Von Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy. He was arrested on 21 July 1944 and spent the rest of the war in concentration camps.
Liberated at the end of the war he lived the rest of his life in poverty and died on 5 January 1955.
Third Class Military Merit Cross; German Cross in Gold; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Friedrich Order
German Cross; Iron Cross; Wound Badge; Order of the Cross of Liberty; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Order of Merit
Iron Cross (1914)
2nd Class (20 September 1914)
1st Class (27 January 1917)
Third Class Military Merit Cross; German Cross in Gold; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Friedrich Order
German Cross; Iron Cross; Wound Badge; Order of the Cross of Liberty; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; Order of Merit
Iron Cross (1914)
2nd Class (20 September 1914)
1st Class (27 January 1917)