Karl General

June 26, 1893 (age 51)

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

After service in World War I he served in the Reichswehr. In World World War II he served on the Eastern Front, in 1942 and 1943 with the 18th Panzer Division. On 6 April 1943 he was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross. On 20 July 1944, he was appointed by the conspirators as the commander of the defense group III (Berlin) as the successor to the arrested General Joachim von Kortzfleisch. He did not follow the conspirators orders and later took part in the interrogation of Major Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen, a supporter of the plot under his command. He was nevertheless subsequently arrested by the Gestapo. He was dismissed from the army by the court of honor and was then tried by the People"s Court, sentenced to death by Roland Freisler on 5 October 1944 and shot by firing squad in Brandenburg-Görden Prison on 24 October 1944.

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He was born in Mainz.

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After service in World War I he served in the Reichswehr. In World World War II he served on the Eastern Front, in 1942 and 1943 with the 18th Panzer Division. On 6 April 1943 he was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross.

On 20 July 1944, he was appointed by the conspirators as the commander of the defense group III (Berlin) as the successor to the arrested General Joachim von Kortzfleisch.

He did not follow the conspirators orders and later took part in the interrogation of Major Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen, a supporter of the plot under his command. He was nevertheless subsequently arrested by the Gestapo.

He was dismissed from the army by the court of honor and was then tried by the People"s Court, sentenced to death by Roland Freisler on 5 October 1944 and shot by firing squad in Brandenburg-Görden Prison on 24 October 1944.

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Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class 1st Class Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class German Cross in Gold (18 October 1941) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 18. Panzer-Division.

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Third Class Military Merit Cross; German Cross in Gold; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross; Iron Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross