Career
Adolf Hitler requested his death sentence in March 1945 for abandoning the Fortress Warsaw. The court headed by General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico, General der Nachrichtentruppe Albert Praun, Generalleutnant Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt, Generalrichter Doctor Juris Karl Schmauser and Generalrichter Doctor Juris
Adolf Block ruled not guilty.
The prosecution was represented by General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch, and the defense was led by General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff. The trial before the Reichskriegsgericht (Supreme Military Court) in Berlin commenced on March 24, 1945.
Fries was acquitted due to the utter exhaustion of the troops he had commanded. He was freed and placed on leave until the end of the war six weeks later, but spent two years thereafter as an Allied prisoner of war.
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