Gottfried Weber (general), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
About Gottfried Weber (general)
- Gottfried Ludwig Weber (31 January 1899 – 16 August 1958) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Weber surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket.
- Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955.
- In 1956 Weber joined the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of a Generalmajor.
- He died on 16 August 1958 in an automobile collision in Villach, Austria.
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