Werner von Erdmannsdorff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWerner von Erdmannsdorff
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
About Werner von Erdmannsdorff
- Werner von Erdmannsdorff (27 July 1891 – 5 June 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
- He was married to Helene née von Tschirsky und Bögendorff (1895–1982).Erdmannsdorff surrendered to the British troops in May 1945.
- He was extradited to Yugoslavia and was shot on 5 June 1945 in Ljubljana alongside generals Gustav Fehn, Friedrich Stephan (general) and Heinz Kattner.
- He was the older brother of general Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff, who himself would be hanged in Minsk in January of 1946 for war crimes.
Read more at Wikipedia