Curt von Gottberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German general
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Place of Birth: Bartenstein District, Prussia Province
About Curt von Gottberg
- Curt Gustav Friedrich Walther von Gottberg (11 February 1896 – 31 May 1945) was a high-ranking Nazi official and SS commander.
- Beginning in October 1942, within a few years he combined the highest civil and military powers in occupied Belarus: from March 1943 as representative of the Higher SS and Police Leader for central Russia and from October 1943 as the acting Commissioner-General (Generalkommissar) of the occupied Belarus. Gottberg personally ordered many war crimes and commanded units that committed atrocities against the civilian population of occupied territories.
- After the end of the war, he was arrested and committed suicide while in custody.
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