Bernd von Brauchitsch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German general
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Bernd von Brauchitsch
- Bernd von Brauchitsch (30 September 1911 – 19 December 1974) was a German aristocratic Luftwaffe colonel during World War II and adjutant to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. Born in 1911, as the son of Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch, he embarked on a military career.
- He took part in the invasion of France and the Low Countries, as the commander of a bombing unit.
- In April 1945, he was arrested together with Göring by the SS on charges of cowardice and betrayal. After the war, he first served as a witness to major war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, and spent the rest of his life in German steel business, working as managing director of two large Krupp-steel companies.
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