Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach

German general

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1888

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1976

Profession: military personnel, resistance fighter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Walther Kurt von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (22 August 1888 – 28 April 1976) was a general in the German Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Seydlitz-Kurzbach was relieved of his command in early 1943 and then abandoned the German army lines under German fire to surrender to the Red Army.
He became a Soviet collaborator while a prisoner of war.
After the war he was convicted by the Soviet Union of war crimes.
In 1996 he was posthumously pardoned by Russia.