Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg

German General and Knight's Cross recipients

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1898

Place of Birth: Inowrocław, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 02-Feb-1945

Profession: military officer, resistance fighter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg (10 December 1898 – 2 February 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.
Convicted in connection with the 20 July plot, he was sentenced to death and executed by firing squad.
This represents a 'magnificent irony of history' .
In fact, had he survived the war, he would most probably have had to confront a British firing squad.
As the commanding officer of the 65th Division, he had ordered the execution of four uniformed British soldiers captured in Italy in September 1943.