Erich von Manstein
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Manstein in 1938 | |
| Birth name | Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski |
| Born | 24 November 1887 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 9 June 1973 (aged 85) Irschenhausen, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Buried | Dorfmark, Bad Fallingbostel |
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| Years of service | 1906–44 1949–56 |
| Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
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| Children | 3 |
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| Other work | Served as military advisor to the West German government |
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| Criminal conviction | |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes (9 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | 18 years imprisonment; commuted to 12 years imprisonment |
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| Victims | Soviet prisoners of war Soviet civilians Ukrainian Jews |
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was later placed in prison for 18 years because he committed war crimes.
References
- ↑ Knopp 2003, p. 139.
- ↑ Stein 2000, p. 25.
Sources
- Knopp, Guido (2003). Hitlers krigare (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska Media. ISBN 91-89442-76-8.
Further reading
Official records
- The British records of the Manstein trial are now housed in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London.
- Manstein's testimony at Nuremberg is contained in three files at the Yale University Avalon Project: 9 August 1946, 10 August 1946, and 12 August 1946.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erich von Manstein.
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Erich von Manstein
- "The Role of the German Military in the Holocaust". The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- "How Wrong Was Churchill?" by Noel Annan, The New York Review of Books
- "Erich von Manstein 1887–1973" (in German). LeMO at Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- Newspaper clippings about Erich von Manstein in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert |
Commander of 11. Armee 21 September 1941 – 21 November 1942 |
Succeeded by Army Group Don |
| Preceded by 11. Armee |
Commander of Army Group Don 21 November 1942 – 12 February 1943 |
Succeeded by Army Group South |
| Preceded by Generalfeldmarschall Maximilian von Weichs |
Commander of Army Group South 12 February 1943 – 30 March 1944 |
Succeeded by Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by George Marshall |
Cover of Time magazine 10 January 1944 |
Succeeded by Oveta Culp Hobby |