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Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck

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Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
Born10 July 1892
Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died5 January 1955(1955-01-05) (aged 62)
Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy
Years of service1911-1944
Rank General der Panzertruppe
Commands15th Panzer Division
11th Panzer Division
2nd Panzer-Division
XXXXVI Panzer Corps
LVII Panzer Corps
LVIII Panzer Corps
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German general who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps.

Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy in the military. He was arrested on 21 July 1944 and spent the rest of the war in concentration camps. Liberated at the end of the war he lived the rest of his life in poverty and died on 5 January 1955.[1]

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Citations

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  1. ^ Mitcham 2007, p. 34.
  2. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 299.

Bibliography

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  • Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). Rommel's Desert Commanders — The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941–42. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-3510-9.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of 15. Panzer-Division
April 13, 1941 - May 26, 1941
Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Günther Angern
Commander of 11. Panzer Division
24 August 1941 - 20 October 1941
Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Walter Scheller
Preceded by
General der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel
Commander of 2. Panzer-Division
February 17, 1942 - June 1, 1942
Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Arno von Lenski
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Hans Zorn
Commander of XXXXVI Panzer Corps
November 20, 1942 - June 20, 1943
Succeeded by
General der Infanterie Hans Zorn
Preceded by
General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Kirchner
Commander of LVII Panzer Corps
November 30, 1943 - February 19, 1944
Succeeded by
General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Kirchner
Preceded by
General der Panzertruppen Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
Commander of LVIII Panzer Corps
December 1, 1943 - February 10, 1944
Succeeded by
General der Panzertruppen Walter Krüger