Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck

Military Person

1892 – 1955

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Who was Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck?

Hans-Karl Asmus Werner Freiherr von Esebeck was a German General who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps. He was also a conspirator against Adolf Hitler.

Von Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy. 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.

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Born
Jul 10, 1892
Potsdam
Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Potsdam
Died
Jan 5, 1955
Iserlohn

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on July 23, 2013

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