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Edgar Feuchtinger
Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger in 1944
Born
(1894-11-09)9 November 1894 Metz, Alsace-Lorraine
Died
21 January 1960(1960-01-21) (aged 65) Berlin, Germany
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1914–45
Rank
Generalleutnant
Commands held
21st Panzer Division
Battles/wars
World War I
Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
Second Battle of the Aisne
World War II
Operation Barbarossa
Case Anton
D-Day
Falaise pocket
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Deutsches Kreuz in Silver
Edgar Feuchtinger (9 November 1894 – 21 January 1960) was a German General (Generalleutnant) during the Second World War. Feuchtinger was commander of the 21st Panzer Division during the Normandy Invasion. Later in 1944 he was tried and convicted of treason by the Reich court, demoted and sentenced to execution. The sentence was commuted by the intervention of Adolf Hitler. Feuchtinger did not report to his next assignment, and avoided the German military police until he could surrender to the Allies.
Later in life, while a private citizen, Feuchtinger was pressured by the KGB into finding and disclosing secret information on the West German military and transferring this information to the Soviet Union.[1]
In 2008 his conviction by the Reich court in 1944 came up during a German national discussion on the review of war veterans convicted by the Nazi government of treason. His earlier conviction was not overturned.[2]
^"Falltöter von rechts". Der Spiegel. December 20, 1961.
^"Spiegel interview with Dr. Rolf-Dieter Müller". SpiegelOnline (in German).
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Global Information
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany (to 1945)