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Karl von Roques
Roques's mugshot after his indictment for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal (July 1947)
Born
7 May 1880
Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Died
24 December 1949(1949-12-24) (aged 69)
Nuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany
Known for
War crimes of the Wehrmacht
Criminal status
Deceased
Conviction(s)
War crimes Crimes against humanity
Trial
High Command Trial
Criminal penalty
20 years imprisonment
Military career
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Luftwaffe Army
Rank
General of the Infantry
Commands held
Army Group South Rear Area
Battles/wars
World War II
Relations
Franz von Roques (cousin)
Karl von Roques (7 May 1880 – 24 December 1949) was a German general and war criminal during the Second World War, who commanded the Army Group Rear Area behind Army Group South. Following the war, Roques was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the High Command Trial. He died in 1949 while serving his sentence.
the war, Roques was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the High Command Trial. He died in 1949 while serving his sentence. KarlvonRoques was born...
March 1941, Roques was appointed commander of Army Group North Rear Area; he assumed the post in July 1941. Notably, his cousin KarlvonRoques served as...
the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Commanded by General KarlvonRoques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group...
ending the war in the pocket with Army Group Courland. Generalleutnant Karlvon Tiedemann (? August 1939 – 1 January 1943) Generalleutnant Erich Hofmann...
from 27 October 1941 to 9 January 1942, while the original commander, KarlvonRoques, was on medical leave. Like other Army Group Rear Areas, the territories...
which in turn had been activated just a few days prior, on 26 August. Fedor von Bock, commanding general of 2nd Army, became the first commanding general...
Wehrmacht officers, including Hermann Hoth, Georg von Küchler, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, KarlvonRoques, Walter Warlimont and others, were convicted of war...
Invasion of Poland Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff Erich von Manstein. Two years later, Army Group South became one...
Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz (German pronunciation: [ˌkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊ̯zəvɪt͡s] ; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general...
adherents of the present Russian-Bolshevik system are to be spared." Walther von Brauchitsch also told his subordinates that troops should view the war as...
active in Interpol during the war years, Harry Söderman, described Nebe and Karl Zindel [de], a key RSHA figure responsible for persecution of the Roma, in...
High Command Trial (officially, The United States of America vs. Wilhelm von Leeb, et al.), also known initially as Case No. 12 (the 13 Generals' Trial)...
the Battle of Moscow and was replaced by Field Marshal Günther von Kluge. Günther von Kluge would remain the army group's commander until he was injured...
cavalry regiments were transferred to the general command of HSSPF Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski for action in the area of the Pripet marsh, a large area...
imprisonment (released in 1952) KarlvonRoques – Guilty, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, died in prison in 1949 Hans von Salmuth – Guilty, sentenced...
Klaus-Michael (2001). Der qualitative Sprung im Vernichtungsprozeß: das Massaker von Kamenez-Podolsk Ende August 1941 [The jump in quality of the extermination...
prisoners in 1941 were controversial within the Wehrmacht, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was one of the few high-ranking officials who favored treating Soviet...
German invasion of the Soviet Union. Initially commanded by General Franz vonRoques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group...
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