(left to right) Friedrich Stephan, Werner von Erdmannsdorff, and Heinz Kattner
Born
(1891-07-26)26 July 1891 Bautzen, German Empire
Died
5 June 1945(1945-06-05) (aged 53) Ljubliana, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1910–1945
Rank
General of the Infantry
Commands held
18th Infantry Division
LXXXXI Army Corps
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations
Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff (brother)
Werner von Erdmannsdorff (27 July 1891 – 5 June 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was married to Helene née von Tschirsky und Bögendorff (1895–1982).[1]
As last commander of the LXXXXI Army Corps in Yugoslavia, Erdmannsdorff surrendered to the British troops in May 1945.
He was extradited to Yugoslavia and executed without trial on 5 June 1945 by Yugoslav partisans in Ljubljana, alongside generals Gustav Fehn (XV Mountain Corps), Friedrich Stephan (104th Jäger Division) and Heinz Kattner (Feldkommandant of Sarajevo).
He was the older brother of general Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff, who himself would be hanged in Minsk in January 1946 for war crimes.[1]
^ abGenealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser A Band XXVII, Band 132 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2003, p. 318–319
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