(1895-02-15)15 February 1895 Fürstenwalde, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
2 May 1945(1945-05-02) (aged 50) Berlin, Germany
Cause of death
Suicide by gunshot
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Imperial German Army
Prussian Army
Reichsheer German Army
Years of service
1914—1945
Rank
General der Infanterie
Unit
12th Grenadier Regiment (World War I) 529th Infantry Regiment (World War II)
Commands
Army Personnel Office 529th Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Berlin
Awards
World War I
Iron Cross
Iron Cross 2nd Class
Iron Cross1st Class
World War II
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Eastern Medal
Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf (15 February 1895 – 2 May 1945)[a] was a German general who rose to prominence during the final years of World War II. Burgdolf served as a commander of 529th Infantry Regiment from May 1940 to April 1942 (part of the 299th Infantry Division). In October 1944, Burgdorf assumed the role of the chief of the Army Personnel Office and chief adjutant to Adolf Hitler. In this capacity, he played a key role in the forced suicide of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Burgdorf committed suicide inside the Führerbunker on 2 May 1945 at the conclusion of the Battle of Berlin.
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Wilhelm Emanuel Burgdorf (15 February 1895 – 2 May 1945) was a German general who rose to prominence during the final years of World War II. Burgdolf served...
man for desertion. The tribunal consisted of Generals Hans Krebs, WilhelmBurgdorf, Johann Rattenhuber, and Mohnke himself. Years later, Mohnke told author...
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appointed personal adjutant for the Army's Personnel Department Chief (WilhelmBurgdorf), a position he held until the end of World War II. Further, he was...
Reichsminister): Dr. Robert Ley Witnessed by Goebbels, Bormann, General WilhelmBurgdorf, and General Hans Krebs. On the afternoon of 30 April, about a day...
briefing room, which included Goebbels and Generals Hans Krebs and WilhelmBurgdorf. These three, in addition to others including Hitler Youth leader Artur...
arrived with General WilhelmBurgdorf at the home of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Burgdorf had been instructed by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel to offer Rommel...
The commander of the central government district was SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke. Mohnke had been appointed to his position by Hitler and had over...
and some were veterans of World War I. Hitler appointed SS Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke the Battle Commander for the central government district that included...
He was replaced as the Chief of the Personnel Department by General WilhelmBurgdorf, the Deputy Chief.[citation needed] Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd...
addressed to Soviet Marshall Georgy Zhukov. An angry and drunk General WilhelmBurgdorf followed Fritzsche to his office. There he asked Fritzsche if he intended...
Mohnke arranged for a court martial panel, which consisted of generals WilhelmBurgdorf, Hans Krebs, SS-Gruppenführer Johann Rattenhuber, and himself. Fegelein...
too much for Hitler. He asked everyone except Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, Hans Krebs and WilhelmBurgdorf to leave the room ... Then Hitler started jumping...
Hans Refior, commented, "The rats are leaving the sinking ship". Both WilhelmBurgdorf and Goebbels convinced Hitler that Reymann should be relieved of command...
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