Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
Born10 July 1892
Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died5 January 1955(1955-01-05) (aged 62)
Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branchArmy
Rank General der Panzertruppe
Commands held15th Panzer Division
11th Panzer Division
2nd Panzer-Division
XXXXVI Panzer Corps
LVII Panzer Corps
LVIII Panzer Corps
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German general who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps.

Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy in the military. 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.[1]

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Citations

  1. ^ Mitcham 2007, p. 34.
  2. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 299.

Bibliography

  • Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). Rommel's Desert Commanders — The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941–42. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-3510-9.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Military offices Preceded byGeneralleutnant Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron Commander of 15. Panzer-Division April 13, 1941 - May 26, 1941 Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow Preceded byGeneralleutnant Günther Angern Commander of 11. Panzer Division 24 August 1941 - 20 October 1941 Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Walter Scheller Preceded byGeneral der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel Commander of 2. Panzer-Division February 17, 1942 - June 1, 1942 Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Arno von Lenski Preceded byGeneral der Infanterie Hans Zorn Commander of XXXXVI Panzer Corps November 20, 1942 - June 20, 1943 Succeeded byGeneral der Infanterie Hans Zorn Preceded byGeneral der Panzertruppe Friedrich Kirchner Commander of LVII Panzer Corps November 30, 1943 - February 19, 1944 Succeeded byGeneral der Panzertruppe Friedrich Kirchner Preceded byGeneral der Panzertruppen Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg Commander of LVIII Panzer Corps December 1, 1943 - February 10, 1944 Succeeded byGeneral der Panzertruppen Walter Krüger
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