Werner von Erdmannsdorff


Werner von Erdmannsdorff was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany 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.
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 by firing squad on 5 June 1945 in Ljubljana, alongside generals Gustav Fehn, Friedrich Stephan and Heinz Kattner.
He was the older brother of general Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff, who himself would be hanged in Minsk in January 1946 for war crimes.

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