Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck

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.

Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck
Born	10 July 1892 Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 January 1955 (aged 62) Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Commands held	15th Panzer Division 11th Panzer Division 2nd Panzer-Division XXXXVI Panzer Corps LVII Panzer Corps LVIII Panzer Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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]

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 July 1940 as Oberst and commander of the 6. Schützen-Brigade[2]

References

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.