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- 1881-12-04
- Died
- 1944-08-08
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Job Wilhelm Georg Erwin Erdmann von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall ('field marshal') in the Wehrmacht and Oberbefehlshaber West ('commander in chief in the west', abbreviated to OB West), during the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was designated to become commander in chief of the Wehrmacht in a post-Nazi regime, had the plot succeeded. After being dishonourably discharged by the Ehrenhof ('court of honour'), he was murdered, after a show trial from the Volksgerichtshof ('people's court').
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1881 births1944 deathsExecuted members of the 20 July plotExecuted military leadersGerman Army field marshals of World War IIGerman Army personnel of World War ILieutenant generals of the ReichswehrMilitary personnel from the Province of SilesiaMilitary personnel from WrocławPeople executed by hanging at Plötzensee PrisonProtestants in the German Resistance