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Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben

Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben was a German general.

Von Schlieben (1894-1964) had his first war experiences in the First World War.[1] In 1943 he fought with his regiment on the Eastern Front. He became commander of the Cherbourg fortress, and surrendered to the Allies on 26 June 1944.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wikipedia: Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben.
  2. ^ Anne refers to him as (one of the) 2 captured (generals, i.e. Schlieben and Hennecke). Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 27 June 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.