Otto Herfurth

Otto Herfurth
Born22 January 1893
Hasserode, Province of Saxony, Prussia, German Empire
Died29 September 1944(1944-09-29) (aged 51)
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
AllegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch
German Army
Service years
1915–1944
Rank
Generalmajor
UnitIII Military District
Conflicts
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Herfurth (22 January 1893 – 29 September 1944) 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. Herfurth was executed as a conspirator in the 20 July Plot.

Herfurth was born in Hasserode in 1893. He joined the Imperial German Army in 1915, fought in World War I as a Leutnant and served as a battalion adjutant. At the end of the war, he remained in the Reichswehr as a career officer. He was an adjutant in the Reich War Ministry from 1935 to 1938. During World War II, he was a department head in OKH, a regimental commander and the chief of staff to Military Districts V (Stuttgart) and III (Berlin), successively.[1]

Herfurth initially supported the coup attempt against Adolf Hitler, but later during the evening changed sides. Nevertheless, on 14 August 1944, he was arrested and was tried by the People's Court. He was hanged on 29 September 1944 along with to Joachim Meichssner, Fritz von der Lancken, Wilhelm-Friedrich zu Lynar and Joachim Sadrozinski at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.[2]

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Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Webb 2024, p. 53.
  2. ↑ Brakelmann, Günter (2010). Helmuth James von Moltke: Zeitgenosse für ein anderes Deutschland (in German). Forschungsgemeinschaft 20 Juli 1944. p. 259. ISBN 978-3-643-10453-3.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Reichswehrministerium (Ed.): Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres. E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin: 1930, p. 151.
  4. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 185.

References

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 – The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Webb, James Jack (2024). Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuehrer. Vol. 2: H–O. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-952-71517-4.
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