Erwin von Witzleben

Erwin von Witzleben
Erwin von Witzleben
	Witzleben, c. 1940–1941
Born	4 December 1881; Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (present-day Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)
Died	8 August 1944 (aged 62); Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany
Allegiance	Prussia; Germany;
Branch	Imperial German Army Prussian Army; ; Reichswehr; German Army;
Service years	1901–1944
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands	1st Army; OB West;
Conflicts	World War I Battle of Verdun; Battle of Champagne; ; World War II Saar Offensive; Battle of France; German resistance to Nazism; ;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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').