Fritz Lindemann

General Fritz Lindemann (11 April 1894 – 22 September 1944) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and member of the resistance to Adolf Hitler.

Fritz Lindemann
Born	11 April 1894 Berlin-Charlottenburg
Died	22 September 1944 (aged 50) Berlin
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands held	Artilleriekommandeur 138 132nd Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Lindemann served as commander of the 132nd Infantry Division from January 1942 to August 1943, before appointment as Chief of Staff of the Artillery Oberkommando des Heeres.

Lindemann developed contacts with conspirators against Adolf Hitler including General Helmuth Stieff, and following the assassination of Hitler it was proposed that he would read the conspirators’ proclamation to the German people over the radio, but he did not appear at the Bendlerblock on 20 July 1944 in order to do so.[1] After the failure of the 20 July plot coup attempt he went into hiding. He was seriously wounded during his arrest by the Gestapo in September 1944 and died in hospital from his injuries. After standing trial for helping him at the Nazi People's Court, Erich and Elisabeth Gloeden, Elisabeth Kuznitzky, Hans Sierks and Carl Marks were all sentenced to death. They were executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison in November 1944.[2]

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Arko 138.

References

Citations

1. Joachim Fest (1994). Plotting Hitler's Death: The German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-81774-4.
2. "The Nazi Party: The "People's Court" (1934 - 1945)". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved January 26, 2020.

Bibliography

• Bauer, Frank (1995). Sie gaben ihr Leben: Unbekannte Opfer des 20. Juli 1944, General Fritz Lindemann und seine Fluchthelfer; Chronos Publ.
• Bidermann, Gottlob Herbert (2000). In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front; Univ. Press of Kansas Publ.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [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.

External links

• dhm.de Biography of Fritz Lindemann