Years of service 1913–331934–45 | Name Gottfried Erdmannsdorff Service/branch German Army | |
Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of BelgiumBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of Smolensk (1941)Operation BagrationMogilev Offensive Spouse(s) Margaretha nee Freiin von Hausen (1894–1963)(m. 1922–1946; his death) Commands held 2. Ober-Elsassisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 171 Battles and wars | ||
Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff (25 April 1893 – 30 January 1946) was a German general during World War II. He was convicted by a Soviet military tribunal for war crimes at the Minsk Trial and executed in 1946.
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Minsk Trial
Erdmannsdorff, who was at that time commander of the so-called "Fortress Mogilev" surrendered to the Soviet troops in late June 1944 during the Mogilev Offensive. He was tried by a Soviet tribunal (the "Minsk Process") for crimes committed in Belarus along with 18 other officers, 14 of whom, including Erdmannsdorff, were sentenced to death on 29 January 1946. The officers were hanged in public (with over 100,000 civilian spectators) in the horse racing venue of Minsk, on 30 January 1946. He was the younger brother of General der Infanterie Werner von Erdmannsdorff.