Years of service 1913–33
1934–45 Rank Generalmajor | Name Gottfried Erdmannsdorff Service/branch German Army | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Belgium
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Operation Bagration
Mogilev Offensive Spouse(s) Margaretha nee Freiin von Hausen (1894–1963)
(m. 1922–1946; his death) Relations Werner von Erdmannsdorff (brother) Died January 30, 1946, Minsk, Belarus Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 2. Ober-Elsassisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 171 Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland | ||
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.