Captured in May 2, 1945 by Soviet Red Army Forces, together with the officers of his staff the commander of the 56th Panzer Corps, General Helmuth Weidling (left). Eastern Front, Second World War.
German officers from left to right: Lt. Gen. Kurt Woytasch, Oberst Hans Refior and Lieutenant-General Walter Schmidt-Dankward.
General Helmuth Weidling last appointed personally by Adolf Hitler the commander of the defense of Berlin in May 1945.
Helmuth Weidling (November 2, 1891, Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, German Empire – November 17, 1955, Vladimir Central, Vladimir City, Soviet Russia) is a General of Artillery Force of the German Army (Wehrmacht). Commander of the defense of the capital of the Third Reich and the last commandant of the city of Berlin. He died in prison while serving a sentence for war crimes in the USSR.
Location: Germany
Time taken: May 1945