General of the German Infantry. 1940-1944 head of the military government (Chef der Militärverwaltung) in occupied Belgium and northern France, imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp after the July Plot. After the war sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for shooting 240 hostages and for the deportation of 25000 Belgian Jews but released after three weeks in recognition of the fact that he also protected Belgians from the SS.
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