born Sept. 23, 1890, Breitenau, Ger.
died Feb. 1, 1957, Dresden, E.Ger.
German general in World War II. He became deputy chief of the German General Staff in World War II and commanded the German 6th Army in the Soviet Union.
He was defeated in the Battle of Adolf Hitler among the other German prisoners of war and later testified at the {{link=N%C3%BCrnberg trials">Nürnberg trials . After his release from prison (1953), he settled in East Germany.