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Ernst John von Freyend

Ernst John von Freyend

1909–1980

Nationality
Germany
Occupation
soldier

Ernst John von Freyend (25 March 1909 – 24 March 1980) was a German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht officer who served during World War II as the adjutant to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel.

Incarceration history

  1. Nuremberg Court Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Ernst John von Freyend (25 March 1909 – 24 March 1980) was a German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht officer who served during World War II as the adjutant to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. He is notable for unwittingly helping to place the 20 July plot bomb that was intended to kill Adolf Hitler.

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