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Siegfried Westphal
1902–1982
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Nuremberg Court PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 â 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Upon the outbreak of the war, Westphal, then a major, served as the operations officer 58th Infantry Division. In 1941, he was promoted to Oberstleutnant and attached to the staff of Erwin Rommel in June of that year. He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials. He was released in 1947. He wrote a book titled The German Army in the West, which was published in 1952. He appears in a number of interview segments of The World at War.
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