Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German Major-General who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps. He was also a conspirator against Adolf Hitler.
Von Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy. He was arrested on 21 July 1944 and spent the rest of the war in concentration camps. Liberated at the end of the war he lived the rest of his life in poverty and died on 5...
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Date of birth:
- Jul 10, 1892
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 1955 (age 62 years)