Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck | |
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| Born | 10 July 1892 Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 5 January 1955 (aged 62) Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1911-1944 |
| Rank |  General der Panzertruppe |
| Commands | 15th Panzer Division 11th Panzer Division 2nd Panzer-Division XXXXVI Panzer Corps LVII Panzer Corps LVIII Panzer Corps |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German general who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps.
Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy in the military. 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 January 1955.[1]
- ^ Mitcham 2007, p. 34.