Willibald Borowietz
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Willibald Borowietz
Born: 17 September 1893
Died: 1 July 1945
Age: 51 Years 9 Months 14 Days
Military Service
Rank: LIEUTENANT GENERAL
Awards: Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Notes: German POW
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Life Story
Willibald Borowietz (17 September 1893 – 1 July 1945) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Borowietz surrendered to Allied forces together with the Afrika Korps. He was held as a POW by the United States in Camp Clinton, Mississippi, where he committed suicide by electrocuting himself in a bathtub on 1 July 1945. Officially his death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.
His wife, Eva Ledien, was of Jewish descent. She committed suicide in October 1938 so that their children could be Aryanized. Eva's sister, Käthe (Ledien) Bosse, was killed in Ravensbrück concentration camp on 16 December 1944.
"Willibald Borowietz" Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 22 July 2004. Web. 10 Aug.2004., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willibald_Borowietz
BillionGraves.com record for Willibald Borowietz (17 September 1893 - 1 July 1945), BillionGraves Record Fort Benning Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States, North America
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