Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff

Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff
Born25 April 1893
Kamenz, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Died30 January 1946(1946-01-30) (aged 52)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy (Wehrmacht)
Years of service1913–1933
1934–1945
RankGeneralmajor
Commands465th Division
"Fortress Mogilev"
Battles / warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
RelationsWerner von Erdmannsdorff (brother)

Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff (25 April 1893 – 30 January 1946) was a German general during World War II. He was convicted by a Soviet military tribunal for war crimes at the Minsk Trial and executed in 1946.