Hans Otto Erdmann
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Hans Otto Erdmann (18 December 1896 – 4 September 1944) was a German Army officer and member of the German resistance to Nazism.
Hans Otto Erdmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 December 1896 |
| Died | 4 September 1944 (aged 47) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Allegiance | Germany |
Branch | Imperial German Army German Army |
Conflicts | |
Early life
Erdmann was born in Insterburg, East Prussia (now Chernyakhovsk, Russia). In World War I, Erdmann served as an officer in the Imperial German Army and later worked as a postal clerk. In 1935 he joined the Wehrmacht and was deployed at the Generalkommando in Königsberg in 1944 in the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1]
Career
In June 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg informed Erdmann about the planned assassination of Hitler. In the Operation Valkyrie/s plans, Erdmann was supposed to organize the occupation of public buildings and broadcasting stations in East Prussia.[1]
After the July 20 plot had failed, Erdmann was arrested on 17 August 1944 and sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof under Günther Nebelung on 4 September 1944, along with Kurt Hahn, Gerhard Knaak, Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort and Max Ulrich von Drechsel. All were hanged on the same day at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.[2]
