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Wilhelm Keitel

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Wilhelm Keitel

Birth
Bad Gandersheim, Landkreis Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
16 Oct 1946 (aged 64)
Nuremberg, Stadtkreis Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Burial Details Unknown, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Ashes scattered into the Wenzbach/Conwentzbach, a small stream in Munich. Add to Map
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Field-Marshal of German Forces, 1938-1945. Supported the wholesale massacres carried out by German forces in occupied Soviet territories. Found guilty at Nuremberg of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Before his hanging, his last words were "I now join my sons. Deutschland über Alles!" His remains were cremated in the oven at Dachau concentration camp along with those of many other Nazi criminals. The ashes were raked out and scattered into the Wenzbach/Conwentzbach, a small stream in Munich.
Field-Marshal of German Forces, 1938-1945. Supported the wholesale massacres carried out by German forces in occupied Soviet territories. Found guilty at Nuremberg of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Before his hanging, his last words were "I now join my sons. Deutschland über Alles!" His remains were cremated in the oven at Dachau concentration camp along with those of many other Nazi criminals. The ashes were raked out and scattered into the Wenzbach/Conwentzbach, a small stream in Munich.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Nov 16, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7002/wilhelm-keitel: accessed ), memorial page for Wilhelm Keitel (22 Sep 1882–16 Oct 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7002; Burial Details Unknown, Ashes scattered; Maintained by Find a Grave.