Researching Siegfried Westphal
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18 people with the Westphal surname? In that year Westphal was ranked number 3561 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Siegfried Westphal
Siegfried Westphal
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Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials. He was released in 1947. He wrote a book The German Army in the West which was published in 1952. He appears in a number of interview segments of The World at War.
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