Olbricht, Friedrich

Date of birth:: October 4th, 1888 (Leisnig/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: July 21st, 1944 (Berlin-Bendlerblock/Brandenburg, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Friedrich Olbrecht was executed by order of Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm in the night of 20th and 21st July 1944, together with Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Werner von Haeften and Claus von Stauffenberg, for their part in the attempt to kill Adolf Hitler and commit a coup d'Etat. It is not certain if the execution took place before or after midnight.

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Generalleutnant
Unit:: Kommandeur 24.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:: October 27th, 1939

Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General der Infanterie
Unit:: Chef HWA, Oberkommando des Heeres
Awarded on:: August 1st, 1943

Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Sources

Photo 1: Bundesarchiv
Photo: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 146-1981-072-61
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X