1. Georg-Hans Reinhardt was a German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II, who was convicted of war crimes.
11 Facts About Georg-Hans Reinhardt
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt commanded the 3rd Panzer Army from 1941 to 1944, and Army Group Centre in 1944 and 1945, reaching the rank of colonel general.
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 15 years.
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Troops under Georg-Hans Reinhardt's command implemented the OKH policy of "liquidating" mentally infirm; in December 1941 they murdered ten mental patients in the Russian city of Kalinin, on the pretext that they posed a security threat.
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On 16 August 1944, Georg-Hans Reinhardt was given command of Army Group Centre.
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In June 1945, Georg-Hans Reinhardt was captured by the Special Air Service.
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and mis-treatment of Soviet prisoners of war, and of murder, deportation, and hostage-taking of civilians in occupied countries.
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and served time in the Landsberg Prison.
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt's sentence was reviewed in January 1951, with no changes.
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From 1954 Georg-Hans Reinhardt served as president of the Gesellschaft fur Wehrkunde, present-day Gesellschaft fur Sicherheitspolitik.
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1962.