Dietrich von Choltitz
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Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichs
Castle in Łąka Prudnicka
Choltitz in 1929
Choltitz in 1940
Choltitz in 1942
Łąka Prudnicka
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Łąka Prudnicka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prudnik, within Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the Czech border.
Dietrich von Choltitz
…not have carried out such orders anyway. Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz was born on 9 November 1894, in his family's castle in Gräflich Wiese (now Łąka Prudnicka, Poland) in the province of Silesia, 2 kilometres (1 mi) from Neustadt (now Prudnik), in the Kingdom of Prussia, then part of the German Empire. He was…
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Castle in the 18th century
1903 flood
Castle