Wilhelm Keitel

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German military officer Nazi war criminal field marshal human person executed for war crimes

Wilhelm Keitel was a German field marshal who served as head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht under Adolf Hitler and was executed after being convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Wilhelm Keitel canonical	29
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel	1
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel	1
Wilhelm Keitel (as OKW chief overseeing operations)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military officer ⓘ Nazi war criminal ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ person executed for war crimes ⓘ
allegiance	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
birthDate	1882-09-22 ⓘ
birthPlace	Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ surface form: Duchy of Brunswick German Empire ⓘ Helmscherode ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution by hanging ⓘ
convictedBy	Nuremberg trials ⓘ surface form: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
convictedOf	crimes against humanity ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
deathDate	1946-10-16 ⓘ
deathPlace	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied-occupied Germany Bavaria ⓘ Nuremberg ⓘ
education	Prussian Army officer training ⓘ
employer	Nazi Germany ⓘ
familyName	Keitel ⓘ
fullName	Wilhelm Keitel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel
givenName	Wilhelm ⓘ
memberOf	Nazi Party ⓘ
militaryBranch	German Army ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
militaryRank	Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ
notableEvent	signed the 1939 order for the invasion of Poland ⓘ signed the 1941 Commissar Order ⓘ signed the Night and Fog Decree ⓘ signed the unconditional surrender of Germany on 1945-05-08 ⓘ
notableWork	signing the German Instrument of Surrender of 1945 ⓘ
numberOfChildren	6 ⓘ
participatedIn	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
penalty	death by hanging ⓘ
positionHeld	High Command of the Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces Chief of the OKW ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
serviceEndYear	1945 ⓘ
serviceStartYear	1901 ⓘ
spouse	Lisa Fontaine ⓘ
workedUnder	Adolf Hitler ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nuremberg trials → notableDefendant → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

German Instrument of Surrender → signedBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Wehrmacht → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Generalfeldmarschall → notableHolder → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Heer → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Operation Weserübung → commander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Wilhelm Keitel → fullName → Wilhelm Keitel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel

German General Staff → notableMember → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Courtroom 600 → associatedWithPerson → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Axis forces on the Eastern Front → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

OKW → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

OKW → officeHeldBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → positionHeldBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Chief of the OKW → firstHolder → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Chief of the OKW → officeHolder → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Chief of the OKW → notableOfficeHolderExecuted → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

High Command of the Armed Forces → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

High Command of the Armed Forces → officeHeldBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel

Wehrmacht High Command → notableCommander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Nuremberg Prison → notableInmate → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Armistice of 22 June 1940 → negotiatedBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Keitel → hasNotableBearer → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Lisa Fontaine → spouse → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Axis military leadership in World War II → hasKeyFigure → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Downfall → mainCharacter → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Helmscherode → birthplaceOf → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Barbarossa Decree → draftedBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Barbarossa Decree → signedBy → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

controlling access to Adolf Hitler → hasKeyGatekeeper → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

Nuremberg Trials through Robert H. Jackson → hasKeyFigure → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

German Army on the Eastern Front → commander → Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilhelm Keitel (as OKW chief overseeing operations)