Helmuth von Pannwitz
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Helmuth von Pannwitz was a German general best known for commanding Cossack units in the Wehrmacht during World War II and for his subsequent execution for war crimes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helmuth von Pannwitz canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German general
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human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
German Empire
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Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class
NERFINISHED
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Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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World War II ⓘ |
| convictedOf | war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
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Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-10-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1947-01-16 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | von Pannwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Helmuth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cossack units of the Wehrmacht
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German Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Imperial German Army
NERFINISHED
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Reichswehr NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Generalleutnant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being executed in the Soviet Union for war crimes after World War II
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commanding Cossack units in the Wehrmacht during World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork | command of Cossack units in the Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | anti-partisan operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Botzanow, Province of Posen
NERFINISHED
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German Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Moscow
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Soviet Union ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander of the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division
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commander of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| triedBy | Soviet military tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Helmuth von Pannwitz Description of subject: Helmuth von Pannwitz was a German general best known for commanding Cossack units in the Wehrmacht during World War II and for his subsequent execution for war crimes.
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