Friedrich Fromm

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Friedrich Fromm (October 8, 1888 – March 12, 1945) was a German army officer now remembered for his betrayal of conspirators involved in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

He served as a lieutenant during the First World War. In World War II Fromm was Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army (Ersatzheer), in charge of training and personnel replacement for the German Army, a position he occupied for most of the Second World War. Though he was aware that some of his subordinates - most notably, Claus von Stauffenberg, his Chief of Staff - were planning an assassination attempt, he remained quiet. When the assassination attempt failed, he reacted by ordering the execution of those conspirators he knew. Subsequently, however, his own lack of action and alleged failure to report the plot led to his own arrest, conviction and sentencing to death by the Volksgerichtshof. He was executed on March 12, 1945.

[edit] Awards

• Eisernes Kreuz 2. and 1. Klasse
• Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (6 Jul 1940)

[edit] References

• Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5