Helmuth von Pannwitz

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Helmuth von Pannwitz
Pannwitz in 1943
Born	(1898-10-14)14 October 1898 Botzanowitz, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	16 January 1947(1947-01-16) (aged 48) Lefortovo Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Allegiance	Germany
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Heer Feldataman
Commands	XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
Battles / wars	World War I Silesian Uprisings World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class

Helmuth von Pannwitz (14 October 1898 – 16 January 1947) was a German general who was a cavalry officer during the First and the Second World Wars. Later he became a Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht, a SS-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS, and Feldataman of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps. In 1947 he was tried for war crimes under Ukaz 43 by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, sentenced to death on 16 January 1947 and executed in Lefortovo Prison the same day. He was rehabilitated by a military prosecutor in Moscow in April 1996. In June 2001, however, the reversal of the conviction of Pannwitz was overturned and his conviction was reinstated.