Can anyone "out there" guide me to some detailed information on Karl-Heinz Keitel? In particular I'm looking for a good photograph of Keitel. The only one I'm aware of is a rather well known photo of an SS officer with a Hungarian officer checking a map-board in a trench (Budapest 1945). This picture is also on the cover of the book "Die Letzte Schlacht" by Erich Kern. The SS officer is alleged to be Karl-Heinz. Some basic details:
- German-Cross in Gold (1945) as Stubaf.
- Airlifted out of Budapest in 1945 and survived the war.
- A son of Feild Marshall Wilhelm Keitel.
- Must have joined the W-SS relatively late in the war.
- I believe he also married to a daughter of Field Marshall Blomberg
Any information provide - in particular a photo would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Peter
SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl-Heinz KEITEL (DKiG):
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Hi! I don't have much on him (I didn't even know he was in the SS!), but Karl-Heinz Keitel married Dorthea von Blomberg, the daughter of Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg, in May 1938. He was the oldest of the three sons of Generalfeldmarschall Keitel.
The Field Marshal's youngest son, Hans-Georg, was severely wounded in the thigh during the 1940 campaign in France. He died on 18 July 1941 in a field hospital after being mortally wounded the day before by a Russian aircraft attack.
Regards,
Shawn
The Field Marshal's youngest son, Hans-Georg, was severely wounded in the thigh during the 1940 campaign in France. He died on 18 July 1941 in a field hospital after being mortally wounded the day before by a Russian aircraft attack.
Regards,
Shawn