Lothar Rendulic, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lothar Rendulic

German general

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1887

Place of Birth: Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 18-Jan-1971

Profession: military personnel, politician, jurist

Nationality: Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lothar Rendulic (23 October 1887 – 17 January 1971) was an army group commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Rendulic was one of three Austrians who rose to the rank of Generaloberst (colonel general) in the German armed forces.
The other two were Alexander Löhr and Erhard Raus. Rendulic was tried at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in 1948.
Though acquitted of deliberate scorched earth tactics during the Lapland war, he was convicted of killing hostages in Yugoslavia at the Hostages Trial and imprisoned.
After his release in 1951 he took up writing.