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Ernst von Leyser
Ernst von Leyser served as General of Infantry and corps commander. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Soviet Union and the Balkans through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Ernst von Leyser was born on 18 November 1889 in Steglitz and died on 23 September 1962 in Garstedt. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- He commanded the 269th Infantry Division in 1941 and later Wehrmacht corps, including the XV and XXI Mountain Corps. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- The tribunal found him guilty for transmitting and carrying out the criminal Commissar Order and for unlawfully sending civilians to compulsory labour. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- In 1948 he was found guilty on counts 3 and 4 and sentenced to 10 years; he was released in 1951. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile attributes to Ernst von Leyser only the documented role and conduct described in the cited sources, without transferring to him every crime committed by the institutions or units with which he was associated. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Key events and mechanisms
- He commanded the 269th Infantry Division in 1941 and later Wehrmacht corps, including the XV and XXI Mountain Corps. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- In 1948 he was found guilty on counts 3 and 4 and sentenced to 10 years; he was released in 1951. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
After his release in 1951 he lived in Germany until his death on 23 September 1962. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Limits of the evidence
The tribunal did not convict him on count 1 concerning hostages; the profile preserves that distinction. No individual victim total is assigned, and no additional order or act is attributed without an explicit source finding. No portrait with clearly documented publication rights was found. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Sources
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