Hans Graf Von Sponeck

Hans Graf von Sponeck or Hans Emil Otto Graf Sponeck (12 February 1888 – 23 July 1944) was a German General-Leutnant during World War II who was imprisoned for disobeying orders and later executed. He was the father of Hans von Sponeck.

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