Dietrich von Choltitz Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
General der Infanterie Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (9 November 1894 – 4 November 1966) was the German military governor of Paris during the closing days of the German occupation of that city during World War II. He claimed to have disobeyed Hitler's order to leave Paris in rubble during this last stage of the war, although this is disputed.
Gräflich Wiese, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (now Łąka Prudnicka, Opole Voivodeship, Poland)
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Von Choltitz, an army general, was the German military commander of Paris, France, when it was attacked by American and French forces in 1944. When it became obvious that the Germans could no longer hold Paris, von Choltitz was ordered by Adolf Hitler to destroy as much of the city as he could rather than let it fall intact into Allied hands. However, von Choltitz could not bring himself to do so, and against Hitler's orders surrendered the city--intact--and its garrison to the Allied army.