German Forces

Trent Park prisoners

Captured high ranking officers of the Wehrmacht in the noble POW "camp" Trent Park north of London. Upper row, from left to right: General Dietrich v. Choltitz (CO of German forces in Paris), Oberst Gerhard Wilck (the "defender of Aachen"), General Bernhard-Hermann Ramcke (of famous "Ramcke Brigade" in North Africa), Generalmajor Eberding (Knokke/TheNetherlands) and Oberst Eberhard Wildermuth (Le Havre/France). Front row: Generalleutnant Kaser, Generalleutnant Karl Wilhelm v. Schlieben (Cherbourg/France), Generalleutnant v. Heyking (Central France). November 1944. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2005-0136)