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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H30220, Wilhelm Keitel.jpg|thumb|Wilhelm Keitel]]
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H30220, Wilhelm Keitel.jpg|thumb|Wilhelm Keitel]]
Field Marshal '''Wilhelm Keitel''' (1882-1946) was head of the High Command of the [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]] and was hanged as a [[war criminal]] following conviction at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal|Nuremberg Trial]] of 1946.
Field Marshal '''Wilhelm Keitel''' (1882-1946) was head of the High Command of the [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]] and was hanged as a [[war criminal]] following conviction at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal|Nuremberg Trial]] of 1946.
Keitel did admit that he was a bad Christian and repented. He was communed by Henry Gerecke before he was hanged.<ref>https://thechaplainkit.com/history/chaplains-at-war/world-war-2/i-walked-to-the-gallows-with-the-nazi-chiefs/</ref>
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[[Category:World War II Commanders]]
[[Category:World War II Commanders]]
[[Category:Nazis]]
[[Category:Christians]]