Friedrich Fromm
German general (1888-1945) · Germany · On the map · Died at 56
A German general who ran the army's replacement system through World War II, then was executed not for joining the plot to kill Hitler, but for doing nothing to stop it.
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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-168-07, Friedrich Fromm
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H00864, Eberswalde, Beisetzung Mutter von Blomberg
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H06205, Vor Fußball-Länderspiel Deutschland - England
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2004-1104-500, General Purkajew und General Friedrich Fromm
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-136-20A, Friedrich Fromm, Hermann Göring, Walter v. Keudell
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-136-26A, Friedrich Fromm auf der Jagd
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2004-0183, Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm bei Lazarettbesuch
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L03233, Oberst Haseloff und General Friedrich FrommAwards
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Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar Fromm was born 8 October 1888 and rose through the German Army to become a Generaloberst. For most of World War II he served as Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army, overseeing training and personnel replacement for combat divisions - a vast bureaucratic machine behind the front lines. On 20 July 1944, conspirators within his own headquarters attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Fromm knew of the plot but took no action either to support or expose it. When the attempt failed, that inaction became his death sentence: he was executed 12 March 1945.