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Winrich Hans Hubertus "Teddy" Behr (22 January 1918 – 25 April 2011〔See (obituary ) in the ''Süddeutsche Zeitung''〕) was a Panzer Captain and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross who was on the intelligence staff of the Sixth Army during the Stalingrad encirclement. Behr had served Friedrich Paulus, Erwin Rommel, Gunther von Kluge, Walter Model. He was the witness of Model's last hours in Ruhr Pocket.〔''Battle for the RUHR'' by Derek S. Zumbro p. 4〕 In January 1943 he was sent by Paulus to try to convince Hitler of the hopelessness of winning the war on the Eastern Front; this mission did not succeed.〔''Stalingrad'' by Antony Beevor p. 343〕 After the war, Behr began studying at the University of Bonn. He served as the assistant general secretary of the Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft(EWG, or European Economic Union) Commission in Brussels.〔''Battle for the RUHR'' by Derek S. Zumbro p. 407〕 A decade after the war, Winrich Behr sought out the burial site of the Field Marshal Walter Model in the isolated woods south of Duisburg, together with Hansgeorg Model, the field marshal's son.〔''Battle for the RUHR'' by Derek S. Zumbro p. 412〕 ==Quotes== * "''Jodl was someone who acted against better knowledge and conscience and did what Hitler told him."''〔ZDF Zeitgeschichte, Alfred Jodl〕 * "''On the 19 November we had 80 operational tanks. The Russians attacked with 1,200 new T-34 tanks.''"〔ZDF Zeitgeschichte, Stalingrad〕 * "''Model was a man who spent an incredible amount of time at the front. He didn't lead from behind, looking at maps, but he went wherever he believed his presence would help."''〔ZDF 2007, 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winrich Behr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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