Brazilian Army Honors German Major Awarded by Hitler
Officer was shot dead in Rio in 1968 in left-wing guerrilla action, mistaken for Bolivian
Jul.2.2019 2:33PM
SÃO PAULO
The Brazilian Army honored on Monday (1st), a German major who, during World War II (1939-1945), defended the Nazi Army.
According to the text published on the website of the Brazilian Army, Eduard Ernest Thilo Otto Maximilian von Westernhagen (1923-1968) was honored as a student of the Army Command and Staff School of Brazil.
On July 1, 1968, while attending school under an exchange regime, Otto was shot and killed in Rio de Janeiro in an action by the armed group of the left Colina (National Liberation Command).
Otto von Westernhagen - Reprodução
The guerrillas, however, intended to kill Bolivian captain Gary Prado, who in 1967 had participated in the capture of communist leader Che Guevara (1928-1967) in Bolivia. Prado, who resembled Otto, attended the same German course at the Army's Command and Staff School.
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