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    Hans Leyers (March 5, 1896 – February 2, 1981) was a German Army Generalmajor who, in his last assignment during World War II, served as general representative of the Ministry of Armaments and War Production of Nazi Germany in the Italian Social Republic.

  2. At midnight on April 24th, 1945, upon orders from the Resistance, my father single-handedly arrested General Hans Leyers and delivered him to the American Command, led by 5th U.S. Army Major Frank Knebel.

  3. Hans Leyers (born March 5, 1896 in Düsseldorf, † February 2, 1981 in Eschweiler) was a German Wehrmacht officer, most recently in the rank of major general. In his last assignment as General Plenipotentiary of the Reich War Ministry for Armaments and War Production in Italy, Leyers was one of the highest representatives of the German Empire ...

  4. General Leyers is a high-ranking member of Organization Todt, the civil and military engineering branch of Nazi Germany. He is in direct contact with Hitler, as well as many other high-ranking members of the SS. After Pino joins Organization Todt, Leyers recruits Pino as his personal driver.

  5. Hans Leyers war ein deutscher Wehrmachtsoffizier, zuletzt im Rang eines Generalmajors. In seiner letzten Verwendung als Generalbevollmächtigter des Reichskriegsministeriums für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion in Italien war Leyers dort einer der höchsten Vertreter des Deutschen Reiches.

  6. For almost two years after the end of the conflict, Allied prosecutors prepared cases against prominent Fascists and Nazis accused of war crimes in Italy. One of those Germans held awaiting trial was the man Pino drove for: Major General Hans Leyers, who ran the OT in Italy and answered directly to Adolf Hitler.

  7. His job is to act as the driver for Nazi General Hans Leyers, while feeding information back to the Allies. Although Pino feels he is doing the right thing by helping the Allies, he also quickly realizes that his situation is not so black and white.

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