How long was Kleist sentenced to prison for war crimes?
15 years
Life imprisonment
50 years
25 years
Answer
After the war, Kleist was convicted of war crimes by the Nuremberg Tribunal and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He served his sentence at Landsberg Prison, where he died in 1954.
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