Leo Hepp

Leo Hepp
Hepp as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials
Born	(1907-08-14)August 14, 1907 Ulm, Germany
Died	October 24, 1987(1987-10-24) (aged 80) Bonn, Germany
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
Service/branch	Reichsheer German Army German Army (Bundeswehr)
Years of service	1925–1945 1956–1971
Rank	Oberleutnant (Reichswehr) Oberst (Wehrmacht) Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	10th Panzer Division II Corps
Awards	Grand Cross of Merit with Star

 Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)

1925–1945

Leo Philipp Franz Hepp (15 August 1907 – 24 October 1987) was a German military officer, who served as a high-ranking signals officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II and as a lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr after the war.

Hepp was born in Ulm in Bavaria, the son of military veterinarian Dr. Leo Hepp (1871–1950). He completed his secondary education at Karlsgymnasium in Stuttgart, taking his Abitur in the spring of 1925.

After taking his Abitur earlier in 1925, Hepp enlisted in the Reichswehr and was assigned to Signals Detachment 5 in Bad Cannstatt. After attending the Infantry School in Dresden and Artillery School in Jüterbog, he was commissioned as a Leutnant in Signals Detachment 5 and a few years later he was promoted to Oberleutnant. From 1935 to 1937, Hepp was an intelligence instructor at the Munich Kriegsschule of the Wehrmacht.