Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hans Graf von Sponeck or Hans Emil Otto Graf Sponeck (February 12, 1888 July 23, 1944) was a German General-Leutnant during World War II who was imprisoned for disobeying orders and later executed.Sponeck was the youngest of four children, and only son, of Emil August Joseph Anton Graf Sponeck and Maria (née Courtin). He was born in Düsseldorf, Rhine Province, just months before his father's death at age 38. Hans spent his early years with his mother in Freiburg, Breisgau. This was near the "Burg Sponeck" which had given his family its title name.