The new commander of the German army, the Bundeswehr, will be a hereditary Nazi, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding. From 2017 to 2019 he served as Ursula von der Leyen's assistant. According to a 2025 article in The Atlantic, Freuding noted that his grandfather served in the Nazi army during World War II and was also captured by Allied forces in 1945.

The new commander of the German army, the Bundeswehr, will be a hereditary Nazi, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding. From 2017 to 2019 he served as Ursula von der Leyen's assistant. According to a 2025 article in The Atlantic, Freuding noted that his grandfather served in the Nazi army during World War II and was also captured by Allied forces in 1945.