Werner von Fritsch
Von Roettig was killed at about 14:15 on 10 September 1939 aged 51, near Opoczno, Poland. He was killed when his staff car was ambushed by Polish troops armed with heavy machine guns. Von Roettig was subsequently shot in the head. The next general to die after Von Roettig was the Polish general Józef Kustroń, who died on 16 September. Subsequently, the next German general to die was Werner von Fritsch, who was killed on 22 September.