but died in  Hamburg  in 1948 before he could be prosecuted. Brauchitsch was the uncle of  Manfred von Brauchitsch , a 1930s  Mercedes-Benz  "Silver Arrow"  Grand Prix  driver, and  Hans Bernd  and Werner von Haeften , both members of the  German resistance  against Hitler. Brauchitsch was a strong admirer of  Feldmarshal   Helmuth