Herbert Willibald Bernhard von Petersdorff (2 January 1882 in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

– 5 July 1964 in

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) was a

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who competed in the

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. He was a member of the German swimming team, which won the gold medal at the Paris Games. He was born in

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