Wilhelm Knöchel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈknœçl̩]; 8 November 1899 – 24 July 1944) was a German Communist Party activist and organizer who after 1933 became an anti-government resistance activist. His trial lasted ten minutes. He was executed/murdered at the Brandenburg-Görden penitentiary, a short distance outside Berlin, to the west of the city.