Edmund Hoffmeister (4 March 1893 – 20 February 1951) was an officer in the German Army, mainly notable for his service in World War II.

Hoffmeister was taken prisoner by Soviet forces of the 2nd Belorussian Front on 1 July during a breakout attempt from the encirclement at Babruysk.

The front's report for 8 July quoted Hoffmeister as giving a bitter and expletive-laden diatribe against the "amateurs" (i.e. the Nazi regime and senior generals loyal to them) whom he held responsible for the military catastrophe.

[1] Later in July, Hoffmeister made a radio broadcast from Radio Moscow on behalf of the National Committee for a Free Germany, again attacking the Nazi regime in similar terms: The defeat in White Russia is not the only example of Hitler's ineptitude as a commander.

The newer generals, however, such as Rommel, Dietl, Schörner, Keitel and others who had not gone through a long military schooling failed to perceive these mistakes.