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Post World War II hangings under British jurisdiction at Hameln
Prison in |
Traugott Vitz and I have written a book “Hangmen at War” detailing the work of hangmen during and in the aftermath of World War II, operating in the UK, the USA, Canada, France, Italy and elsewhere dealing with war criminals, delinquent soldiers, prisoners of war, saboteurs, spies and traitors. All known cases are listed.
The “Pied Piper” town of
On the 14th June, 1945, a Royal Warrant (0160/2498
A. O. 81/1945) was issued, providing Regulations for the Trial of War
Criminals. The full text can be read here. Paragraph 9 states that “A person found
guilty by a Military Court of a war crime may be sentenced to and shall be
liable to suffer any one or more of the following punishments, namely:-
(i) Death (either by hanging or by shooting);
(ii) Imprisonment for life or for any lesser term;
(iii) Confiscation;
(iv) A fine.
War crime defendants were tried by British
Military courts at No. 30 Lindenstrasse in Lüneburg, the Curio-Haus in
Hamburg, at Wuppertal and elsewhere, e.g. Georg Otto Sandrock
and three others who were tried by a British Military court in
Albert Pierrepoint was appointed by the
British Army to carry out the hangings and the army directed that he was to be
treated as the equivalent rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was flown over to
A gallows was set up in the West wing of
the main prison building (see "Westflügel"
on the map). This
wing was kept separate from the rest of the prison. The gallows was modelled on the design of the
one at Pentonville prison in
A total of 191 men and ten women were
hanged at
146 men and the 10 women were hanged for war crimes, including 64 for the murders of Allied airmen and prisoners of war. In addition there were 42 Displaced Persons (DP in table below) comprising 25 Polish men, five Russians, five Yugoslavians, a Latvian, a Croat and one Ukrainian and three others whose nationality is unclear. Most of these Eastern European men were Displaced Persons from forced labour camps, and in many cases the details of their crimes are unknown. Two British soldiers who had been convicted of murders were hanged here after trial by courts martial. There was also Lithuanian born Franc Safranauskas, hanged for the murder of his wife, Anela.
Male hangings were typically carried out in
pairs at approximately half hourly intervals.
All ten women were executed singly as were a small number of men,
including the two British soldiers.
After execution the bodies were placed in simple coffins which were assembled
on site from flat packs. Each coffin was
lowered into the grave dug in the prison yard and a foot of soil shovelled in
on top. A three inch deep layer of
charcoal was added as a marker so that future grave diggers would know that there
was already a coffin below. Bodies were
buried three deep and were marked only with a number.
The graves were most probably between the
perimeter wall and the south western wall of the west wing, in the small
courtyard shown as "Kl. Westhof"
on the map. This space became full after the 91st execution, so from the 26th
of June 1947 burials took place at the Am Wehl
Cemetery in
At least in the case of the first set of
executions (of the
Experiments were carried out by F.E.
Buckland, the assistant director of pathology, British Army of the Rhine, on
some of the war criminals executed at Hameln and these found, that although the
prisoners were rendered unconscious by the drop, the heart could continue to
beat for up to 25 minutes after execution.
This created a problem because it meant that it would take far longer to
carry out the batches of executions if each prisoner had to be left on the rope
for an hour, as was standard British practice.
It was thus proposed that the medical officer present would inject 10cc
of chloroform into the prisoner 30 seconds after the drop had been given. It was found that if the chloroform was
injected directly into the heart, it immediately stopped beating and if
injected intravenously into the arm the heart would stop in seconds. This procedure was first used at the
execution of the 10 men and three women on
On
Despite evidence of heart activity for up to 25 minutes, Buckland concluded that, in future executions, bodies should be left hanging for 15 minutes, or until a heartbeat was no longer audible, instead of the customary hour. This would make it "possible to effect dual executions at half hourly intervals".
In 1950, the British returned
The West wing, where the gallows and the
condemned cells stood, was demolished in 1986.
Below is the list of those executed here :
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Date
hanged |
Name |
Case details (place and crime) |
Hangman |
Assistant 1 |
Assistant 2 |
Time |
Sentenced |
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Th.
13/12/1945 |
Volkenrath,
Elisabeth, female born 5.9.1919 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.34 |
17/11/1945 |
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Grese,
Irma, female born 10.7.1923 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
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10.03 |
17/11/1945 |
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Bormann, Juanna, (Johanna)
fem. born 10.9.1893 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
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10.38 |
17/11/1945 |
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Kramer, Josef, born 10.11.1906 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.11 |
17/11/1945 |
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Klein, Dr. Fritz, born 24.11.1888 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.11 |
17/11/1945 |
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Francioh,
Karl, born 15.10.1912 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.46 |
17/11/1945 |
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Weingärtner,
Peter, born 4.6.1913 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.46 |
17/11/1945 |
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Pichen,
Ansgar, born 26.9.1913 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
15.37 |
17/11/1945 |
|
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Hößler,
Franz, born 2.4.1906 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
15.37 |
17/11/1945 |
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Sandrock,
Georg Otto, born 11.5.1898 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
15.49 |
26/11/1945 |
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Schweinberger,
Ludwig, born 3.8.1901 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
15.49 |
26/11/1945 |
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Stärfl,
Franz, born 10.5.1915 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
16.17 |
17/11/1945 |
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Dörr,
Wilhelm, born 2.9.1921 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
16.17 |
17/11/1945 |
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Fr.
8/03/1946 |
Bühning,
August, born 14.1.1896 |
Bohmte
- murder of two Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
14.40 |
19/12/1945 |
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Renoth,
Hans, born 30.6.1896 |
Elten
- murder of Pilot Officer William E. Maloney of the RAAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
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14.40 |
10/01/1946 |
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Franke,
Otto, born 23.4.1914 |
Hesepe
Aerodrome - murder of US Flt/Sgt Paul L. Berger |
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.10 |
23/12/1945 |
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König,
Friedrich, born 26.3.1895 |
Bohmte
- murder of two Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.10 |
19/12/1945 |
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Büttner,
Alfred, born 10.5.1902 |
Hesepe
Aerodrome - murder of US Flt/Sgt Paul L. Berger |
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.45 |
23/12/1945 |
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Mackensen,
Willy, born 9.12.1893 |
Evacuation march - ill treatment of Allied prisoners |
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15.45 |
23/12/1945 |
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Braschoß,
Johannes, born 19.9.1899 |
Essen-West - murder of PoW's |
AP |
R
O'N |
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16.10 |
23/12/1945 |
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Heyer,
Erich, born 27.9.1887 |
Essen-West - murder of PoW's |
AP |
R
O'N |
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16.10 |
23/12/1945 |
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We.
15/05/1946 |
Hoffmann, Erich, born 23.4.1900 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.20 |
13/12/1945 |
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Uhrig,
Friedrich, born 3.5.1912 |
Langlingen
- murder of Flight Lieutenant A M Crow |
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.20 |
20/02/1946 |
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Lang, Ludwig, born 8.9.1899 |
Dreierwalde
Airfield murders of British airmen. 1st trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.55 |
26/02/1946 |
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Lommes,
Hermann, born 1.5.1899 |
Dreierwalde
Airfield murders of British airmen. 1st trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
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15.55 |
26/02/1946 |
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Scharschmidt,
Wilhelm, born 2.6.1907 |
Dreierwalde Airfield
murders of British airmen. 1st trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
16.23 |
26/02/1946 |
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Günther,
Emil, born 10.2.1899 |
Dreierwalde
Airfield murders of British airmen. 1st trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
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16.23 |
26/02/1946 |
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Bopf,
Otto, born 17.7.1895 |
Dreierwalde
Airfield murders of British airmen. 1st trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
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16.56 |
26/02/1946 |
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Böttcher,
Bruno, born 9.9.1897 |
Dreierwalde
Airfield murders of British airmen. 1st trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
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16.56 |
26/02/1946 |
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Amberger,
Karl, born 3.9.1914 |
Dreierwalde
Airfield murders of British airmen. 2nd trial |
AP |
R
O'N |
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17.30 |
14/03/1946 |
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Kircher,
Franz, born 7.8.1904 |
Essen-West - murder of PoW's |
AP |
R
O'N |
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17.30 |
03/04/1946 |
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Th.
16/05/1946 |
Schöngarth,
Dr. Karl Eberhard, born 22.4.1903 |
Enschede
- murder of an Allied airman |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.45 |
11/02/1946 |
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Knop,
Erwin, born 16.8.1905 |
Enschede -
murder of an Allied airman |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.45 |
11/02/1946 |
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Gernoth,
Herbert, born 12.1.1906 |
Enschede
- murder of an Allied airman |
AP |
R
O'N |
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10.15 |
11/02/1946 |
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Hadler,
Wilhelm, born 14.2.1898 |
Enschede -
murder of an Allied airman |
AP |
R
O'N |
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10.15 |
11/02/1946 |
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Beeck,
Friedrich, born 5.8.1886 |
Enschede
- murder of an Allied airman |
AP |
R
O'N |
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10.40 |
11/02/1946 |
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Tesch,
Bruno, born 14.8.1890 |
Zyklon B
- manufacture and use in gas chambers. |
AP |
R
O'N |
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11.23 |
08/03/1946 |
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Weinbacher,
Karl, born 23.6.1898 |
Zyklon
B - manufacture and use in gas chambers. |
AP |
R
O'N |
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11.23 |
08/03/1946 |
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Th.
15/08/1946 |
Walasek,
Teofil, born 11.29.1923 |
Polish DP -
murder of Allied soldier & policeman |
Shot |
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Tu.
8/10/1946 |
Grimm, Walter, born 23.1.1911 |
Poppenbüttel
- murder of Polish national |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.27 |
01/04/1946 |
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Mumm,
Karl, born 12.30.1901 |
Poppenbüttel
- murder of Polish national |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.27 |
01/04/1946 |
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Trzebinski,
Dr. Alfred, born 29.8.1902 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.59 |
03/05/1946 |
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Kitt,
Dr. Bruno, born 8.9.1908 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.59 |
03/05/1946 |
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Pauly,
Max, born 1.6.1907 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
11.39 |
03/05/1946 |
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Thumann,
Anton, born 10.31.1912 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
11.39 |
03/05/1946 |
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Dreimann,
Willi, born 18.3.1904 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
12.11 |
03/05/1946 |
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Ruge,
Heinrich, born 12.1.1912 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
12.11 |
03/05/1946 |
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Warncke,
Wilhelm, born 28.4.1907 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
12.43 |
03/05/1946 |
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Reese, Johann, born 5.5.1906 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
12.43 |
03/05/1946 |
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Speck, Adolf, born 10.14.1911 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
14.19 |
03/05/1946 |
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Brems,
Andreas, born 12.1.1913 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
14.19 |
03/05/1946 |
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Gerike,
Heinrich, born 22.2.1904 |
Velpke
Children's Home - murder of Polish children |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
14.47 |
03/04/1946 |
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Bahr, Wilhelm, born 25.4.1907 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
14.47 |
03/05/1946 |
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Heßling,
Georg, born 20.2.1889 |
Velpke
Children's Home - murder of Polish children |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
15.10 |
03/04/1946 |
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Knorr,
Ludwig, born 14.4.1896 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
15.36 |
19/06/1946 |
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Fr.
11/10/1946 |
Reddehase,
Karl, born 3.5.1893 |
AEL Waldeslust - murder of
Allied nationals |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
08.59 |
29/05/1946 |
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Quakernack,
Walter, born 9.7.1907 |
Hanomag
- murder of Allied nationals |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
08.59 |
16/05/1946 |
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Rydzewski, Kasimir Alexander (alias Cegielski, Kasimierz), born 28.7.1915 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
09.29 |
18/06/1946 |
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Heidemann,
Heinz Lüder, born 23.4.1908 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
09.29 |
24/05/1946 |
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Straub, Peter, born 12.12.1887 |
KL Natzweiler II - murder
of British airman (PoW) |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
09.54 |
05/06/1946 |
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Berg, Franz, born 17.10.1903 |
KL Natzweiler II -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
09.54 |
05/06/1946 |
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Rohde, Werner, Dr., born 11.6.1904 |
Murder of four female British SOE agents by lethal
injection |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.31 |
01/06/1946 |
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Wolfert,
Adolf, born 12.6.1901 |
Dirmstein
– murder of parachuted British airman, Cyril W. Sibley |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.31 |
12/05/1946 |
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Hartleb,
Georg, born 12.5.1893 |
Dirmstein
– murder of parachuted British airman, Cyril W. Sibley |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.59 |
12/05/1946 |
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Fischer, Friedrich, born 20.2.1909 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
10.59 |
29/06/1946 |
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Frahm,
Johann, born 28.4.1901 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
11.26 |
31/07/1946 |
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Jauch,
Ewald, born 23.4.1902 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
11.26 |
31/07/1946 |
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We.
22/01/1947 |
Driver Upson, Francis John |
British soldier, Driver in the R.A.S.C. - murder of
a German woman |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
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Aug 1946 |
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Th.
23/01/1947 |
Köchlin,
Max, born 19.2.1918 |
Pforzheim-Huchenfeld -
murder of Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
08.59 |
03/09/1946 |
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Niklaus,
Wilhelm, born 11.16.1911 |
Pforzheim-Huchenfeld -
murder of Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
08.59 |
03/09/1946 |
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Knab,
Hans Christian, born 6.6.1887 |
Pforzheim-Huchenfeld -
murder of Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
09.30 |
03/09/1946 |
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Ernst, Albert, born 1.6.1910 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
09.30 |
29/08/1946 |
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Hollborn,
Friedrich, born 17.6.1911 |
Chief of Gestapo at |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
10.00 |
02/09/1946 |
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Schneider, Wilhelm, born 11.12.1907 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
10.00 |
11/07/1946 |
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Markwart,
Max, born 17.1.1889 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
10.31 |
21/08/1946 |
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Schipper,
Sebastian, born 16.9.1911 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
10.31 |
08/10/1946 |
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Hoffmann, Emil, born 3.7.1912 |
Neuengamme concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
11.02 |
26/07/1946 |
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Esser,
Johannes, born 28.3.1896 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
11.02 |
28/09/1946 |
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Brunken,
Anton, born 15.1.1909 |
Beendorf-Helmstedt
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
JH |
11.34 |
13/08/1946 |
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Fr.
7/03/1947 |
Körbel,
Dr. Hans, born 2.6.1909 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
AH |
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24/06/1946 |
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Fr.
2/05/1947 |
Binz,
Dorothea, female born 16.3.1920 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.01 |
03/02/1947 |
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Marschall,
Elisabeth, female born 24.5.1886 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.31 |
03/02/1947 |
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Bösel,
Greta, female born 5.9.1908 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.55 |
03/02/1947 |
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Ebsen,
Friedrich, born 6.6.1888 |
Schandelah
labor camp - camp commandant |
AP |
R
O'N |
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03/03/1947 |
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Große,
Arthur, born 12.5.1906 |
Schandelah
labor camp - beating to death a French inmate |
AP |
R
O'N |
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03/03/1947 |
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Heitz,
Johann, born 10.18.1923 |
Schandelah
labor camp - shooting three prisoners |
AP |
R
O'N |
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03/03/1947 |
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Stumpp,
Heinz, born 5.7.1912 |
Bemerode
- murder of two unidentified PoW's |
AP |
R
O'N |
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20/01/1947 |
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Truschel,
Karl, born 10.3.1894 |
Schandelah
labor camp - killing a Russian inmate |
AP |
R
O'N |
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03/03/1947 |
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Sa.
3/05/1947 |
Schwarzhuber,
Johann, born 29.8.1904 |
KL Ravensbrück I - concentration
camp commander |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
08.58 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schiedlausky,
Dr. Gerhard, born 14.1.1906 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
08.58 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Rosenthal, Dr. Rolf, born 22.1.1911 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.37 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Binder, Gustav, born 13.4.1910 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.37 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Randohr,
Ludwig, born 15.6.1909 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.03 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Th.
26/06/1947 |
Salvequart,
Vera, female born 11.26.1919 |
KL Ravensbrück I -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.03 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Nowakowski,
Longin, born 11.27.1906 |
Polish DP - murder/robbery - victim: another Pole
named Skrzypowski |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.30 |
08/04/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Winiarski,
Waclaw, born 3.7.1923 |
Polish DP - murder/robbery - victim: another Pole named
Skrzypowski |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.30 |
08/04/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Bachor,
Kazmierc, born 16.3.1912 |
Polish DP - murder/robbery - victim: another Pole
named Skrzypowski |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.02 |
08/04/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Klingler,
Josef, born 24.2.1904 |
Neuengamme IV - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.02 |
21/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Lütkemeyer,
Albert, born 17.6.1911 |
Neuengamme VIII - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.40 |
07/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Keus,
Wilhelm, born 20.3.1901 |
Neuengamme VIII - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.40 |
07/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Jepsen,
Gustav, born 10.1.1908 |
Banterweg
- concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.22 |
06/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Haug,
Karl, born 10.27.1895 |
Noailles
/ |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.22 |
12/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kieffer,
Hans, born 12.4.1900 |
Noailles
/ |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.57 |
12/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schnur,
Richard, born 11.12.1909 |
Noailles
/ |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.57 |
12/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Peek, Alfred, born 25.4.1909 |
Hannover-Gestapo - murders of Allied PoWs |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.27 |
14/04/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Rasche,
Kurt, born 19.4.1909 |
Hannover-Gestapo - murders of Allied PoWs |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.27 |
14/04/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fr.
5/09/1947 |
Sergeant Patrick, Charles Edward |
British Soldier - murder of his girlfriend, Pte. |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.03 |
29/03/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kun, Tadeusz, born
2.2.1928 |
Polish DP - armed robbery, illegal use of firearms
and murder |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.37 |
14/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Smok,
Franciczek, born 12.2.1924 |
Polish DP - armed robbery, illegal use of firearms
and murder |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.37 |
02/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kubik,
Edward, born 10.9.1922 |
Polish DP - illegal possession and use of firearms |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.08 |
16/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schwanz,
Karl Paul, born 19.7.1898 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.08 |
26/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Cremer, Karl, born 4.8.1910 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.41 |
26/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Rösener,
Albert, born 30.12.1911 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.41 |
26/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Streit,
Stephan, born 12.4.1914 |
Hanover-Ahlem - concentration
camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.09 |
06/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Knoth,
Josef, born 10.22.1890 |
Ihmert-Ihmerterbach
- PoW camp |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.09 |
16/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Rotschopf,
Michael, born 13.12.1920 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.36 |
26/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Lütfring,
Johann, born 20.2.1908 |
Haltern - Murder of F/O George Arnold Costello RCAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
14.42 |
02/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Dammann,
Wilhelm, born 27.3.1910 |
Hanover-Ahlem -
concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
14.42 |
06/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Hochstätter,
Friedrich, born 15.12.1901 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
15.17 |
01/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Stellpflug,
Heinz, born 2.8.1911 |
Rheine Airfield Case - murder of Sgt. G. J. Harris RAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
15.17 |
01/05/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fr.
14/11/1947 |
Schulze, Fritz, born 16.3.1898 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.02 |
08/07/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Waskiewicz,
Jan, born 24.12.1920 |
Polish DP - use of firearms in attack on farm,
killing farmer |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.02 |
28/08/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kiwiak,
Wasyl, born 23.3.1925 |
Polish DP - Shot a policeman and shot and killed a
civilian for cigarettes |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.36 |
02/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Sternicki,
Hubert, born 13.5.1927 |
Polish DP - Shot a policeman and shot and killed a
civilian for cigarettes |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.36 |
02/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Gawliczek,
Georg, born 1.2.1909 |
Völkenrode
aerodrome - murder of Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.12 |
04/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Borkowski,
Johann, born 26.6.1926 |
Polish DP - use of firearms, plundering house in Bornhausen,
killing owner |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.12 |
06/08/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Bogdanowicz,
Kazimiercz, born 1.7.1923 |
Polish DP - use of firearms in attack on farm at Mastholde, killing farmer |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.46 |
28/07/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Bisset,
Marian, born 17.5.1922 |
Polish DP - use of firearms in attack on farm at Mastholde, killing farmer |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.46 |
28/07/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Stanczyk,
Josef, born 17.4.1920 |
Polish DP - use of firearms in attack on farm at Mastholde, killing farmer |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.22 |
28/07/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Bussem,
Josef, born 29.4.1917 |
Völkenrode
aerodrome - murder of Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.22 |
04/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Soltys,
Franz, born 4.9.1927 |
Polish DP - use of firearms, plundering house in Bornhausen,
killing owner |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
14.03 |
06/08/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Dinge,
Hermann, born 27.1.1892 |
Völkenrode aerodrome
- murder of Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
14.03 |
04/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Bielski,
Tadeusz, born 16.8.1923 |
Polish DP - use of firearms, plundering house in Bornhausen,
killing owner |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
14.34 |
06/08/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Dziekan,
Stanislaw, born 17.3.1916 |
Polish DP - use of firearms, plundering house in Bornhausen,
killing owner |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
14.34 |
06/08/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Gawronski,
Wladislaw, born 11.18.1915 |
Polish DP - murder of unarmed German policeman
during a theft |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
15.08 |
0/08/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kayser,
Cornelius, born 12.2.1915 |
Rengsdorf - murder of F/L James Keith Livingstone DFC RAFVR |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
15.08 |
30/06/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Th.
29/01/1948 |
Fricke, Otto, born 1.1. 8.1901 |
Altenau
- murder of two Canadian and one British airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
|
25/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Hennings,
Wilhelm Friedrich, born 13.9.1913 |
Fuhlsbüttel
Police Prison - prison camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
|
24/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kettenbeil,
Udo, born 16.5.1907 |
Neuengamme IX - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
|
23/10/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schütte,
Carl Otto, born 1.2.1890 |
Fuhlsbüttel
Police Prison - prison camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
|
24/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Tessmann,
Willy Bernhard Karl, born 15.1.1908 |
Fuhlsbüttel
Police Prison - prison camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
|
24/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fr.
30/01/1948 |
Osuch,
Marian, (Browicz, Czeslaw),
b. 10.8.1924 |
Polish DP - Robbery and murder by shooting |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.00 |
03/02/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Bartsch,
Peter, (Slawto Ogolubowaz),
b. 24.2.1922 |
Croatian DP - Robbing jeweler’s shop and shooting
policeman to death |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.00 |
01/12/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Zunde,
Ansis, born 11.8.1922 |
Latvian DP - Eutin case -
shooting murder of his girlfriend’s husband |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.30 |
20/10/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Paruszkiewicz,
Andrzej, born 11.9.1915 |
Polish DP - Feren case - shooting
murder of farmer during robbery |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
09.30 |
23/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Nikolic,
Manojlo, born 10.5.1922 |
Yugoslavian DP - Niederollendorf
case, robbery and murder. |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.00 |
15/10/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Pavkovic,
Miloslaw, born 12.12.1923 |
Yugoslavian DP - Niederollendorf
case, robbery and murder. |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.00 |
15/10/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kordic,
Mihaylo, born 11.21.1919 |
Yugoslavian DP - Niederollendorf
case, robbery and murder. |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.31 |
15/10/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Mehmedovic,
Pasaka, born 20.9.1923 |
Yugoslavian DP - Niederollendorf
case, robbery and murder. |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
10.31 |
15/10/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Mitrasinovic,
Stojadin, born 15.4.1914 |
Yugoslavian DP - murder of fiancée in a quarrel |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.03 |
15/11/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Safranauskas,
Franc, born 24.1.1902 |
Lithuanian DP - murder of his wife, Anela |
AP |
R
O'N |
ER |
11.03 |
08/12/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Th.
26/02/1948 |
Hauser, Friedrich, born 28.4.1901 |
Pforzheim-Huchenfeld II -
murder of 5 Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.00 |
08/12/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Opitz,
Friedrich, born 7.8.1898 |
Ravensbrück
II - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.00 |
24/11/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schimmel,
Alfred, born 4.5.1906 |
Murder of Flight Lieutenant Anthony Ross Henzell Hayter, RAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.28 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Herberg,
Walter, born 13.8.1905 |
Murder of Flight Officer Dennis Herbert Cochran, RAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.28 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Post, Johannes, born 11.11.1908 |
Murder of 4 named Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.54 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Preiss,
Otto, born 21.7.1906 |
Murder of Flight Officer Dennis Herbert Cochran, RAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.54 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Kähler
, Hans, born 3.5.1911 |
Murder of 4 named Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.23 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schmidt, Oscar, born 1.6.1901 |
Murder of 4 named Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.23 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Jacobs, Walter, born 3.3.1913 |
Murder of 4 named Allied airmen |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.50 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Zacharias, Erich, born 12.16.1911 |
Murder of Flight Officer Gordon Arthur Kidder RCAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
10.50 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schulz, Emil, born 17.8.1901 |
Murder of Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell RAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.20 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Weil, Emil, born 1.1.1910 |
Murder of Lieutenant R.J. Stevens & Lieutenant
J.S. Gouws (SAAF) |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.20 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Geith,
Eduard, born 23.9.1899 |
Murder of Lieutenant R.J. Stevens & Lieutenant
J.S. Gouws (SAAF) |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.46 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Schneider, Johann, born 20.9.1909 |
Murder of Lieutenant R.J. Stevens & Lieutenant
J.S. Gouws (SAAF) |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
11.46 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Gmeiner,
Josef, born 12.22.1904 |
Murder of Flight Officer Dennis Herbert Cochran, RAF |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
12.08 |
03/09/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We.
24/3/1948 |
Lehmann, Johannes, born 1.4.1898 |
Russian DP - AEL Lahde - |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.00 |
16/12/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Skiba,
Wasyl, born 3.8.1924 |
Russian DP - robbery and shooting death of man
during break in |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.00 |
05/11/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Streblinski,
Nicolay born 17.6.1926 |
Russian DP - robbery and beating to death of widow
during break in |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.28 |
27/11/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Lichotta,
Zenon aka Iwanowitsche, Wasili |
Russian DP - robbery and beating to death of widow
during break in |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
09.28 |
27/11/1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We.
9/06/1948 |
Baumann, Otto, born 17.8.1908 |
Kiel-Hasse - prison camp
staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
08/12/1947 |
|
|
|
|
Czerwick,
Josef, born 4.7.1924 |
Polish DP - shooting murder of ex-girlfriend and her
father |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
19/02/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Dobosz,
Jurko, born 5.5.1924 |
Russian DP - home invasion and shooting a resident
to death |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
10/01/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Finkenrath,
Karl, born 19.4.1909 |
Herouvilette
- murder of two paratroopers. |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
03/04/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Griesel,
Georg, born 26.7.1915 |
Altenberg
- murder of Flight Lieutenant Brian Maurice Hynes |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
06/04/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Heeren, Heinrich, born 12.8.1914 |
|
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
09/03/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Klos,
Peter, born 11.4.1914 |
Altenberg -
murder of Flight Lieutenant Brian Maurice Hynes |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
06/04/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Mohr, Otto, born 5.6.1898 |
Darmstadt - murder of Indian PoW Dilbahadur Limbu. |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
13/02/1948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Th.
29/07/1948 |
Closius, Ruth, female nee Hartmann, b. 5.7.1920 |
Ravensbrück
III - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
26/04/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Schmidt, Luis, born 3.8.1908 |
Kranenburg
- murder of two PoW's |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
23/04/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Trawinski,
Jerczy, born 17.4.1925 |
Polish DP - home invasion and shooting a resident to
death |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
18/05/1948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fr.
17/09/1948 |
Conrad, Artur, born
26.6.1910 |
Ravensbrück
V - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
29/06/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Orendi,
Dr. med. Benno, born 29.3.1918 |
Ravensbrück
IV - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
04/06/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Sonntag, Dr. Walter, born 13.5.1907 |
Ravensbrück
IV - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
04/06/1948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Schreiter,
Ida Bertha, female born 27.12.1912 |
Ravensbrück
VI - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
21/07/1948 |
|
|
|
|
Zimmer, Emma Anna Maria (nee Mezel),
female born 14.8.1888 |
Ravensbrück
VI - concentration camp staff |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
21/07/1948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We.
29/09/1948 |
Dikty,
Gottlieb Emil Friedrich, born 28.3.1905 |
Rheinhausen
- murder of a Russian national |
AP |
R
O'N |
|
|
09/08/1948 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Th.
9/12/1948 |
Kuhl,
Günther, born 12.14.1907 |
AEL Hallendorf - murders |
AP |
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O'N |
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09.00 |
08/09/1948 |
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Wodenko,
Adolf, born 17.7.1921 |
Possibly Polish DP - murder |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.00 |
16/08/1948 |
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Fialkowski,
Stanislaus, born 22. 7.1923 |
Possibly Polish DP - illegal use of firearm and
aggravated robbery |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.35 |
07/09/1948 |
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Zylinsky,
Romuald, born 3. 1.1922 |
Polish DP - illegal use of firearm and armed robbery |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09.35 |
07/09/1948 |
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Th.
20/01/1949 |
Schnabel, Dietrich, born 16.4.1920 |
Le Mesnil Patry - murder of wounded Canadian soldiers |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09/11/1948 |
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Siebken,
Bernhard, born 4.5.1910 |
Le Mesnil Patry - murder of wounded Canadian soldiers |
AP |
R
O'N |
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09/11/1948 |
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Swiderski,
Czeslaw, born 15.5.1923 |
Russian DP - illegal use of firearm and theft |
AP |
R
O'N |
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28/10/1948 |
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Fr.
21/01/1949 |
Knöchlein,
Fritz, born 27.5.1911 |
Paradise / |
AP |
R
O'N |
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05/10/1948 |
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We.
16/02/1949 |
Jaremczuk,
Theodor, born 13.9.1919 |
Probably Czech DP - illegal use of firearm |
AP |
R
O'N |
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24/08/1948 |
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We.
18/05/1949 |
Cieplak,
Josef, born 24.1.1924 |
Polish DP - illegal use of firearm, robbery and
murder |
AP |
R
O'N |
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02/02/1949 |
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Tu.
26/07/1949 |
Schmidt, Caspar, born 1.7.1924 |
German - illegal use of firearms |
AP |
R
O'N |
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01/04/1949 |
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Theilengerdes,
Friedrich, born 10.9.1894 |
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AP |
R
O'N |
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We.
31/08/1949 |
Antonowicz,
Mieczysław, born 10.10.1926 |
Ukrainian DP - illegal use of firearm |
AP |
R
O'N |
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08/06/1949 |
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Klinski,
Roman (aka Zarzycki, Zygmund) |
Polish DP - illegal use of firearm |
AP |
R
O'N |
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08/06/1949 |
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Tu.
6/12/1949 |
Andziak,
Jerzy, born 15:05:26 |
Polish DP - illegal use of firearm and murder of a
policeman |
AP |
R
O'N |
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23/06/1949 |
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Total 201 hanged, including 10 women. (female after
name) and two British soldiers for civilian murders |
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Plus Teofil Walasek, who was shot by firing squad 15/08/1946
(sentenced 21/05/1946) |
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Assistants' names |
Initials
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DP above stands for Displaced Person. |
Regimental Sergeant Major Richard Anthony O'Neill |
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O'N |
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Sergeant James Hunter RCMP |
JH |
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Edwin James Roper |
ER |
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Alexander Hurry |
AH |
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A detailed list of Allied airmen and PoW’s murdered by the Nazis is here.
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