Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Post by ansata1976 » 27 May 2020, 03:41

Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

Josef Dietrich sentenced to life imprisonment (released 22.10.1955, died 21.04.1966 in Ludwigsburg)
(SS-Obergruppenführer, 28.05.1892 in Hawangen)

Fritz Kraemer sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment (released 23.01.1952, died 23.06.1959 in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf)
(SS-Brigadeführer, 12.12.1900 in Stettin)

Hermann August Friedrich Priess sentenced to life imprisonment (released 16.06.1954, died 02.03.1985 in Ahrensburg)
(SS-Gruppenführer, 24.05.1901 in Marnitz)

Jochen Peiper sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 31.01.1951 released 1956, died 14.07.1976 in Traves)
(SS-Standartenführer, 30.01.1915 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf)

Friedrich Christ sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 28.03.1949, released 31.07.1955, died 13.04.2001 in Euskirchen)
(SS-Obersturmführer, 21.02.1920 in München)

Josef Diefenthal sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 22.10.1955)
(SS-Sturmbannführer, 05.10.1915 in Euskirchen)

Oskar Klingelhöfer sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 23.12.1953, died 25.07.1991)
(SS-Hauptsturmführer, 15.08.1917 in Gießen)

Gustav Knittel sentenced to life imprisonment (released 09.12.1953, died 30.06.1976 in Ulm)
(SS-Sturmbannführer, 27.11.1914 in Neu-Ulm)

Hans Gruhle sentenced 20 Years imprisonment (released 06.02.1952)
(SS-Hauptsturmführer, 28.10.1919 in Coswig)

Benoni Junker sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 11.09.1951, died 2000)
(SS-Obersturmführer, 28.08.1920 in Riga)

Oswald Siegmund sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948, released died 05.10.1996)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 26.07.1922 in ?)

Manfred Coblenz sentenced to life imprisonment (released 08.09.1951)
(SS-Obersturmführer, 25.09.1920 in ?)

Otto Wichmann sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment
(SS-Unterscharführer, 08.03.1920 in ?)

Georg Fleps sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Sturmmann, 19.06.1922 in Michelsberg,Romania)

Roman Clotten sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment (died 1979)
(SS-Oberscharführer, ??.??.???? in ?)

Theodor Rauh (?) sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948)
SS-Rottenführer, ??.??.???? in ?)

Gustav Adolf Sprenger sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 10.04.1948)
(SS-Sturmmann, 19.02.1926 in Radach)

Fritz Eckmann sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 10.04.1948)
(SS-Sturmmann, 16.05.1925 in Furtwangen)

Heinz Gerhard Gödicke (06.07.1927 in Neumarkt) sentenced to life imprisonment
(Grenadier, ??.??.???? in ?)

Erich Rumpf sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 29.03.1949, released 01.10.1954)
(SS-Obersturmführer, 29.11.1921 in Bleicherode)

Friedel Kies sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Sturmmann, 01.10.1926 in Rhadereistedt)

Georg Preuss sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 08.04.1949, released 00.12.1956, died 03.02.1991 in Dalitz)
(SS-Hauptsturmführer, 24.04.1920 in Danzig)

Erwin Szyperski sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Rottenführer, 22.03.1925 in Bantorf)

Hans Hennecke sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948, released 23.12.1953)
(SS-Unterstürmführer, 25.08.1922 in ?)

August Tonk sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Hauptscharführer, 16.12.1911 in ?)

Kurt Sickel sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 17.05.1954, died 28.10.1993)
SS-Sturmbannführer, 27.11.1914 in ?)

Wolfgang Richter sentenced to life imprisonment (released 10.04.1948)
(Grenadier, 13.04.1926 in Weimar)

Max Hammerer sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948)
(SS-Rottenführer, ??.??.???? in ?)

Hans Trettin sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Sturmmann, 18.06.1926 in Bresow)

Axel Rodenburg sentenced to death (commuted to 25 years imprisonment 20.03.1948)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 27.01.1925 in Altona)

Siegfried Jäkel sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Rottenführer, 13.08.1926 in Seiferdau)

Erich Werner sentenced to life imprisonment (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 20.03.1948)
(SS-Rottenführer, 08.01.1925 in Memleben)

Willi Braun sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Sturmmann, 23.01.1926 in Gnoien)

Ernst Goldschmidt sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Rottenführer, ??.??.???? in ?)

Heinz Tomhardt sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 06.02.1952, died 28.03.1985)
(SS-Obersturmführer, 03.04.1922 in Rohlinghausen)

Arndt Fischer sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment (released 28.03.1951)
(SS-Untersturmführer, 23.03.1923 in ?)

Erich Otto Maute sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 10.04.1948)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 02.05.1922 in Tübingen)

Fritz Gebauer (?) sentenced to life imprisonment
Grenadier, ??.??.???? in ?)

Hubert Huber sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 29.01.1957)
(SS-Oberscharführer, 01.01.1919 in Kaprun/Zell am See)

Georg Kotzur sentenced to life imprisonment (died 11.08.1948 in Landsberg prison)
(SS-Sturmmann, 22.12.1925 in Ratibor)

Max Rieder sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 10.04.1948)
(SS-Sturmmann, 20.08.1924 in Rott an der Inn)

Willi Heinz Hendel sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Hauptscharführer, 22.08.1915 in Merane)

Paul Hermann Ochmann sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948, released 16.06.1955)
(SS-Hauptscharführer, 28.01.1914 in Louisdorf)

Willi von Chamier sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Unterscharführer, 05.09.1915 in Dortmund)

Rolf Ritzer sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Sturmmann, 05.03.1924 in Erlangen)

Hans Kurt Hillig sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment
(SS-Unterscharführer, ??.??.???? in Doebeln)

Rudolf Schwambach sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 21.12.1920 in Deimberg)

Fritz Rau sentenced to life imprisonment
(Grenadier , ??.??.???? in ?)

Joachim Hofmann sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Sturmmann, 07.06.1926 in Ostrau near Zeitz)

Werner Sternebeck sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 20.03.1948, died 20.07.1990)
(SS-Obersturmführer,08.02.1921 in Berlin)

Herbert Stock sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Sturmmann, 21.01.1926 in ?)

Arnold Mikolascheck sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Sturmmann, 01.10.1925 in Beuthen)

Heinz Rehagel sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 03.03.1954)
(SS-Untersturmführer, 08.01.1921 in ?)

Edmund Tomczak sentenced to life imprisonment)
(SS-Rottenführer, 06.07.1922 in Duisburg-Hamborn)

Marcel Boltz acquitted
(SS-Sturmmann, 11.09.1926 in Reiningue)

Anton Motzheim (?) sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Unterscharführer, ??.??.???? in ?)

Heinz Hofmann sentenced to life imprisonment (commuted to 15 years imprisonment 20.03.1948)
(SS-Rottenführer, 24.06.1924 in Bronbaden)

Franz Sievers sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948, released 17.08.1955, died 03.08.2003)
(SS-Obersturmführer,25.02.1915 in Oldenburg)

Hans Pletz sentenced to life imprisonment (commuted to 10 years imprisonment 31.01.1951, released 04.01.1952)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 05.01.1925 in Passau)

Werner Kühn sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Untersturmführer, 23.12.1919 in Saalfeld)

Heinz Stickel sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 10.04.1948)
(SS-Sturmmann, 27.11.1925 in Markröhlitz)

Gerd Nüske sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Hauptsturmführer, 27.11.1916 in Berlin)

Paul Zwigart sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 19.03.1922 in Freiburg/Breisgau)

Kurt Briesemeister sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 16.03.1922 in Stralsund)

Heinz Friedrichs (in Celle) sentenced to life imprisonment
(Grenadier, ??.??.???? in ?)

Willi Schäfer sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment 20.03.1948)
(SS-Oberscharführer, 24.02.1921 in Wiesbaden)

Friedel Bode sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Unterscharführer, 17.08.1922 in ?)

Armin Hecht sentenced to life imprisonment
(SS-Rottenführer, ??.??.???? in ?)

Gustav Neve sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Sturmmann, ??.??.???? in ?)

Valentin Bersin sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment)
(SS-Oberscharführer,19.10.1921 jn ?)

Johann Wasenberger sentenced to life imprisonment
(Pionier, 04.7.1926 in Kronberg,Austria)

Hans Siptrott sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment died 16.01.2014)
(SS-Hauptscharführer, 27.05.1919in ?)

Günther Weis sentenced to death (commuted to 25 years imprisonment 20.03.1948)
(SS-Sturmmann, 09.04.1925 in Netzschkau)

Erich Münkemer sentenced to death (commuted to life imprisonment, released 12.12.1952, died 14.12.2004)
(SS-Untersturmführer,21.09.1920 in Adelsheim)

Rolf Roland Reiser sentenced to 10 years imprisonment (released 10.04.1948)
(SS-Untersturmführer, 17.11.1920 in Liebling)

Arvid Freimuth (?) committed suicide on the ?th ? 1946 in Schwäbisch Hall before the trial

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Re: Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Post by ansata1976 » 27 May 2020, 03:42

Addon of missing information is welcome.


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Re: Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Post by Researcher » 30 May 2020, 18:51

Hello ansata,

Thank you so much for this post. I have been looking for these dates of birth for many years!
Can I ask your source?
I may have some queries and additions when I have gone through the list.

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Re: Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Post by ansata1976 » 30 May 2020, 20:21

I used only online sources ( a lot of different).

Maybe you can help me with my research (Trials in Czechoslovakia). Especially the trials of Gestapo men. This is really a difficult topic.

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Re: Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Post by Researcher » 30 May 2020, 22:11

Hi ansata

I concentrate on one topic at a time.
Here are my findings on the first half of your list of Malmedy Trial men.

Hermann Priess was sentenced to 20 years not Life impr.
Oskar Klingelhöfer his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 20yrs not Life impr.
Benoni Junker his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 15yrs not Life impr.
Friedel Kies his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 20yrs not Life impr.
Siegfried Jäkel his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 20yrs not Life impr.
Kurt Sickel (SS 83 084) born 12.05.1907 in Weimar (not 27.11.1914)

Georg Fleps released ??.12.1953
Roman Clotten released 07.12.1950
Axel Rodenberg released ??.12.1953
Siegfried Jäkel released ??.03.1954
Erich Werner released ??.01.1952
Willi Braun released ??.09.1951

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Re: Malmedy Massacre Trial (12.05.1946 – 16.07.1946)

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Post by Researcher » 31 May 2020, 23:05

Hello ansata

Here is my input on the second half of your list.

Heinz Tomhardt his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 15yrs not Life impr.
Max Rieder his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 15yrs not Life impr. He was released on 30.08.1954 not 10.04.1948.
Rieder was investigated again for crimes in Belgium by LG Tubingen but proceedings were suspended in 1959.
Willi Hendel his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 15yrs not Life impr. Released in 1952
Paul Ochmann his death sentence was approved on 20.03.48. It was commuted later.
Hans Hillig Born 16.12.1921 Released ??.11.1951
Joachim Hofmann his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 20yrs not Life impr. Released 1954
Arnold Mikolascheck his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 15yrs not Life impr.
Heinz Rehagel his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 25yrs not Life impr.
Heinz Stickel his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 15yrs not Life impr. He was released on 27.01.1954 not 10.04.1948.
Hans Siptrott his death sentence was commuted on 20.03.48 to 20yrs not Life impr. Released 30.04.1954

von Chamier, Joachim Hofmann, Kühn, Rieder, Sprenger, Tonk & Zwigart released during 1954.
Heinz Hofmann released 1951
Goldschmidt released ??.12.1953
Neve released ??.02.1954
Wasenberger released ??.02.1954
Bode released ??.05.1955
Briesemeister released 16.06.1955

I have not heard of Gerd Nüske *27.11.1916 in Berlin.

The date 10.04.1948 comes up in your list quite a lot.
I know 13 of the sentences were DISAPPROVED on 20.03.48 so maybe that is the release date?

regards
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