War Crime Trials in Belgium 1

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I am interested in more information about The Gestapo man Bittner.

[Puck]

hard to find any information

but on more: https://books.google.de/books?id=3XMXDg ... pf&f=false

Karl Theodor Moskopf (01.11.1911 - ?) - SS-HStuf.d.Res. (SS #285770) - 1944 CO SS-Ersatzkommando Wallonien
25.11.1950 from Freiburg/Breisgau to Brussels
04.08.1951 sentenced to 20 years (execution of 3 hostages in 08.1944)
00.00.1952 released

regards puck

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Karl Nossent (12.10.1914 in Glain ) Sicherheitsdienst in Liege death sentence 30.01.1948 in Liege (commuted to life imprisonment 12.10.1950)
Otto Lehmann (?) Geheime Feldpolizei Loverval sentenced to 9 Years imprisonment 29.04.1950 in Mons
Karl Eberhard (?) Geheime Feldpolizei Loverval sentenced to 5 Years imprisonment 29.04.1950 in Mons
Eugen Ballinger member Kripo in St. Gillis sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 1950


Who can give me more information about the following trials:

Hersch Zuckerman (27.01.1909 in Stryj (Poland)) Trial 30.05.1949 in Antwerpen
Albert Nicolet (15.03.1907) Trial 23.02.1949 in Liège

regarding the Trial of Bittner I found an information :

Bittner (25.02.1902) Gestapo Seraing Trial 16.05.1947 in Liege
(sentenced first to 10 years impsionment, changed to 20 years imprisonment)

What was his firstname?

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What was the sentence of:

Walter Altenhof
27.08.1899 in Emmerich
Kriminalsekretär + SS-Untersturmführer Sipo Brüssel (Ref A IV)
arrested 25.07.1945 by the Americans
extradited to Belgium 31.01.1946

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Hello can Help me please
75 ( is this right???) Germans sentenced in Belgium, search name, birthdate, Rank, trial date and sentenced
off all 75

Bertram, Georg / 1882 / Generalleutnant / 09.03.1951 / 10 years

Falkenhausen, Alexander Freiherr von / 1878 / General / 09.03.1951 / 12 years
Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Belgien

Reeder, Eggert / 1894 / SS-Gruppenführer / 09.03.1951 / 20 years
Chef der Zivilverwaldung Belgien und Nordfrankreich

Schmitt, Philipp /SS-Sturmbannführer / 1902 / 25.11.1949 / death / executed
Kommandant Auffangs-Lager Breendonk

Strauch, Dr. Eduard / 1906 /SS-Obersturmbannführer / death / died 15.9.1955 in Uccle (Belgium)
KdS Wallonien

Great Thanks Paula

1.) Eduard Strauch (17.08.1906 in Essen) Sipo Charleroi, SS-Obersturmbannführer death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to life imprisonment) died 15.09.1955 in Uccle (prison)
2.) Heinrich Knappkötter (21.10.1902 in Soest) Sipo Charleroi, SS-Oberscharführer, Kriminalsekretär death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to life imprisonment) died 06.11.1966 in Soest
3.) Wilhelm Siegfried Müller (16.04.1903 in Emden) Kriminalkommissar Sipo Charleroi death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to 15 years imprisonment)
4.) Fritz Wohler (05.11.1906 in Berlin) Sipo Charleroi, Kriminaloberassistent death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to life imprisonment)
5.) Arthur Emil Ernst Sielaff (16.11.1906 in Zanow) Sipo Charleroi, Kriminalsekretär death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to life imprisonment)
6.) Walter Michelsen (25.07.1903 in Strausberg) Sipo Charleroi, SS-Untersturmführer; Kriminalobersekretär death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to life imprisonment)
7.) Benno Valentin Kranich (02.05.1892 in Kapheim) Sipo Charleroi, SS-Unterscharführer death sentence 11.08.1948 in Mons (reduced to life imprisonment) died 26.05.1954 in Hamburg
8.) Otto Siegburg (28.07.1895 in Oberhausen) Sipo Brüssel death sentence 28.12.1949 in Brüssel (commuted to 15 years imprisonment) died 01.021952 in Bottrop
9.) Anton Sommer (01.07.1903 in Köln) sentenced to 10 years hard labour 06.05.1949 in Brüssel (changed to 15 years hard labour 16.11.1949)
10.) Helmut Vits (26.02.1911 in Bochum) Sipo Brussels, SS-Rottenführer, Kriminalangestellter sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in 1951
11.) Max Hermann Boden (09.12.1891 in Bautzen) Sipo Brussels, SS-Sturmscharführer, Kriminalsekretär sentenced to 12 Years imprisonment (reduced to 8 years ) 14.06.1950 in Bruxelles died 1974
12.) Josef Hensinger (02.04.1902) Sipo Kortrijk sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in Gent 24.10.1949
13.) Alexander Freiherr von Falkenhausen (29.10.1878 in Blumenthal) General der Infanterie sentenced 09.03.1951 to 12 years hard labour died 31.07.1966 in Nassau (Germany)
14.) Franz Ludwig Straub (25.02.1889 in Bergrothenfels) head of Gestapo in Belgium sentenced to 15 years hard labour 1950 in Bruxelles released 1951 died 1977
15.) Heinrich Cuypers (29.05.1908 in Mönchengladbach) Kriminalassistent + SS-Oberscharführer Sipo Brüssel (Ref A IV) sentenced to 7 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
16.) Georg Bertram (31.08.1882 in Danzig) Generalleutnant sentenced 09.03.1951 to 10 years hard labour died 27.10.1953 in Bad Pyrmont
17.) Eggert Reeder (22.07.1894 in Poppenbüll) SS-Gruppenführer sentenced 09.03.1951 to 12 years hard labour died 22.11.1959 in Wuppertal
18.) Gustav Fortan (23.08.1901 in Wezemaal) Sipo Charleroi, Sipo Brussel death sentence (reduced to life imprisonment 31.01.1949) released 23.09.1961
19.) Frithjof Kleinpaul (15.02.1903 in Dresden) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 Oberfeldwebel sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
20.) Paul Brosan (27.11.1906 in Breskow) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 Feldpolizei-Inspektor sentenced to 20 years hard labour 1950 in Bruxelles
21.) Alois Pederzani (04.06.1900 in Israeldorf) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 Oberfeldwebel sentenced to 7 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
22.) Ernst Otto Köppelmann (07.04.1905) prison guard in Dortmund death sentence 22.03.1950 in Bruxelles (reduced to 15 years hard labour)
23.) Gustav Schneider (08.08.1920 in Temeschburg) Arbeitseinsatzführer in Camp Breendonk sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 1950
24.) Karl Heinrich Mehden (02.06.1908 in Niederschelden or Siegen) Sipo Charleroi Kriminalsekretär sentenced to 12 years imprisonment 11.08.1948 in Mons
25.) Walter Obler (02.02.1906 in Wien) German Kapo in Breendonk death sentence 07.05.1946 (executed 12.04.1947 in Mechelen)
26.) Sally Lewin (01.01.1899 in Wongrowitz) German Kapo in Breendonk death sentence 07.05.1946 (executed 12.04.1947 in Mechelen)
27.) Willy Alfred Giersch (14.07.1907 in Berlin) German Kapo in Breendonk sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 19.12.1946 in Mechelen
28.) Richard Winter (15.03.1897 in Ferdinandstein) Guard camp Hannover-Misburg, member Waffen-SS death sentence 11.12.1948 in Bruxelles (released 1954)
29.) Leo Schmandt (30.12.1904 in Berlin) German Kapo in Breendonk sentenced to 15 years imprisonment , released 1951
30.) Wilhelm Asthalter (15.12.1910) SS-Untersturmführer Sipo/SD Dinant sentenced to life imprisonment 13.10.1949 in Namur
31.) Nicolas Mombach (01.02.1885) volksdeutsch member of the feldpost (Wehrmacht, Frontleitstelle) sentenced to 15 years hard labour 25.05.1949 in Bruxelles
32.) Phillip Schmitt (20.11.1902 in Bad Kissingen) SS-Sturmbannführer commander Breendonk death sentence 25.11.1949 in Antwerpen (executed 08.08.1950)
33.) Constantin Canaris (08.11.1906 in Duisburg) SS-Standartenführer sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 04.08.1951 in Bruxelles released on 1952
34.) Hermann Veit (22.03.1902), Sipo Antwerpen Leiter (IV D) Kriminalsekretär, SS-Sturmscharführer , sentenced to 7 years imprisonment 04.02.1950 in Antwerpen
35.) Heinrich Goltz (28.06.1921 in Stade (Ostpreußen)) SS-Hauptscharführer sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 31.07.1948 in Luik
36.) Theodor Verhulsdonck (05.09.1899 in Keppeln) Sipo Antwerpen SS-Hauptscharführer/Kriminalsekretär sentenced to 8 years imprisonment 17.06.1950 in Antwerpen, died 01.05.1965 in Düsseldorf
37.) Walter Müller (22.08.1900) member SS, Staff Breendonk sentenced to 3 years imprisonment 14.01.1950 in Antwerpen
38.) Wilhelm Krumkamp (10.09.1906 in Essen) Sipo Brüssel sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 08.02.1950 in Bruxelles
39.) Felix Lauterborn (1895 in Antwerpen) volksdeutsch, Sipo Antwerpen death sentence 1947 (commuted to life imprisonment 1950)
40.) Kasimir Liebersbach (12.04.1924 in Lodersleben Schloss) SS-Rottenführer sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1948 in Luik
41.) Alfred Schairer (10.08.1926 in Margrethausen) SS-Schütze sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1948 in Luik
42.) Ernst Mahl (27.05.1925 in Rossel) SS-Schütze sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1948 in Luik
43.) Richard Rosenke (05.02.1927 in Leslau) SS-Schütze sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1948 in Luik
44.) Franz Scziera (1926 in Bottrop) SS-Schütze sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1948 in Luik
45.) Emil Spaete (22.06.1900) Sipo Brüssel sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
46.) Max Machlinski (?), Hauptmann, sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 25.07.1949 in Namur
47.) Franz Lang (22.09.1908), Oberfeldwebel, sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 25.07.1949 in Namur
48.) Johan Pitz (06.08.1905 Raeren) volksdeutscher Sipo Antwerpen sentenced to life imprisonment 09.07.1949 in Antwerpen
49.) Wilhelm von Hören (29.01.1909) Sipo Antwerpen sentenced to death 09.07.1949 in Antwerpen, fate unknown
50.) Ernst Kilat (14.05.1922) SS-Sturmmann sentenced to 12 years imprisonment 31.07.1948 in Liege
51.) Edgar Leithold (30.12.1925) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 31.07.1948 in Liege
52.) Max Zagler (09.09.1924) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 31.07.1948 in Liege
53.) Heinz Tremmel (05.11.1927 in Kaiserslautern) SS-Schütze acquittal 31.07.1948 in Liege
54.) Karl Lohde (?) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
55.) Wilhelm Bothe (17.06.1884) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel acquittal
56.) Hans Tonowski (06.01.1896) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
57.) Karl Rittmeyer (11.01.1883) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
58.) Alfred Puchmüller (27.01.1884) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 12 years hard labour 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
59.) Willy Hahn (06.09.1887) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 3 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
60.) Bernhard von Claer (07.12.1888 in Berlin) Generalleutnant acquittal died 29.03.1953 in Göttingen
61.) Walter Brodmeier (25.02.1898) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 20 years hard labour 1950 in Bruxelles
62.) Otto Spitznagel (12.07.1908) deputy head Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
63.) Karl Duncker (12.04.1897) head of Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 13 years hard labour 1950 in Bruxelles
64.) Helmut Hammermüller (?) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
65.) Ernst Bisbort (15.08.1898) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
66.) Hans Radler (22.02.1906) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 20 years hard labour 1950 in Bruxelles
67.) Hans Holst (08.02.1900) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
68.) Alfred Blass (07.11.1898) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to life imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
69.) Hugo Bugge (02.04.1897) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
70.) Gerhard Hase (01.08.1900) Geheime Feldpolizei 530 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
71.) Oskar Schmidt (25.01.1907) sentenced to death sentence 30.11.1948 in Bruxelles, fate unknown
72.) Willy Hirschfeld (?) Geheime Feldpolizei sentenced to 3,5 years imprisonment (reduced to acquittal) 01.02.1949 in Liege
73.) Franz Lohmann (13.02.1902) Leutnant German Army sentenced to life imprisonment 23.12.1948 in Gent
74.) Erwin Kühner (01.03.1890) Major German Army sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 23.12.1948 in Gent
75.) Franz Schmitz (?) Geheime Feldpolizei sentenced to life imprisonment 1948 in Gent
76.) Alfred Gnichwitz (03.05.1892 in Breslau) Sipo Charleroi SS-Hauptscharführer; sentenced to life imprisonment 11.08.1948 in Mons
77.) Franz Sellner (04.08.1908 in Friedberg) Sipo Charleroi SS-Oberscharführer; sentenced to 3 years imprisonment 11.08.1948 in Mons
78.) Jan Van Damme (?) Sipo Charleroi, SS-Vlaanderen sentenced to 20 years hard labour 11.08.1948 in Mons
79.) Gustav Künning (26.10.1904 in Bremen) Sipo Charleroi SS-Hauptscharführer; sentenced to 20 years hard labour 11.08.1948 in Mons
80.) Rene Bracke (09.05.1898) Sipo Charleroi, translator sentenced to 12 years imprisonment 11.08.1948 in Mons
81.) Karl Schalles (31.08.1920) Sipo Charleroi, translator sentenced to 12 years imprisonment 11.08.1948 in Mons
82.) Wilhelm Drees (18.02.1895) Sipo Charleroi sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 11.08.1948 in Mons
83.) Otto Lehmann (10.09.1907) Geheime Feldpolizei Loverval sentenced to 9 Years imprisonment 29.04.1950 in Mons
84.) Karl Eberhard (04.08.1906) Geheime Feldpolizei Loverval sentenced to 5 Years imprisonment 29.04.1950 in Mons
85.) Giovanni Battista Braida (23.11.1921 in Hagen) member SD Charleroi Trial in Mons 11.08.1948 sentence unknown
86.) Julius Lippert (09.07.1895 in Basel) commandant of Arlon,sentenced to 7 years imprisonment 1950, died 30.06.1956 in Bad Schwalbach
87.) Walter Altenhof (27.08.1899 in Emmerich) SS-Untersturmführer Sipo Brüssel sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 1950 in Bruxelles
88.) Bernhard Schubring (09.12.1912) Sipo/SD Dinant sentenced to death 13.10.1949 in Namur
89.) Josef Limpach (16.12.1908) Sipo/SD Dinant sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 13.10.1949 in Namur
90.) Walter Lepien (05.06.1910) Sipo/SD Dinant acquittal 13.10.1949 in Namur
91.) Anton Bittner (25.07.1902 in Köln) Gestapo Seraing 10 years (changed to 20 years imprisonment 16.05.1947 in Liege)
92.) Franz Schlechtizky (05.08.1909 in Wien) Geheime Feldpolizei, SS-Hauptsturmführer Trial Brüssel 28.12.1949 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment (reduced to 5 years)
93.) Armand Fust (14.12.1904 in Krefeld) Geheime Feldpolizei Trial Brüssel 28.12.1949 sentenced to 25 years imprisonment (reduced to 10 years)
94.) Ernst Düngen (02.10.1909 in Duisburg) Sipo Charleroi, Sipo Brussel death sentence in absence
95.) Eugene Koch (10.03.1912 in Stuttgart) Sipo Charleroi death sentence in absence
96.) Alois Bredow (11.09.1903 in Hosterhausen) Sipo Charleroi death sentence in absence
97.) Erich Gross (28.04.1893) Sipo Charleroi, translator death sentence in absence
98.) Heinz Böttcher (28.06.1909) SS-Obertsturmführer head Sipo Aarlen, former head of the Liege IV.E section (counter-espionage) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 29.06.1951
99.) Arthur Lucke (01.12.1908) Kriminalsekretär Sipo Liege sentenced to 8 years imprisonment 29.06.1951
100.) Rudolf Knauseder (23.02.1913) SS-Scharführer Sipo Liege acquittal 27.03.1950 in Liège
101.) Werner Graber (18.05.1909) SS-Scharführer Sipo Liege acquittal 27.03.1950 in Liège
102.) Karl Ostheimer (11.02.1906) Feldwebel Geheime Feldpolizei acquittal 27.03.1950 in Liège
103.) Karl Theodor Moskopf (01.11.1911 in Essen) SS-Hauptsturmführer SS-Ersatzkommando Wallonien sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 04.08.1951, died 21.11.1981
104.) Karl Nossent (12.10.1914 in Glain ) Sicherheitsdienst in Liege death sentence 30.01.1948 in Liege (commuted to life imprisonment 12.10.1950)

maybe:
Hersch Zuckerman (27.01.1909 in Stryj (Poland)) Trial 30.05.1949 in Antwerpen sentence?
Wilhelm Funck Trial 1948 life imprisonment
Wilfried Helm Trial 1948 sentence?

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Additional names and infos are welcome.

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I am interested in more information about:

Hersch Zuckerman (27.01.1909 in Stryj (Poland)) Trial 30.05.1949 in Antwerpen sentence?

Anton Bittner (25.07.1902 in Köln) Gestapo Seraing 10 years (changed to 20 years imprisonment 16.05.1947 in Liege)

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Heinz Böttcher - born 28 June 1909 in Berlin; Uniformtraeger SS-Ustuf

[Puck]

Some corrections and additions from http://www.legal-tools.org/en/doc/7c8d6b/

54.) Karl Lohde (?) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
55.) Wilhelm Bothe (17.06.1884) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel acquittal
56.) Hans Tonowski (06.01.1896) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
57.) Karl Rittmeyer (11.01.1883) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
58.) Alfred Puchmüller (27.01.1884) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 12 years hard labour 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles
59.) Willy Hahn (06.09.1887) prison guard in Wolfenbüttel sentenced to 3 years imprisonment 13.07.1950 in Bruxelles

Karl Lohde - correct name is Karl Lupfer, Regierungsrat, director Wolfenbüttel prison since 04.1941, 05.12.1950 aquitted (Appeal Court)
Wilhelm Bothe, Verwaltungsamtmann
HansTonowski, Verwaltungsinspektor, 05.12.1950 aquitted (Appeal Court)
Karl Rittmeyer, Hauptwachtmeister + Kdo-Führer, 05.12.1950 reduced to 8 years (Appeal Court)
Alfred Puchmüller, Hauptwachtmeister, 05.12.1950 12 years confirmed (Appeal Court)
Willy Hahn, Hilfsaufseher

Regards Puck

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Max Otto Machlinski (16.03.1892 in Niewierz), Hauptmann of the Feldgendarmerie , sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 25.07.1949 in Namur

Franz Lang (22.09.1908 in Eggenberg), Stabsfeldwebel of the Feldgendarmerie, sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 25.07.1949 in Namur

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Otto Siegburg
28.07.1895 in Oberhausen
Kriminalsekretär, Sipo Bruxelles section IV B 3
sentenced to death 28.12.1949 in Bruxelles
commuted to 15 years hard labour 07.06.1950 in Bruxelles
died 01.02.1952 in Bottrop

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Willy Otto Hirschfeld
22.09.1905 in Starsidel
before the war guard in prison in Vechta
Stabsfeldwebel of the Felgendarmerie in Sint-Truiden
accused of having murdered, with the intent to kill, Maurice Driesmans in Zepperen on 24.12.1943.
accused of assault and battery on 9 Belgian civilians, with various degrees of aggravating circumstances, in Sint-Truiden, between June 1942 and August 1944.
sentenced to 3,5 years imprisonment 01.02.1949 in Liege
reduced to acquittal 12.04.1949 in Liege

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Wilhelm Krumkamp
10.09.1906 in Essen
Kriminalsekretär, Sipo Bruxelles
sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 08.02.1950 in Bruxelles
commuted to 8 years imprisonment 18.04.1950 in Bruxelles

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Albert Nicolet
26.12.1898 in Malmedy
voluntarily enrolled in the German postal administration (end of 1940)
then the Hilfpolizei (end of 1941) in Malmedy.
After being formed in Germany as a gendarme, he was sent to Italy for the rest of the war.
SS-Rottenführer and Scharführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS)
accused of having worn weapons against Belgium or its allies(10.05.1940-8.05.1945), having served the purposes and policy of the enemy in a malicious and intentional manner(10.05.1940-8.05.1945).
accused of having murdered three English soldiers,inviolation of the laws and customs of war(1.10.1944)in Varna, Italy.
sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 23.02.1949 in Liege
sentenced to 20 years hard labour 13.07.1949 in Liege

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Karl Theodor Moskopf
01.11.1911 in Essen
SS-Hauptsturmführer SS-Ersatzkommando Wallonien
accused of murdering 4 persons in Wavre and 3 in Bonneville
accused of attempting to murder 3 persons in Huy
sentenced to 20 years hard labour 04.08.1951 in Bruxelles
sentenced to 10 years hard labour 05.02.1952 in Bruxelles
died 21.11.1981