- Heinz Lammerding
Heinz Lammerding (b.
27 August 1905 ,Dortmund ,Germany – d.13 January 1971 ,Dusseldorf ,Germany ) was an "Brigadeführer " in theWaffen-SS and a commander of 2. SS-Division Das Reich.Post-war
In 1953, he was tried for war crimes for the massacre of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane and sentenced to death in absentia by the court of Bordeaux, but he was never extradited by
West Germany [ [http://www.leparisien.fr/home/info/politique/articles.htm?articleid=276175395 Le maire d'Oradour-sur-Glane : « Il était dénué de toute humanité »] , "Le Parisien ", 14 August 2007 fr icon] . He resumed his career as civil engineer inDusseldorf until his retirement and died of cancer at the age of sixty-six in 1971.["The "assassin of Oradour-sur-Glane" died at the age of 86",
The World of 14 August 2007. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3382,36-944235@51-944237,0.html L'"assassin d'Oradour-sur-Glane" est mort à l'âge de 86 ans] , "Le Monde " (with AFP), 14 August 2007 fr icon]Awards
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Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (23 May 1940)
** 1st Class (22 June 1940)
*German Cross in Gold (24 April 1943)
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (11 April 1944)
*Infantry Assault Badge in Silveree also
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Tulle
*Oradour-sur-Glane
*French Resistance
*The Maquis
*Waffen-SS
*SS Division "Das Reich"
*Heinz Barth
*Lidice
*Marzabotto References
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