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Helmut Knochen

SS officer (1910-2003) · Germany · On the map · Died at 93

Helmut Herbert Christian Heinrich Knochen was the senior commander of the Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in occupied France during World War II. He was sentenced to death for war crimes by a British military court in 1946, and by a French military court in 1954.

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Iron Cross 2nd Class
Iron Cross 1st Class

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His sentences were commuted and reduced, and he was pardoned and released by French President Charles de Gaulle in 1962.

Country
Germany
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 2003 · aged 93