Karl Hotz

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German engineer and soldier (1877-1941)

ScientistsLived 1877 to 1941 · aged 64

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Wanted notice

Notice published in L'Œuvre on October 23, 1941: list of the 48 people shot on October 22, 1941.

American propaganda leaflet dropped after the execution of the Châteaubriant hostages; copy owned by the Musée de la Résistance Nationale de Champigny.

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About this person

Karl Hotz was a Lt. Colonel in the German military during World War II. With the occupation of France by Nazi Germany in June 1940, Hotz became the military governor of the German military administration in Nantes. He was assassinated in Nantes by French communists on 20 October 1941, one of the first German soldiers killed by the French Resistance. His assassination led to a massive manhunt for his killers and the retaliatory execution of 48 French citizens by the Germans. Relations between the German occupiers and French officials in Nantes had been cooperative until the executions which contributed to worsening relationships between the French and their German occupiers.