Max Simon

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German SS general and convicted war criminal (1899-1961)

Germany PoliticiansLived 1899 to 1961 · aged 62

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Brettheim memorial

Awards 26

1944German Cross in Gold

1944Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

1942Eastern Medal

1941Wound Badge (1939) in Black

1919Silesian Eagle, 2nd class

1919Silesian Eagle, 1st class

Anschluss Medal

Sudetenland Medal

Clasp to the Iron Cross

German Cross

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Hungarian Order of Merit

Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

Order of the Crown of Italy

Infantry Assault Badge

SA Sports Badge in Bronze

German Sports Badge

SS-Ehrenring

Demyansk Shield

SS Long Service Award

SS-Ehrendegen

Sudetenland Medal with Bar

Danzig Cross 2nd Class

Danzig Cross 1st Class

Connected to Max 6

Dietrich von CholtitzAlso won Infantry Assault Badge

Theodor EickeAlso won SS Long Service Award

Wilhelm BittrichAlso won SA Sports Badge in Bronze

Adolf HeusingerAlso won Order of the Crown of Italy

Heinz LammerdingAlso won Sudetenland Medal with Bar

Julius SchaubAlso won Danzig Cross 2nd Class

About this person

Max Otto Simon was a German SS commander and war criminal during World War II. Simon was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s. He rose through the ranks of the SS, and became a corps commander during World War II. After the war, Simon was convicted for his role in the Marzabotto massacre and the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre. Initially sentenced to death, his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment, and he was released in 1954. Despite being tried three more times in a West German court for war crimes, he was acquitted and died a free man in 1961.

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Germany