Horst Trebes Explained

Horst Trebes
Birth Date:	22 October 1916
Birth Place:	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Empire
Death Place:	Normandy, Occupied France
Rank:	Major
Known For:	Massacre of Kondomari
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Trebes (22 October 1916 – 29 July 1944) was a Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjäger of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Trebes participated in the Massacre of Kondomari and the Razing of Kandanos, both war crimes directed by Fallschirmjäger commander Kurt Student. He was killed in action in Normandy on 29 July 1944.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (13 October 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (23 May 1940)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and leader of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment^[2]

Book: Scherzer , Veit . 2007 . Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2.
Book: Thomas . Franz . Wegmann . Günter . 1986 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-1461-8.

Web site: Donovan Nuremberg Trial Collection, Vol XII, Section 25.02 (Weixler information, 11 Nov. 1945) . Aussage von Franz Peter Weixler . Franz Peter Weixler testimony . German . 21 October 2014.