Max Wielen Explained

Max Ernst Gustav Friedrich Wielen (born 3 March 1883) was the Kripo and Gestapo police chief at Breslau. He held the rank of Obergruppenführer. After the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British military court for his complicity in the Stalag Luft III murders. However, Wielen's sentence was later reduced to 15 years, and he was released 24 October 1952, after having served about 7.5 years in custody.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RELEASE OF WAR CRIMINALS (Hansard, 11 November 1952) . 2022-09-23 . 11 November 1952 . Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
  2. Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for Gestapo Gunman, by Simon Read
  3. http://www.phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/wielen2.htm Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume XI, London, HMSO, 1949, CASE NO. 62, TRIAL OF MAX WIELEN
  4. Book: Andrews, Allen . Exemplary Justice . Corgi Books . 1976 . 0-552-10800-6.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20080217012035/http://www.colditzcastle.net/about-colditz/sagan-order/ Colditz web article
  6. Officer Prisoners of War, Germany (Shooting) . House of Commons . 23 June 1944 . 477 . 482 .
  7. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/03-12-46.asp Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 9 seventy-ninth day: Tuesday, 12 March 1946: Morning Session

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Max Wielen".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.