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List of Luftwaffe personnel convicted of war crimes

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This is a list of Luftwaffe personnel convicted of war crimes committed during World War II, including massacres, reprisals, and human experimentation.

Name Rank Crime Convicted of Sentence Result
Andrae, AlexanderAlexander Andrae[1][2] General der Flieger Commander of "Fortress Crete" from 9 June 1941 to 30 August 1942 War crimes Four consecutive life sentences Released in January 1952, after serving four years
Beiglböck, WilhelmWilhelm Beiglböck[3] Consulting Physician to the Luftwaffe Nazi human experiments in Dachau concentration camp Crimes against humanity 15 years imprisonment Released in 1952
Bräuer, BrunoBruno Bräuer General der Fallschirmtruppe The deaths of 3,000 Cretans, massacres, systematic terrorism, deportation, pillage, wanton destruction, torture and ill treatment[4][lower-alpha 1] War crimes Execution Executed 20 May 1947

Notes[]

  1. ↑ According to Antony Beevor, the crimes had been "committed under another general".[5]

References[]

  1. ↑ Neal, Stephan D. Yada-Mc (2018) (in en). Places of Shame - German and bulgarian war crimes in greece 1941-1945. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 9783744850735. https://books.google.com/books?id=_T1RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16. 
  2. ↑ Tauber, Kurt P. (1967) (in en). Beyond eagle and swastika: German nationalism since 1945. Wesleyan University Press. p. 784. https://books.google.com/books?id=mAloAAAAMAAJ. 
  3. ↑ "DöW - Dokumentationsarchiv des Österreichischen Widerstandes". http://de.doew.braintrust.at/b141.html. Retrieved 14 August 2018. 
  4. ↑ "Some Noteworthy War Criminals" Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (archived here), Source: History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War, United Nations War Crimes Commission. London: HMSO, 1948, p. 526, updated 29 Jan 2007 by Stuart Stein (University of the West of England), accessed 22 January 2010
  5. ↑ Beevor, Berlin, the downfall 1945, p. 236
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