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Max Wielen

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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.

References

  1. "RELEASE OF WAR CRIMINALS (Hansard, 11 November 1952)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 11 November 1952. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for Gestapo Gunman, by Simon Read
  3. 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. Andrews, Allen (1976). Exemplary Justice. Corgi Books. ISBN 0-552-10800-6.
  5. Colditz web article
  6. "Officer Prisoners of War, Germany (Shooting)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 23 June 1944. col. 477–482.
  7. Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 9 seventy-ninth day: Tuesday, 12 March 1946: Morning Session, Avalon Project, Yale University, Retrieved 1 March 2010


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