A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
of
War Crimes Proceedings, Collaboration Trials and Similar Proceedings Involving France in World War II
Written and Compiled by David Thompson for the Grace Dangberg Foundation, Inc., copyright 1999-2002
Abetz, Otto (1903-1958) [SS-Brigadef�hrer (hon.)] -- German ambassador to France 1940-1945 {arrested at Todtmoos, near the Swiss frontier south of Freiburg by French troops 25 Oct 1945 (LT 26 Oct 1945:4f); questioned on war crimes while awaiting trial in
France (NYT 29 Oct 1945:8:3; NYT 30 Oct 1945:18:3; NYT 14 Jan 1949:6:3); impending trial announced by French authorities 3 Nov 1945 (NYT 4 Nov 1945:34:2); put on trial by a French military court at Paris for war crimes arising out of deportations of slave labor to Germany and shipments of Jews to the death camps of Nazi-occupied Poland Jul 1949 (NYT 17 Jul 1949:25:1; LT 13 Jul 1949:3e; LT 14 Jul 1949:3e; LT 18 Jul 1949:3e; LT 19 Jul 1949:5d; LT 20 Jul 1949:3e; LT 22 Jul 1949:3e); convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at forced labor 22 Jul 1949 (NYT 23 Jul 1949:1:2; NYT 29 Jul 1950:4:7; LT 23 Jul 1949:3d); appealed to the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague on jurisdictional grounds Mar 1952 (LT 14 Mar 1952:6a); released from French custody at Loos prison 17 Apr 1954 (NYT 18 Apr 1954:3:5); burned to death in a one-car accident on the Cologne-Ruhr Autobahn outside Duesseldorf 5 May 1958. Abetz, who had taken a leading part in the deportation of French Jews to death camps during the war, was rumored to have been killed by a Jewish "vengeance squad." (Who's Who 4; Snyder Ency 1; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich 1; Hilberg 704).}
Abrial, Jean-Marie Charles (1879-1962) [French Admiral] -- commander in chief, French naval forces; French Governor General, Algeria 1940-1941 {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges 15 Sept 1944 (NYT 17 Sept 1944:17:1; NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles 12 Aug 1946 (LT 13 Aug 1946:3c); convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 1946 (Purge p. 180); died 1962 (Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 1).}
Albertini, Georges -- French "number two man to Marcel D�at" in the Rassemblement National Populaire {arrested and put on
trial 20 Dec 1944 by a French court at Paris on charges of "intelligence with the enemy" and demoralization of the army; convicted 21 Dec
1944; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor, 5 years exile from Paris, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and confiscation
of property (LT 22 Dec 1944:3:d; Purge pps. 145-6).}
Algarron or Algaron, Andre -- French editor in chief of the collaborationist newspaper Petit Parisien; director, radio station "Radio-Patrie" {put on trial by a French court of justice for collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to
death 27 Nov 1946 (NYT 28 Nov 1946:11:1); sentence commuted by French President Vincent Auriol to life imprisonment at hard labor 10 Apr 1947 (NYT 11 Apr 1947:18:5).}
Alibert, Raphael (1887-1963) � French Minister of Justice 12 Jul 1940-27 Jan 1941; signed the French anti-semitic law "Statut des juifs" Oct 1940 {went into hiding at the end of WWII; impending trial in absentia announced 25 Feb 1947 by French authorities
(NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); convicted and sentenced to death in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Paris 7 Mar 1947 (NYT 8 Mar 1947:5:1); lived in exile in Belgium; amnestied 1959; died 1963 (Vichy France pps. 32-3; [email protected]; Hilberg, La
destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Andre (Andr�), Francois (Fran�ois) (?-1944)-- French gambling czar {assassinated as a collaborator by French partisans in
early Aug 1944 at his estate in Roziere, Ardeche Department, France (NYT 5 Oct 1944:10:6).}
Angeli, Alexandre or Jean -- French regional prefect, Lyons {arrested and put on trial by the French Lyons Court of Justice on
charges of treason and intelligence with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to death Dec 1944; conviction quashed by the Paris Court of
Appeals 10 Dec 1944 and retrial ordered after attempted lynching by mob 4 Dec 1944 (NYT 11 Dec 1944:7:1; NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2; NYT
15 Dec 1944:2:2; NYT 21 Jan 1945:20:5); retried by the French High Court of Justice at Paris May 1946; convicted and sentenced to 4 years
imprisonment, a fine and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) (Purge pps. 111, 150-2).}
Annet, Armand -- French Senator {indicted 23 Jan 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2);
subsequent disposition unknown.}
Ardant, Henri -- French banker; managing director, Societ� Generale {arrested 15 Apr 1944 by French authorities at Paris (NYT
16 Nov 1944:3:8); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Arletty aka Leonie Bathiat (1898-?) -- French stage and film actress {arrested by French authorities "for keeping company with
a German officer"; subsequent disposition unknown (Purge p. 82); still making films in 1972 (Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion p. 45).}
Auphan, Gabriel or Paul [French Admiral] -- French under secretary for the Navy {arrest warrant issued by French authorities
for collaboration 20 Sept 1944 (NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); fled to avoid arrest; put on trial 12 Aug 1946 by the French High Court of Justice
at Versailles (LT 13 Aug 1946:3c); sentenced in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Paris to life imprisonment at hard labor
(Purge p. 180); surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested retrial (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4); put on trial by the French High Court of
Justice at Paris Jul 1955 on charges of responsibility for the 1942 scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon and for ordering armed resistance to
allied landings in North Africa; convicted and sentenced 20 Jul 1955 to 5 years imprisonment (suspended) and five years of national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) with the sentence immediately annulled (NYT 21 Jul 1955:3:8; Purge p. 183).}
Auphan, Louis -- French editor, collaborationist periodical L'Action Fran�aise {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Lyons for writings "attacking the domestic security of the state"; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at hard labor 15 Nov
1945 (NYT 16 Nov 1945:4:3).}
Baffos, Robert -- French appellate judge {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris on collaboration
charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun 1945:12:2; acquitted of "intelligence with the enemy" 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6; LT 9 Jun
1945:3:e).}
Baillet, Andre (c. 1911-1945) -- French Director General of Information {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of
testifying against Frenchmen in German courts; convicted 20 Jun 1945 and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed at Fort de Chatillon
18 Jul 1945 (NYT 19 Jul 1945:7:1).}
Ballaretti, Maria -- French bar owner, Marseilles {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Marseilles for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to death 8 Oct 1944 (NYT 9 Oct 1944:3:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Ballspach, Eugen [Corporal] -- member, German firing squad {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris on war crimes
charges; convicted 13 Jul 1945 and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment (NYT 14 Jul 1945:4:7).}
Barbie, Klaus aka Klaus Altmann (1913-1991) [SS-Hauptsturmf�hrer] � member, Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend); joined
Nazi Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst -- SD) 1935; joined NSDAP 1937; German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei -
Gestapo) chief in German Security Police and Security Service (Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst - Sipo/SD) office, Lyons, France
Nov 1942-1944; participated in the execution of 4,000 persons and the deportation of 7,500-11,000 Jews and others to concentration camps;
involved in the 6 Apr 1944 deportation of 44 Jewish children and 7 adult caretakers from Izieu, France to Auschwitz and Talinn, Estonia � all
of the children and all but one of the caretakers were murdered {monitored by US Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) 1946; recruited as CIC
agent Apr 1947; listed as wanted for murder in the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects 1947; French attempt to use
Barbie as a witness 1948 blocked by US intelligence; relocated Dec 1950 to Augsberg, then Salzburg, then to Genoa, Italy; extradition from
American Zone of West Germany requested by France 1951; left for Bolivia 1951 from Genoa, Italy with assistance of US intelligence;
became a Bolivian citizen 1951; convicted by a French court of war crimes in absentia and sentenced to death 1952; convicted by a French
court of war crimes in absentia and sentenced to death 25 Nov 1954; visited New Orleans 1969; discovered in Peru 1971 and fled to Bolivia;
extradition from Bolivia requested by France May 1972 (NYT 21 May 1972:9:1); reportedly living in South America 1972 (NYT 2 Dec
1972:11:1); arrested by Bolivian police Mar 1973 after extradition requests from France (war crimes) and Peru (currency fraud and smuggling)
(NYT 30 Oct 1973:8:2); release from preventive detention ordered 6 Jul 1973 pending decision on French extradition request (NYT 7 Jul
1973:17:2); released from Bolivian custody after 8 months in jail 29 Oct 1973 (NYT 30 Oct 1973:8:2); accused of leading an international
currency smuggling ring by Peru 6 Dec 1973 (NYT 7 Dec 1973:7:1); French extradition refused Dec 1974 on grounds that there was no
extradition treaty between Bolivia and France and because Bolivia had an 8 year statute of limitations (NYT 18 May 1975:1:4); extradition
sought by West Germany and France 1982 (NYT 6 Feb 1983:3:1); to be extradited from Bolivia Jan 1983 under 1979 extradition treaty
between France and Bolivia (NYT 16 Jan 1983:5:1; NYT 3 Feb 1983:12:1); arrested 25 Jan 1983 by Bolivian police at La Paz (NYT 26 Jan
1983:10:6); charged by Bolivian authorities 27 Jan 1983 with organizing other former Nazis and sympathizers as mercenaries paid through
cocaine sales to silence foes of past military regimes in Bolivia (NYT 28 Jan 1983:5:5); extradited to France 4 Feb 1983 (NYT 5 Feb
1983:4:6; NYT 6 Feb 1983:3:1); links to US intelligence detailed (NYT 8 Feb 1983:1:5; NYT 16 Feb 1983:5:4; NYT 20 Feb 1983:4:1;
NYT 15 Mar 1983:4:4; NYT 16 Mar 1983:9:2; NYT 10 Apr 1983:20:1; NYT 21 Apr 1983:8:3; NYT 6 Jul 1983:3:1; NYT 17 Jul
1983:3:1; NYT 26 Jul 1983:20:4; NYT 17 Aug 1983:1:1; NYT 18 Aug 1983:10:1; NYT 21 Aug 1983:IV:3:1; NYT 31 May 1986:3:4);
career in Lyon detailed (NYT 8 Feb 1982:8:3; NYT 14 Feb 1983:5:1; NYT 14 Nov 1983:4:3; NYT 15 Nov 1983:7:5; NYT 5 Feb
1984:13:1); 8 charges of crimes against humanity against Barbie disclosed by French authorities (NYT 25 Feb 1983:5:1); life as a fugitive
detailed (NYT 28 Feb 1983:9:1; NYT 3 Mar 1985:IV:5:1); life in confinement (NYT 7 Mar 1983:5:2; NYT 20 Jul 1983:5:1; NYT 12 Aug
1984:16:1); not to be tried until at least 1985 (NYT 19 Nov 1983:5:3); impending trial announced by French government 30 Jan 1985 (NYT
31 Jan 1985:5:5; NYT 27 Feb 1985:1:3; NYT 11 Sept 1955:9:1; NYT 25 Sept 1985:4:3); trial postponed by French appeals court 20 Dec
1985 (NYT 21 Dec 1985:4:1; NYT 31 Jan 1987:3:1; NYT 25 Feb 1987:8:4); charges broadened (NYT 5 Mar 1986:5:5); Barbie documents
turn up missing 9 Oct 1986 (NYT 10 Oct 1986:7:5); put on trial 11 May 1987 at Lyon (NYT 10 May 1987:VI:19; NYT 11 May 1987:1:1;
NYT 12 May 1987:3:3; NYT 13 May 1987:5:1; NYT 14 May 1987:8:1 & 8:3; NYT 14 May 1987:30:1; NYT 15 May 1987:3:4; NYT 16
May 1987:32:5; NYT 17 May 1987:IV:3:1; NYT 18 May 1987:4:3; NYT 19 May 1987:6:4; NYT 20 May 1987:11:1; NYT 21 May
1987:3:4; NYT 22 May 1987:11:1; NYT 23 May 1987:3:4; NYT 24 May 1987:2:1; NYT 26 May 1987:3:5; NYT 27 May 1987:1:3; NYT
28 May 1987:6:3; NYT 2 Jun 1987:5:1; NYT 3 Jun 1987:7:1; NYT 4 Jun 1987:16:1; NYT 5 Jun 1987:7:1; NYT 6 Jun 1987:2:3; NYT 9
Jun 1987:9:1; NYT 10 Jun 1987:8:1; NYT 16 Jun 1987:13:1; NYT 18 Jun 1987:8:4; NYT 1 Jul 1987:5:1; NYT 2 Jul 1987:7:1; NYT 3
Jul 1987:6:1; NYT 2 Aug 1987:VI:20); convicted 4 Jul 1987 by the Rhone Court of Assizes in France of having committed crimes against
humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment (NYT 4 Jul 1987:1:4; NYT 5 Jul 1987:18:6); hospitalized with cancer of the blood, spine and
prostate Sept 1991 (NYT 20 Sept 1991:12:6); died in Lyons prison hospital 23 Sept 1991 (NYT 26 Sept 1991:D:22:1); Holo Ency 149-50;
Encyclopedia of the Third Reich pps. 66-7; SS: Roll of Infamy pps. 10-11).}
Barnaud, Jacques -- French economic liaison officer with German occupation authorities {arrest on collaboration charges
announced by French government 15 Oct 1944 (NYT 16 Oct 1944:5:7); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Baron, Louis -- French executive (chief engineer), Renault combine {arrest on collaboration charges at Paris announced 15 Nov
1944 by French authorities (NYT 17 Nov 1944:6:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bartelemy, Georges (?-1944) -- member of the French Chamber of Deputies {assassinated by French partisans 10 Jul 1944.
(NYT 11 Jul 1944:4:6 & 7).}
Barthelmy (Barth�lmy), _____ (?-1944) [French General] -- French president, Legion des Combattants {murdered at his
residence at Nerac, Lot-et-Garonne, 4 Dec 1944 by unknown persons (LT 6 Dec 1944:4:d).}
Barthelmy (Barth�lmy), Georges (?-1944) -- French legislator, member of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire
Fran�ais - PPF) {reportedly assassinated 10 Jul 1944 at Paris by French partisans (NYT 11 Jul 1944:4:6).}
Barthelmy (Barth�lemy), Prof. Joseph (c. 1874-1945) -- French Minister of Justice 27 Jan 1941-26 Mar 1943 {arrested by
French authorities 15 Sept 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 16 Sept 1944:6:6); indicted by French High Court of Justice at Paris; died of
tongue cancer 15 May 1945 at Toulouse before trial (NYT 16 May 1945:10:4; LT 18 May 1945:3:e). ([email protected]).}
Barthet, Dr. Jean -- French Secretary-General of the French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) in Haut-Garonne {arrested and put on
trial by a French court at Toulouse; convicted and sentenced to death 30 Sept 1945 (LT 1 Oct 1945:4:e); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bassompierre, Jean (?-1948) � Inspector General of the French Militia (Inspecteur g�n�ral de la Milice Fran�aise); service, SS
Division "Charlemagne" {arrested and put on trial by a French court on treason charges; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad;
executed 20 Apr 1948 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
De la Bathie, Baronne _____ -- French aristocrat {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Grenoble on collaboration
charges; convicted and sentenced to death; commuted to a prison term by French President Charles De Gaulle 10 Jan 1945 (NYT 11 Jan
1945:6:1).}
Baudoin, Paul (c. 1894-1964) -- director-general, Bank of Indochina 1927-1940; French Foreign Minister 16 Jun-28 Oct 1940
{arrested by French police at the Spanish frontier 1 Apr 1946 (NYT 2 Apr 1946:3:7; LT 2 Apr 1946:3a); impending trial announced 18 Jan
1947 (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4); put on trial 25 Feb 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris on collaboration charges (NYT 26 Feb
1947:12:1; NYT 27 Feb 1947:10:3; NYT 28 Feb 1947:10:4; LT 26 Feb 1947:3e); convicted and sentenced 3 Mar 1947 to 5 years
imprisonment; national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and the forfeiture of all property (NYT 4 Mar 1947:9:6; LT 4 Mar 1947:4b); died
11 Feb 1964 at Paris (Obits I, 37). (Vichy France pps. 123, 126).}
Bauer, Karl [Colonel] � commanding officer of a German marine unit {put on trial by the French Permanent Military Tribunal at
Dijon on charges of executing 3 French Forces of the Interior (Forces Fran�aises de l'Int�rieur - FFI) POWs without trial on 9 Sept 1944
near Autun; convicted and sentenced to death 18 Oct 1945 (United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume VIII, London, HMSO, 1949);
subsequent disposition unknown.}
Le Bauge, Pierre � French police prefect, Orleans {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Orleans for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to death 12 Sept 1945 (NYT 13 Sept 1945:9:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bay, Maurice (?-1950) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court on collaboration charges; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 5 May 1950 (NYT 6 May 1950:4:2).}
Bayet, Yves -- French secretary-general, Nantes Prefecture {arrested Mar 1945 by French authorities on collaboration charges
(NYT 12 Mar 1945:4:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
De Beauplan, Robert-- French journalist for the collaborationist periodicals L'Illustration and Le Matin {arrested and put on
trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 27 Nov 1945 (NYT 28 Nov 1945:12:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Beller, Rene (Ren�) (?-1947) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested
and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de
Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
Bendetti, Rene (Ren�) -- secretary to Marcel Deat (D�at), founder of the French fascist National Popular Rally
(Rassemblement National Populaire - RNP) movement {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of "intelligence with the
enemy"; convicted and sentenced 2 Mar 1945 to life imprisonment at hard labor (NYT 3 Mar 1945:4:5).}
Benjamin, Rene (Ren�) -- French writer; member of the Goncourt Academy {arrested by French authorities Nov 1944 and
charged with collaboration; subsequent disposition unknown. (NYT 22 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Benoist-Mechin, Prof. Jacques -- French undersecretary of State; history professor; author of History of the German Army
and Interpretation of Mein Kampf {arrested by French authorities for collaboration 24 Sept 1944 and held in Fresnes prison (NYT 25 Sept
1944:5:1); impending trial (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4); indicted 23 Jan 1947 (NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2); put on trial by the French High Court
of Justice at Versailles on collaboration charges 29 May 1947 (LT 30 May 1947:4d); convicted and sentenced to death 6 Jun 1947 (NYT 7
Jun 1947:7:8; LT 7 Jun 1947:4b); sentence commuted 4 Aug 1947 to life imprisonment at hard labor by French President Vincent Auriol
(NYT 5 Aug 1947:11:5); amnestied by French President Vincent Auriol 2 Aug 1953 (NYT 3 Aug 1953:5:2); released on parole 4 Jan 1954
(NYT 5 Jan 1954:3:1); died 1983 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Benoit, Pierre -- French academician {warrant for arrest on collaboration charges issued by French authorities 5 Dec 1944 (LT 6
Dec 1944:4:d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Benon, Michel (c. 1887-?) -- French appellate judge (President, Magistrate's Court) {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court
of Justice on collaboration charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun 1945:12:2; convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to forced
labor for life and forfeiture of all property 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6; LT 9 Jun 1945:3e).}
Beoiton, Rene (Ren�) Albert [French General] -- {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of willful destruction
of government property arising out of the 1942 allied invasion of Madagascar; acquitted 5 Nov 1949 (NYT 6 Nov 1949:37:5).}
Beraud, Henri (c. 1885-?) -- French novelist; editor and contributor to the collaborationist weekly Gringoire; winner of the
Goncourt Prize 1922 {trial on charges of "intelligence with the enemy" announced by French authorities 13 Dec 1944 (NYT 14 Dec
1944:5:2); put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 27 Dec 1944 (NYT 30 Dec
1944:4:5; NYT 4 Jan 1944:7:1; NYT 30 Dec 1944:4:5; NYT 13 Jan 1945:6:2; NYT 9 Jan 1945:11:2; LT 30 Dec 1944:4:c); commuted to
life imprisonment at hard labor by General Charles De Gaulle 12 Jan 1945 (NYT 13 Jan 1945:6:2; NYT 14 Jan 1945:12:1; LT 13 Jan
1945:3:e); sentence reduced to 20 years imprisonment 1947 (Purge pps. 137, 158); reduced to 10 years imprisonment Dec 1949 (Purge p.
137); released from French custody at the St. Martin de R� prison of La Rochelle for ill health 20 Apr 1950 (NYT 21 Apr 1950:5:5; LT 21
Apr 1950:5c). (Purge pps. 135-7).}
Berger, Gottlob Christian (1896-1975) [SS-Obergruppenf�hrer und General der Waffen-SS] � WWI service as infantry
officer; joined NSDAP 1922; arrested during Munich putsch in Nov 1923; leader, 10th SA Command (F�hrer SA-Sturm 10) 1 Jan 1931;
leader, 125th SA Regiment (F�hrer SA-Standarte 125) to Nov 1931; leader, SA Subgroup "North Wuerttemberg" (F�hrer SA Untergruppe
"Nord-W�rttemberg") Nov 1931-1933; Senior State Counsellor in the Training Section of the Wuerttemberg Ministry of Culture
(Oberregierungsrat in Abteilung f�r Ausbildungswesen im w�rttembergischen Kultursministerium) 1 Oct 1935; sports training coordinator
on the staff of SS Region "Southwest" (Sportreferent, Stab SS-Oberabschnitt "S�dwest") 30 Jan 1936-1 Oct 1937; chief, sports office on
the staff of the Reichsf?hrer-SS (Chef, Sportamt, Stab RF SS) Aug 1938-Apr 1940; charged by Himmler with formation of German
self-protection (Selbstschutz) units in the occupied Polish territories 26 Sept 1939-1940; chief, SS Main Office (SS-Hauptamt � SS-HA)
1 Apr 1940-8 May 1945; President, German-Croat Society and the German-Flemish Study Group; liaison officer between Himmler and the
Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (Verbindungsoffizier des Reichsf�hrers SS zum Reichsminister f�r die besetzten
Ostgebiete) 1941- 1945; personal representative of Himmler at the Ministry of the Occupied Eastern Territories (Pers�nlicher Vertreter
Himmlers im Ostministeriums, Russland) Jul 1942-1945; head of the leadership staff of the Ministry for Occupied Eastern Territories
(Leiter des F�hrungsstabes Politik [Hauptabteilung I] im Reichsministerium f�r die besetzten Ostgebiete) 20 Aug 1943; personal
representative of Himmler to the German Postal Service (Pers�nlicher Vertreter des RF SS im Reichspostministerium / Chef der
Post�berwachungsstelle der Deutschen Reichspost) 1942-1945; OKW chief of POW affairs (Chef des Kriegsgefangenenwesens / OKW) 1
Oct 1944-8 May 1945; chief of staff, People's Storm militia (Volkssturm) (Stabsf�hrer des Deutschen Volkssturmes) 25 Sept 1944-1945;
Senior SS and Police Commander "Slovakia" (SSPF "Slowakien") (Pressburg) 31 Aug-20 Sept 1944; Reichstag deputy (Mitglied des
Reichstages) for electoral district East Duesseldorf (Wahlkreis D�sseldorf-Ost) Aug 1943-8 May 1945 {indicted by an American military
tribunal 17 Feb 1947 in the "Ministries Case" on charges of having facilitated or participated in expropriations and the deportation of Jews
from Nazi-occupied countries to the death camps (NYT 18 Feb 1947:16:3) or 3 Nov 1947 (NYT 3 Nov 1947:17:5; NYT 3 Mar 1947:5:7);
arraignment 20 Dec 1947 (NYT 21 Dec 1947:12:7); put on trial 6 Jan 1948 (NYT 7 Jan 1948:10:5; NYT 13 Jan 1948:9:1; NYT 7 Feb
1948:4:5; NYT 5 Jun 1948:4:7; NYT 8 Jun 1948:16:1; NYT 9 Jun 1948:11:1; NYT 15 Jun 1948:20:2; NYT 3 Jul 1948:2:8; NYT 10 Nov
1948:9:1; NYT 20 Nov 1948:5:3; NYT 10 Apr 1949:13:1; NYT 11 Apr 1949:11:4); convicted 11 Apr 1949 (NYT 12 Apr 1949:1:1; NYT
13 Apr 1949:17:3; NYT 14 Apr 1949:8:1; LT 12 Apr 1949:4d; LT 13 Apr 1949:3c; LT 14 Apr 1949:3d); convicted of complicity in the Jan
1945 murder of POW French General Mesny, of atrocities and offenses committed against civilian populations, of criminal participation in
the slave labor program and sentenced to 25 years in prison (NYT 15 Apr 1949:8:3; LT 16 Apr 1949:4c); reduced 31 Jan 1951 by the
Clemency Board to 10 years (LT 1 Feb 1951:6f); released 15 Dec 1951 (ABR-SS); died 5 Jan 1975 at Stuttgart (Who's Who pps. 15-16;
Holo Ency 1794; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 80; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 15) or Gerstetten (Allgemeine-SS p. 99; ABR-SS).
According to SS-Brigadef?hrer Otto Kumm, Berger had been tortured while in American captivity by having lighted matches forced under
his fingernails. (Hitler's Gladiator 180).}
Berger, Wilhelm � Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) leader in Alsace {arrested by American authorities and held for extradition to
France 3 Nov 1950 to face charges of murdering 3 civilians at Hundsbach in 1944 (LT 4 Nov 1950:6c); extradition approved 24 Nov 1950
(LT 25 Nov 1950:5d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bergeret, Jean-Marie Joseph [French Air Force General] � French Minister of Air Sept 1940 {impending trial announced by
French authorities 9 Oct 1944 (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bergery, Gaston (c. 1891-1974) -- French Ambassador to the USSR; French Ambassador to Turkey {arrested 25 Oct 1945 at a
Paris airport and charged with "intelligence with the enemy (NYT 26 Oct 1945:5:6; LT 26 Oct 1945:3:d); put on trial by the French Honor
Court at Paris; acquitted of collaboration charges but prohibited from holding public office 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6); acquitted by
the French Court of Justice at Paris of collaboration charges 12 Feb 1949 (NYT 13 Feb 1949:24:6; LT 15 Feb 1949:4d); died 14 Feb 1974
at Paris (Obits I, p. 46).}
Bergey, Didier [French Abb�] -- French Deputy {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Bordeaux on
collaboration charges; acquitted 24 Jul 1945 (NYT 25 Jul 1945:15:5).}
Berliet, Jean -- French automobile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for
collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life, a fine and the forfeiture
of all property 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:29:2).}
Berliet, Marius -- French automobile manufacturer {arrested Sept 1944 by French authorities on collaboration charges (Purge p.
104); put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment, national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life and the forfeiture of all property 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:29:2).}
Berliet, Paul -- French automobile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris on collaboration
charges; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life and the forfeiture of all
property 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:29:2).}
Bernard, Marius -- French manufacturer of aircraft engines {arrest on collaboration charges announced 17 Oct 1944 by the French
government (NYT 18 Oct 1944:3:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bernardini, Armand � French anti-semite and collaborator {arrested by allied forces 7 May 1945 on the Swiss-Austrian frontier;
put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to national degradation (d�gradation nationale) in perpetuity;
confiscation of his property and exile from the Paris metropolitan region 27 Nov 1946; appealed and granted a retrial 6 Jun 1947; again
convicted and sentenced to national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for 20 years; sentence reduced to 14 years by the French President in
1949; died in Belgium 1972 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
De Bernonville, Jacques Comte (c. 1888-?) -- French nobleman and WWI hero {fled to Canada 1947; sentenced to death in
absentia for collaboration by a French court; extradition sought by French authorities from Canada Feb 1950 (NYT 17 Feb 1950:17:6);
tipped off by Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and emigrated to Brazil 1951 (NYT 22 Aug 1951:2:2; NYT 9 Aug 1987:6:1);
contested extradition to France at Rio de Janeiro 2 Sept 1955 (NYT 3 Sept 1955:2:5); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Berthelot, Jean � French Minister of Communications, Sept 1940 {arrested and put on trial 9 Jul 1946 by the French High
Court of Justice on treason and collaboration charges (NYT 10 Jul 1946:11:16); convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment, a fine and
national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for 10 years 10 Jul 1946 (NYT 11 Jul 1946:12:5). (Vichy France p. 124n).}
Bertrand, Dr. Paul -- French mayor of Lyons {arrested on collaboration charges 11 Nov 1944 by French authorities (NYT 12
Nov 1944:36:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
von Bessel, Arnold (?-1945) [Generalmajor] � service in Operational Area II (Op.Geb.II) {taken prisoner by allied troops; died
in French captivity 19 Jul 1945 (ABR-Croisier-H).}
Besson, Marcel -- French editor, collaborationist periodical Petit Dauphinois (Grenoble) {arrested on collaboration charges c. 5
Sept 1944 by French partisans (NYT 6 Sept 1944:3:4); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Besson, Rene (Ren�) (c. 1900-?) � French collaborator {put on trial by a French military court at Rennes Mar 1955 for
betraying downed allied airmen trying to escape from occupied France during WWII; convicted and sentenced to death 16 Mar 1955 (NYT 17
Mar 1955:84:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Beugras, Albert (?-1963) � member of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Fran�ais - PPF) {put on trial by a French
court for collaboration Jan 1948 and again in 1950; sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor (condamn� aux travaux forc�s � perp�tuit�);
released from prison 1954; died 1963 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Bickenbach, Dr. Otto � service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof-Natzweiler {put on trial for war
crimes � medical experiments on human beings -- by a French military court at Metz 16 Dec 1952 (LT 18 Dec 1952:5a); convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 23 Dec 1952 (LT 24 Dec 1952:4g).}
Bittrich, Wilhelm "Willi" (1891 - 1979) [SS-Obergruppenf�hrer und General der Waffen-SS] � WWI service as officer-pilot;
service, Free Corps (Freikorps) "Huelsen" Mar-Jul 1919; service, Free Corps (Freikorps) "Ehrhardt" Jan-Jun 1920; entered Reichswehr
1923 and trained German pilots in the USSR; joined NSDAP 1932; commander, SS Air Squadron "East" (F�hrer SS Fliegerstaffel "Ost")
31 Oct 1932-8 Mar 1934; service, 74th SS Regiment "Baltic Sea" (F�hrer 74.SS-Standarte "Ostsee") at Greifswald 8 Mar-25 Aug 1934;
transferred to SS combat troop branch (SS-Verf�gungstruppe) 25 Aug 1934; commander, Political Readiness Detachment (F�hrer
Politische Bereitschaft) Hamburg 25 Aug 1934-1 Apr 1935; leader, company in Ist Battalion of 1st SS Regiment "Germany" (F�hrer
2./I./SS-Standarte 1 "Deutschland") 1 Apr 1935-29 Sept 1936; leader, IInd Battalion of SS Regiment "Germany" (F�hrer II./SS-Standarte
"Deutschland") 29 Sept 1936-23 Mar 1938; leader, Ist Battalion of 3rd SS Regiment (F�hrer I.Sturmbann/SS-Standarte 3 "Der F�hrer") 23
Mar 1938-1 Jun 1939; staff, "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" 1 Jun 1939-1 Feb 1940; staff, replacement office for SS combat division in the SS
Main Office (SS-V.-Division, SS-Hauptamt); service, SS Guidance Main Office (SS-F�hrungshauptamt) 1 Feb-1 Dec 1940; commander
(Kdr.), SS Regiment "Deutschland"/SS-Division "Reich" 1 Dec 1940-14 Oct 1941; acting commander, SS-Division "Reich" Oct 1941-Jan
1942; service, SS Guidance Main Office (SS-F�hrungshauptamt) Jan-1 Jun 1942; commander, SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer" 1
Jun 1942-15 Dec 1943; commander, 9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" 15 Feb 1943-10 Jul 1944; commander, II.SS-Panzer-Korps 29
Jun 1944-8 May 1945 [Knights Cross 1941; Oakleaves 1944; Swords 1945] {taken prisoner by American troops 8 May 1945; extradited to
France; put on trial by a French military tribunal at Marseilles Jun 1953 on charges of of permitting hangings, pillage and arson; convicted
and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 23 Jun 1953 (NYT 24 Jun 1953:6:6); put on trial for war crimes by a French court at Bordeaux and
acquitted 1954; died 19 Apr 1979 at Wolfratshausen / Bayern (ABR-SS; Waffen-SS Commanders I, pps. 78-82; Roll of Infamy p. 16).}
Blanc, Pierre [French General] -- {arrested and put on trial at Algiers by a French military court for recruiting Frenchmen to serve
in the Tricolor Legion (Legion Tricolour); convicted and sentenced to 20 years solitary confinement 30 Jun 1944 (NYT 1 Jul 1944:4:2).}
Blehaut, Louis [French Rear Admiral] � French Minister of the Navy and Colonies or undersecretary of state for the Navy
{impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 26 Apr 1945 (NYT 27 Apr 1945:9:4); preliminary examination
conducted at Toulon 8 Dec 1945 (NYT 9 Dec 1945:37:7); impending trial announced Feb 1947 by French authorities (NYT 26 Feb
1947:12:1); disappeared Mar 1947 (NYT 9 Jun 1947:4:4); surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested retrial (NYT 26 Jan
1955:12:4); subsequent disposition unknown.}
taken prisoner by American troops 8 May 1945; extradited to
France; put on trial by a French military tribunal at Marseilles Jun 1953 on charges of of permitting hangings, pillage and arson; convicted
and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 23 Jun 1953 (NYT 24 Jun 1953:6:6); put on trial for war crimes by a French court at Bordeaux and
acquitted 1954;Blum, Marcel (c. 1920-?) -- French "Gestapo chief in Angouleme" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial
by a French court at Angouleme; convicted and sentenced to death 24 Jun 1945 (NYT 25 Jun 1945:7:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Boissel, Jean � French architect; severely disabled WWI veteran; founder of International Fascist Racism (Racisme International
Fascisme - RIF) 1934, later renamed the French Front (Le Front Franc); active member, Universal Anti-Jewish League (la Ligue
Antijuive Universelle); one of the founders of the French Volunteer Legion Against Bolshevism (L�gion des Volontaires Fran�ais contre le
Bolch�visme); paid German agent {imprisoned by the French Daladier government Oct 1939; released by the Germans 10 Jul 1940; arrested
after the liberation of France by French authorities on collaboration charges; put on trial; convicted 28 Jun 1946 and sentenced to death with
confiscation of property; death sentence commuted 2 Dec 1946 ("radi� de la L�gion d'honneur, graci� le 2 d�cembre 1946"); died in French
custody 19 Oct 1951 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I, p. 126).}
Boissin, Pierre [French Admiral] -- Governor General, French West Africa {arrested by French authorities Dec 1943 (Purge p.
51); brought to Paris for trial on collaboration charges 1944 (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); released on grounds of jurisdiction 28 Nov 1945 (NYT
29 Nov 1945:4:6); deprived of Legion of Honor, pension and the right to receive medals 14 May 1946 (NYT 15 May 1946:3:3).}
Bonnafous, Max -- French Minister of Food {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges c. 6 Sept 1944 (NYT 7
Sept 1944:5:1); released on bail 7 Nov 1945 (NYT 8 Nov 1945:6:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bonnard, Abel (c. 1883-?) -- French Minister of Education 18 Apr 1942-17 Aug 1944; member of the French Academy {fled to
Spain May 1945; sentenced to death in absentia for treason and "intelligence with the enemy" by the Paris High Court of Justice 4 Jul 1945
(NYT 5 Jul 1945:6:2; LT 5 Jul 1945:3:c); returned to France, arrested and provisionally released for medical reasons 30 Jun 1958 (NYT 1 Jul
1958:8:4); put on trial 22 Mar 1960 by the French High Court of Justice in Paris for collaboration (NYT 23 Mar 1960:3:3); convicted 23
Mar 1960 and sentenced to 10 years in exile; sentence remitted for time served (NYT 24 Mar 1960:6:6); died in Madrid 1968 (Purge p. 179;
[email protected].; Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Bonnefoy, Rene (Ren�) -- {sentenced Jul 1946 in absentia by a French court to death for collaboration; went into hiding;
surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested retrial (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4); tried by a French court Jan 1955 and sentenced to 5 years
national degradation (d�gradation nationale) (Purge p. 183).}
Bonnet, Georges -- French Foreign Minister; French Ambassador to the United States {prohibited from holding public office by
the French Honor Court at Paris 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Bonnet, Georges Edgar-- French vice-chairman of the board of directors, Air France; director, Suez Canal company {arrested 23
Nov 1944 by French authorities on collaboration charges (NYT 24 Nov 1944:3:1; LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bony, Pierre (c. 1896-1944) -- deputy chief, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrest announced by French
authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3; NYT 19 Sept 1944:8:5); put on trial at Paris 1 Dec 1944 (NYT 2 Dec 1944:4:2; NYT 5 Dec
1944:9:4; LT 2 Dec 1944:3:d; LT 5 Dec 1944:3:b); convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" by the Paris Court of Justice and sentenced to
death 12 Dec 1944 (NYT 13 Dec 1944:8:1; LT 13 Dec 1944:3:c); executed by firing squad at Paris 27 Dec 1944 (NYT 27 Dec 1944:11:7;
LT 28 Dec 1944:3:b). (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I p. 184).}
Boos, Georges Rene (Ren�) [SS Sergeant] � service, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" 1944 {put on trial by a French
court at Bordeaux Jan 1953 on charges of participation in the destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and the massacre of over 600
inhabitants 10 Jun 1944 (NYT 10 Feb 1953:12:2); convicted and sentenced to death 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb 1953:6:6); subsequent fate
unknown.}
De la Borde, Jean J. (c. 1878-?) [French Admiral] -- commander of French fleet at Toulon 1942 {arrested by Germans c. 2 Sept
1944 (NYT 3 Sept 1944:15:3); arrested by French authorities on charges of collaboration Oct 1944 (NYT 17 Oct 1944:8:6); put on trial 12
Aug 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles (LT 13 Aug 1946:3c; LT 28 Mar 1947:3e); impending trial announced by
French authorities (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); sentenced to death for treason, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and confiscation of
property 28 Mar 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles (NYT 29 Mar 1947:3:6; LT 29 Mar 1947:4f); sentence commuted to
life imprisonment 9 Jun 1947 (LT 10 Jun 1947:3e); later released (Purge pps. 180-1).}
Boreo or Boero, Pierre (?-1944) -- member, Darnand militia (Milice Fran�ais); French shoe dealer {arrested and put on trial
by the Paris Court of Justice for participation in the 7 Jul 1944 murder of Georges Mandel, French Minister of the Interior May-Jun 1940;
convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 25 Oct 1944 (NYT 26 Oct 1944:8:2); executed 28 Nov 1944 (LT 29 Nov 1944:3:c).}
Borot, Maria (c. 1881-?) -- informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial 1944 by a French court at Clermont-Ferrand for denouncing two Frenchmen to German authorities because "they were making too much
money"; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 7 Oct 1944:3:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Borotra, _____ (Mrs. Jean) � ex-wife of French Sports Commissioner Jean Borotra {cleared 24 Jul 1953 by a French military
tribunal of a charge that she was an informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) (NYT 25 Jul
1953:3:3).}
Borotra, Jean � French tennis champion; Vichy French Commissioner of Sports {to be tried on collaboration charges by French
government (NYT 7 May 1945:6:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Du Bosq, Gaston � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military court on charges of murdering French
patriots; convicted 18 Oct 1945 and sentenced to death (NYT 19 Oct 1945:3:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bouillon, Jean -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for belonging to the
French branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) and luring British parachute agents into ambushes with faked radio
messages; convicted and sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (NYT 11 Mar 1945:17:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bouillon, Michel (?-1944) -- French member of the "Lafont-Bony gang" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on
trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for belonging to the French branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) and luring
British parachute agents into ambushes with faked radio messages; convicted and sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (11 Mar 1945:17:3);
executed 27 Dec 1944 (Purge p. 146; To Set Europe Ablaze p. 145)}
Bouisson, Fernand (c. 1873-?) -- President, French Chamber of Deputies; Mayor of Marseilles; chief, French Socialist Party;
Minister of the Navy in WWI; coeditor of the collaborationist periodical L'Oeuvre (newspaper organ of Marcel Deat) {arrested by partisans at
Draguignan 20 Aug 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 22 Aug 1944:4:6; NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bourrageas, Jean Gaillard -- French manager and director of the collaborationist periodical Petit Marseillais {trial in absentia
on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 14 Oct 1944 (NYT 15 Oct 1944:14:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bousquet, Jean -- informant for the French Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court at Marseilles on collaboration charges; convicted, sentenced to death and executed; no dates (Set Europe Ablaze p. 215).}
\
Bousquet, Rene (Ren�) (c. 1909-1993) -- Vichy Secretary-general of Police 1942-1943 {returned to Paris under arrest 18 May
1945 (NYT 19 May 1945:4:4); sentenced by the French High Court of Justice at Paris to 5 years national degradation (d�gradation
nationale); sentence immediately annulled for services rendered to the resistance (Purge p. 182); accused of crimes against humanity and trial
scheduled by French court 1990 (NYT 20 Nov 1990:3:4); French court in Bordeaux announced investigation Apr 1992 (NYT 15 Apr
1992:5:1); murdered at Paris 8 Jun 1993 by Christian Didier (NYT 9 Jun 1993:3:1).}
Bousselair, Marcel (?-1947) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested
and put on trial by a French court for war crimes; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de
Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
Bouthiller or Bouthillier, Yves � French Finance Minister (Ministere des Finances) 16 Jun 1940-18 Apr 1942 {arrested and
put on trial 1948 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and national degradation
(d�gradation nationale) for life 8 Jul 1948 (NYT 9 Jul 1948:4:6). (Vichy France pps. 123n; 126-7; [email protected]).}
Brassilach, Robert (1909-1945) -- French journalist, novelist, historian and editor of the collaborationist periodical Je Suis
Partout {arrest on collaboration charges announced by French government 15 Oct 1944 (NYT 16 Oct 1944:5:7); put on trial by a French
court at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 19 Jan 1945 (NYT 20 Jan 1945:4:5); executed by firing squad at Fort de
Montrouge, Paris 6 Feb 1945 (NYT 7 Feb 1945:7:6). (Purge pps. 137-40; Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 61).}
Bridoux, Eugene [French General] -- French Minister of War {arrested 2 May 1945 (NYT 3 May 1945:7:3) or 28 Jun 1945
(NYT 29 Jun 1945:7:7); escaped from military hospital 8 Jun 1947 (NYT 9 Jun 1947:4:4; LT 9 Jun 1947:3d) and reportedly fled to Spain;
sentenced to death in absentia 16 Dec 1948 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration; subsequent fate unknown. (NYT
17 Dec 1948:10:3).}
De Briey, Martin -- editor, French collaborationist periodical Echo de Nancy {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Nancy for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 1 Aug 1945 (NYT 2 Aug 1945:8:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
De Brinon, Ferdinand (1885-1947) -- French author; founder of the French-German Committee 1935; French Secretary of State
{arrest ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); arrested by French troops near Lake Constance (LT 12 May
1945:4:d); returned to Paris 20 May 1945 (NYT 21 May 1945:4:7; NYT 2 Dec 1945:30:4); impending trial announced by French authorities
(NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); put on trial by a French court at Paris 4 Mar 1947 for collaboration (LT 6 Mar 1947:3e); convicted and sentenced
to death, national unworthiness (d�gradation nationale) and forfeiture of property 6 Mar 1947 (LT 7 Mar 1947:4c); executed by firing squad
at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris 15 Apr 1947 (NYT 7 Mar 1947:7:3; 15 Apr 1947:3:3; NYT 16 Apr 1947:19:2; LT 16 Apr 1947:3e).
(Purge p. 181; Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 61).}
von Brodowski, Fritz (1886-1944) [Generalleutnant] � Reichswehr service; commander, 16th Mounted Regiment (R.R.16);
Inspector, Armed Forces Replacement Inspectorate Stuttgart (Insp.W.E.J. Stuttgart) 1 May 1938-26 Dec 1941; commander, Field
Replacement Division B (Feld Ers. Div. B) 1 Jun 1942; commander, 404th Division 25 Sept 1942-14 Mar 1943; commander, 398th High
Field Command (Oberfeldkommandantur [O.F.K.] 398) summer 1943; commander, 588th High Field Command (Oberfeldkommandantur
[O.F.K.] 588) 15 Apr 1944; commander, Battle Group (Kampfgruppe) "von Brodowski" 1 Sept 1944 {captured by French troops 16 Sept
1944 or 25 Sept 1944 near Jussey in Haut-Saone (NYT 27 Oct 1944:6:6); taken to Besancon and executed "while attempting to escape" c. 6
Nov 1944 (NYT 8 Nov 1944:19:3; Set Europe Ablaze p. 219); or KIA 20 Oct 1944 at Besancon, France (ABR-Croisier-H; ABR-H).}
Brunner, Alois (c. 1912-1992) [SS-Hauptsturmf�hrer] � service, Reich Security Main Office Special Action Command
"Eichmann (RSHA Sondereinsatzkommando Eichmann); participated in Jewish deportations from Austria, Germany, Greece and Slovakia
{sentenced to death in absentia 3 May 1954 by the French Permanent Armed Forces Tribunal (le Tribunal Permanent des Forces Arm�es) at
Paris; fled to Middle East; sought by Israeli authorities for war crimes Apr 1961 (NYT 11 Apr 1961:14:4); West Germany requested
extradition from Syria 19 Jun 1962 (NYT 20 Jun 1962:4:4); lost eye and fingers of left hand in 1961 and 1980 letter-bomb attacks (NYT 29
Oct 1985:3:1); reportedly living in Syria 1985 under the name "Georg Fischer" (NYT 3 Mar 1985:IV:5:1); interviewed 1985 by West
German magazine (NYT 29 Oct 1985:3:1; NYT 7 Nov 1985:5:4); Syria refused 1987 Austrian request for extradition (NYT 7 Nov
1987:4:4); had refused extradition requests from France, Czechoslovakia and West Germany (NYT 31 May 1991:31:1); Beate Klarsfeld
arrested by Syrian authorities for protesting Syria failure to extradite Brunner 7 Dec 1991 (NYT 8 Dec 1991:22:1); Beate Klarsfeld expelled
from Syria 9 Dec 1991 (NYT 10 Dec 1991:5:3); reported to have died in Syria summer 1992 (NYT 22 Dec 1992:10:1); to be tried in
absentia for a third time in France (NYT 10 Apr 1999:4:1; NYT 2 Sept 1999:6:6). (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Buat, Marcel (?-1946) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court for war crimes; convicted and sentenced to death Jun 1946; executed at Versailles 12 Aug 1946 (NYT 13 Aug
1946:13:6).}
Bucard, Marcel (?-1946) -- highly decorated French WWI veteran; leader of the Frenchist Party (Parti Franciste) Sept 1933 and
the "Paris Blueshirts" (French Corps [Corps Francs]; from 1943 the French Legion [Legion Francist]) {arrest ordered by French
authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice on collaboration charges; convicted 20 Feb 1946
and sentenced to death, forfeiture of all property and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) (NYT 21 Feb 1946:6:8); executed by firing
squad at Fort Chatillon near Paris 19 Mar 1946 (NYT 20 Mar 1946:5:6). (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I. pps. 123-4).}
Buck, Karl [SS-Hauptsturmf�hrer] -- commander, Schermeck POW camp in Alsace; camp commander (Lager Kommandant) at
Gaggenau {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing of six
British POWs, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four American POWs, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British
military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946 (LT 7 May 1946:4f); sentenced to death by firing squad (Law-Reports of Trials of War
Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948); put on trial Jan 1953 by a French military
court at Metz on charges of torture and murdering 78 prisoners and 150 members of the French Resistance Movement (NYT 18 Jan
1953:67:5); convicted and sentenced to death 21 Jan 1953 (NYT 22 Jan 1953:7:4); put on trial by a French military tribunal (at Paris?) on
charges of inhuman cruelty in the administration of a concentration camp in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 10 Jul
1953 (NYT 11 Jul 1953:3:7); released from British custody at Werl prison 9 Sept 1955 (NYT 10 Sept 1955:3:6).}
Buisson, Fernand -- Speaker, French Chamber of Deputies {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at
Paris 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Bunau-Varilla, Guy -- French journalist; publisher of Le Matin {arrested at Paris Aug 1944; released; arrested Sept 1944 and
allowed to live with his physician on grounds of ill health; escaped; arrest warrant issued on collaboration charges 16 Nov 1944 by French
authorities (NYT 6:1); arrested at Paris 22 Nov 1944 carrying 40 pounds of gold and almost 400,000 francs in cash (NYT 23 Nov
1944:18:4;); impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 3 Nov 1945 (NYT 4 Nov 1945:31:6); sentenced to
life imprisonment and forfeiture of property by a French court 3 Jan 1946 for "trafficking with the enemy." (NYT 4 Jan 1946:8:6; LT 4 Jan
1946:3d).}
Bussiere, Amedee (?-1953) -- French Prefect of Police, Paris 21 May 1942-17 Aug 1944 {arrested c. Oct 1944 (Hilberg says 20
Aug 1944) by French authorities for collaboration (NYT 14 Oct 1944:4:5); put on trial in Jul 1946 by a French court for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and confiscation of property; released
1951; died 1953 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Calame (Calam�), Roger (?-1948) � French collaborator and informer; accomplice of French Resistance double agent Genevieve
Danelle {arrested and put on trial by a French court of complicity in Danelle's betrayal of hundreds of resistance fighters; convicted and
sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Fort Montrouge 8 Jun 1948 (NYT 9 Jun 1948:13:6; LT 9 Jun 1948:3c).}
De Carbuccia, Horace -- owner and publisher of the French collaborationist weekly Gringoire {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Paris on charges of collaboration; convicted and sentenced in absentia 13 Jan 1950 to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor and
forfeiture of all property (NYT 14 Jan 1950:5:6).}
Carcopino, Prof. Jerome -- French Minister of Education 23 Feb 1941-18 Apr 1942; professor of Roman history at Paris
University {arrested by French authorities 15 Sept 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 16 Sept 1944:6:6); beaten and released (Purge p. 80);
rearrested in Paris 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 7 Nov 1944:14:6; NYT 7 Nov 1944:3:f); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Carpentier, Georges -- French heavyweight boxer {reportedly arrested 5 Oct 1944 in Bordeaux by French authorities on
collaboration charges (NYT 6 Oct 1944:10:3); arrest denied by French authorities 6 Oct 1944 (NYT 7 Oct 1944:3:4); subsequent fate
unknown.}
Carre, Mathilde "The Cat" ("La Chatte") (c. 1909-?) -- French double agent {arrested by British authorities c. Jul 1942;
turned over to French authorities c. 1944; put on trial Jan 1949 by a French court at Paris on charges of betraying at least 48 resistance
members to her lover, German intelligence officer Hugo Bleicher; convicted and sentenced to death 7 Jan 1949 (LT 8 Jan 1949:4f); sentence
commuted to life imprisonment May 1950; released 7 Sept 1954 (To Set Europe Ablaze p, 86).}
Carrel, Dr. Alexis (c. 1873-?) -- director, Carrel Institute {arrested by French partisans on collaboration charges 30 Aug 1944
(NYT 31 Aug 1944:4:3; NYT 1 Sept 1944:4:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Carrel, Marcel (?-1944) � Vichy French delegate for Jewish Questions in Lyons {assassinated by French partisans; death
announced 29 Jul 1944 (NYT 30 Jul 1944:17:1).}
Cathala, Pierre (c. 1888-1947) -- French Minister of Labor; French Minister of the Interior; French Minister of Agriculture
1935-1936; French Finance Minister (Ministere des Finances) 18 Apr 1942-17 Aug 1944 {disappeared Aug 1944 and went into hiding; trial
in absentia delayed by his appearance 3 Jun 1947 (LT 4 Jun 1947:3e); died 27 Jul 1947 of a heart attack at Paris while awaiting trial (NYT
28 Jul 1947:15:3).}
Cavaillez, Paul Jean Marie -- French aviator and German spy {arrested by the FBI in New York 25 May 1945 on espionage
charges; indicted by a federal grand jury in New York 18 Jul 1945 (NYT 26 May 1945:1 & 4:6; NYT 19 Jul 1945:7:1); subsequent
disposition unknown.}
Cayla, Leon [French General] -- French Governor-general of Madagascar (Malagasy) {arrested and put on trial by the French High
Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and
a fine of 10,000 francs 19 Jul 1946 (NYT 20 Jul 1946:3:7).}
Cayrel, Victor -- Vichy French Undersecretary of State {held on charges of actions against the security of the state; released by
French authorities on grounds of jurisdiction 28 Nov 1945 (NYT 29 Nov 1945:4:6).}
Caziot, Pierre (c. 1876-?) -- French Minister of Agriculture and Food Jun-Sept 1940 {impending trial announced by French
authorities (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles for collaboration; convicted and sentenced
to national degradation (d�gradation nationale), loss of all civil rights and forfeiture of 1/2 his property 19 Mar 1947 (NYT 20 Mar
1947:15:3). (Vichy France p. 123n).}
Celine, Louis-Ferdinand (aka Henri-Louis Destouches) (c. 1894-1961) -- French anti-semitic novelist {fled to Denmark;
warrant issued by the French Court of Justice of the Seine for arrest on collaboration charges Apr 1945 (Purge p. 243); arrested in
Copenhagen, Denmark on French warrant and held for a year (Purge p. 244); put on trial in absentia by a French court for "acts damaging to
the security of the state" during the occupation; convicted and sentenced in absentia to 1 year in prison, national degradation (d�gradation
nationale) for life, forfeiture of property and a fine 21 Feb 1950 (NYT 22 Feb 1950:10:5; Purge p. 244); amnestied 1951 (NYT 27 Apr
1951:21:3; Purge p. 244); died at Paris 2 Jul 1961 (Obits I, p. 102).}
Chabot, Rohan -- director, French Red Cross {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by French authorities (NYT 10 Sept
1944:13:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Chack, Paul (c. 1875-1945)-- former French Navy Lieutenant Commander and historian; founder of the Anti-Bolshevik Action
movement {trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 13 Dec 1944 (NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2); put on trial by the Paris
Court of Justice; convicted 18 Dec 1944 and sentenced to death by firing squad (NYT 19 Dec 1944:9:4; LT 19 Dec 1944:3:d); executed 9 Jan
1945 (NYT 9 Jan 1945:11:2; LT 10 Jan 1945:3:g). (Purge pps. 140, 157-8).}
Chacun, Edmond (c. 1907-?) [French Captain] -- French military judge {arrested and put on trial by a French court for treason;
convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 21 Feb 1952 (NYT 22 Feb 1952:3:7).}
Chambrot, Gabriel -- {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Marseilles for communicating with the enemy
by drafting documents for Pierre Laval's purchase of various newspapers; convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 21 Oct 1944
(NYT 22 Oct 1944:17:2).}
De Chambrun, Rene (Ren�), Count -- son-in-law of Pierre Laval {arrest ordered on collaboration charges by French
authorities (NYT 21 May 1945:10:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Champeaux, Georges -- member, Inter-France news agency {impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French
authorities 14 Oct 1944 (NYT 15 Oct 1944:14:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Charasse, Suzanne -- secretary of French militia (Milice Fran�aise) chief and Minister of the Interior Joseph Darnand
{arrested in Milan 27 Jun 1945 (LT 29 Jun 1945:4:f); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Charbin, Paul -- French Minister of Supply {put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11
Mar 1946:9:3); trial postponed because of the absence of 2 jurors; subsequent disposition unknown (LT 20 Mar 1946:3c).}
Charbonnier, Pierre (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo official" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a
French court for treason; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 1 Oct 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 2
Oct 1947:15:5).}
Chardonne, Jacques -- French writer {arrested for collaboration by French authorities and interned; case subsequently dismissed
(Purge p. 243).}
Chautemps, Camille (c. 1895-1963) -- French Premier; Vice President of the Council 1940 {lived in the United States since
1940; denied collaboration charges by former Premier Paul Reynaud 24 Jul 1945 (NYT 25 Jul 1945:9:7); impending trial announced 18 Jan
1947 on charges of acts harmful to the safety of the state (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4; NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); barred from holding political
office by the French Court of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1947 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1); convicted in absentia by the French High Court of
Justice at Versailles of acts considered harmful to the national defense and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor, national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life, forfeiture of his property and costs 25 Mar 1947 (NYT 26 Mar 1947:14:5; LT 26 Mar 1947:3f);
returned to France 23 Apr 1954 (NYT 24 Apr 1954:5:5); died at Washington, DC 1 Jul 1963 (Obits I, p. 106).}
Chernikoff, _____ Princess -- {arrest on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept
1944:6:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Chevalier, Jacques (c. 1882-1962) -- French philosopher; French Minister of Education 13 Dec 1940-23 Feb 1941 {seized by
French partisans 6 Jul 1944 (NYT 7 Jul 1944:3:7); released on bail 7 Nov 1945 (NYT 8 Nov 1945:6:3); put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the
French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3; NYT 12 Mar 1946:13:4); convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
at hard labor and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life 12 Mar 1946 (NYT 13 Mar 1946:12:3; LT 20 Mar 1946:3c); died 19
Apr 1962 at Montlucon, France (Obits I, p. 107).}
Chevalier, Maurice (1888-1972) -- French entertainer and film star {officially cleared of collaboration charges 26 Sept 1945 by
French authorities (NYT 27 Sept 1945:3:2); acquitted 6 Dec 1945 of collaboration charges by the French National Purge Committee of the
Theater (NYT 7 Dec 1945:8:5).}
Chiappe, Angelo (?-1945) � French Prefect, Department of Gard; member, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and
put on trial by a French court for treason and aiding the enemy in intelligence work; convicted and sentenced to death 21 Dec 1944 (NYT 23
Dec 1944:4:8; LT 23 Dec 1944:3:c); executed by a firing squad at Nimes 23 Jan 1945 (NYT 23 Jan 1945:6:4).}
Clamamus, Prof. Jean-Marie -- French Senator {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at Paris 10
Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Claude, Georges (c. 1868-1960) -- French scientist; inventor of the neon light; member of the French Academy {arrested by
French authorities at Nancy Sept 1944; put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration 25 Jun 1945 (NYT 25 Jun
1945:7:1); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 26 Jun 1945 (NYT 27 Jun 1945:4:5); reduced to 10 years imprisonment; paroled 30
Dec 1949; died 23 May 1960 at Paris (NYT 3 Jan 1950:11:6; Obits I, p. 113).}
Clavie, Paul (c. 1916-?) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {put on trial at Paris 1 Dec 1944 for
"intelligence with the enemy" (NYT 2 Dec 1944:4:2; LT 2 Dec 1944:3:d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Clerc, Henri -- French Deputy (Radical Socialist Party -- Haute Savoie) and journalist for L'Oeuvre (newspaper organ of Marcel
Deat) {arrested by French authorities and put on trial by a French court for his propaganda efforts on behalf of the Nazis; convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 29 Jan 1945 (NYT 30 Jan 1945:4:6).}
Cocteau, Jean -- French writer, poet, film director and artist {arraigned on collaboration charges before the French National Purge
Committee for Writers, Authors and Editors (Comite National d'Epuration des Gens des Lettres, Auteurs et Compositeurs - CNE); Cocteau
failed to appear but the unsupported charges were dismissed anyway (Purge pps. 246-7).}
Colson, Louis A. (1875-1951) [French General] -- commander, French 12th Division 1931-1933; Vice Chief General Staff
French Army 1933; Chief General Staff French Army 1939-1940; French Minister of War 1940 or French Undersecretary of State for War
{arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French authorities (NYT 11 Oct 1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown; died 1951
(Steen Ammentorp).}
Combelle, Lucien -- French publisher; owner of collaborationist newspaper "National Revolution" {put on trial by a French
purge court; convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment at hard labor 28 Dec 1948 (NYT 29 Dec 1948:3:8).}
Combier, Kleber (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo agent" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15
Aug 1947:6:6).}
Coquillard, Robert aka Le Vigan -- French actor {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 16 Nov 1946 (NYT 17 Nov 1946:26:3).}
Correze, Jacques (c. 1911-1991) -- member of French right-wing criminal band (Cagoulard) {arrested and put on trial 1948 by a
French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment; served 5 years and then released; became chairman of the
American subsidiary of the $1 billion French cosmetics company L'Oreal; under investigation by US Department of Justice Office of Special
Investigations 1991 (NYT 20 Jun 1991:D:1:1); resigned and then died of pancreatic cancer 26 Jun 1991 at Paris (NYT 27 Jun 1991:D:9:1).}
Cortot, Alfred -- French pianist {forbidden by a French artists' purge committee to perform in France for a year for "taking part
in German cultural activities" 6 Nov 1945 (NYT 7 Nov 1945:17:6).}
Costes, Dieudonne [French Lieutenant Colonel] � French aviator; made first non-stop flight from Paris to New York 1930 {put
on trial Mar 1949 by a French court at Paris for treason � selling French aircraft secrets to the Germans; acquitted 17 Mar 1949 (LT 18 Mar
1949:4e),}
Coston, Henry � French fascist writer; an editor of the forged "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" {arrested in Austria Oct 1946;
extradited to France; put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to a term in prison; released for ill health Apr
1951 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Cottin, Maurice -- French appellate judge {arrested by French authorities; put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice on
collaboration charges; convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6;
LT 9 Jun 1945:3e).}
Couderc, Christian -- French author {sentenced in absentia to death for collaboration by a French court 1945; went into hiding
and wrote the Verite prize winning book "The World Is Ours" under the name "Martin de Hautclaire"; arrested on collaboration charges by
French authorities at Paris 26 Mar 1952 (NYT 27 Mar 1952:12:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Courtine or Jullien-Courtine, Robert (?-1998) � member of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Fran�ais � PPF),
collaborationist radio broadcaster {fled Paris 14 Aug 1944; arrested 9 Jan 1946 at Merano; put on trial by a French court for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 12 Dec 1946; sentence reduced in 1948 by French President Vincent Auriol;
released; editor in chief of the "Cuisine and Wines of France" ("Cuisine et Vins de France"); died 1998 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs
d'Europe, 1988; [email protected])
Cousteau, Pierre Antoine -- French editor and owner of collaborationist weekly Je Suis Partout {arrested by French
authorities and put on trial by a French court of justice for collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to death,
national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and confiscation of property 23 Nov 1946 (NYT 24 Nov 1946:27:6); sentence commuted 10 Apr
1947 by French President Vincent Auriol to life imprisonment at hard labor (NYT 11 Apr 1947:18:5); release rumored as a result of French
President Vincent Auriol's Bastille Day amnesty 2 Aug 1953 (NYT 3 Aug 1953:5:2); released 1955; died 1958 (Purge pps. 140-1;
[email protected]).}
Cramon, Georgette -- {arrested by French authorities and put on trial by a French court on charges of denouncing a man to the
Germans because he had had slapped her face; convicted of collaboration and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment Mar 1945 (NYT 18 Mar
1945:4:1).}
Cristofini, Pierre-Simon-Ange [French Lieutenant Colonel] � French commander of Vichy units fighting with the Germans
in Tunisia (Phalange Africaine; also known as L�gion des Volontaires Fran�aise de Tunisie) 22 Nov 1942 {taken prisoner by allied forces
and turned over to French authorities; arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Algiers for treason; convicted and sentenced to
death c. Apr 1944; subsequently executed (Purge pps. 56-7; Foreign Legions of the Third Reich I p. 201). (Third Reich Factbook).}
Culioli, Pierre -- French double agent {put on trial Jun 1948 by a French court of collaboration charges; acquitted of a charge of
"intelligence with the enemy" but convicted of "acts prejudicial to national defense and security"; no punishment imposed because of
mitigating circumstances; acquitted on appeal by the French permanent military tribunal at Metz 17 Mar 1949 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 138,
153).}
Curnier, Henri (?-1945) [French Army Major] -- French commander of the African Phalanx (Phalange Africaine); also known as
the Legion of French Volunteers of Tunisia (L�gion des Volontaires Fran�aise de Tunisie) {arrested by French authorities on treason
charges; committed suicide 29 Sept 1945 by slashing his wrists at Villefranche-sur-Mer jail on the French Riviera while awaiting trial (NYT
1 Oct 1945:2:2).}
Cussonac, Rene (Ren�) (c. 1894-1945?)-- French chief of Police, Rhone-Alpes region (Lyons) {arrested Sept 1944 by French
authorities on collaboration charges (Purge pps. 104); put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Lyons 3 Nov 1944; convicted and
sentenced to death 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 7 Nov 1944:14:6); subsequently executed (Purge pps. 154-5).}
Dace, George (c. 1886-?) -- British double agent for the Germans {arrested and put on trial by a French Special Court of Justice at
Dijon for betraying French resistance members to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo); convicted and
sentenced to death 20 Jul 1946 (NYT 21 Jul 1946:20:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Dagenhardt, Erwin -- service, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" 1944 {put on trial Jan 1953 by a French court at Bordeaux
on charges of participating in the 10 Jun 1944 destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and the massacre of over 600 inhabitants;
acquitted 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb 1953:6:6).}
Dagostini, Charles (?-1944) -- member, French Tricolor Legion (Legion Tricolore); regional leader, French Militia (Milice
Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial 10 Sept 1944 by French authorities at Lyons on treason and collaboration charges, convicted and
sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 11 Sept 1944 (Purge p. 107).}
Danelle, Genevieve (?-1948) -- French resistance double agent {arrested and put on trial by a French court of having betrayed
hundreds of resistance fighters; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Fort Montrouge 8 Jun 1948 (NYT 9 Jun
1948:13:6; LT 9 Jun 1948:3c).}
Dannecker, Dr. jur. Theodor (1913-1945) [SS-Haupsturmf�hrer] � Counsel (Referent) for Branch (Abteilung) II-1/12 of
the Security Service Main Office (SD-Hauptamt) in SS Region "Southwest" (SS-Oberabschnitt "S�dwest") to 1937; head of the
Assimilation Consulate (Referat Assimilanten) in the German Security Service Main Office (SD-Hauptamt Abteilung II-1/12 -
Erkundung j�discher Organisationen); assigned to this post as SS-Oberscharf�hrer 1937-1939?; service (as chief of deportations), German
Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo); representative of Reich Security Main Office Department IV B-4 Jews (RSHA
Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in France Sept 1940-Oct 1942 but recalled for overstepping authority; representative of Reich Security Main Office
Department IV B-4 Jews (RSHA Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in Bulgaria Jan-Oct 1943; representative of Reich Security Main Office Department
IV B-4 Jews (RSHA Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in Hungary (Sondereinsatzkommando Ungarn) 1944; representative of Reich Security Main
Office Department IV B-4 Jews (RSHA Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in Italy Sept-Oct 1943-summer 1944 and Oct 1944-Feb 1945 {described by
French Commissioner for Jewish Questions (Commissariat G�n�ral aux Questions Juives - CGQJ) Xavier Vallat as "a fanatical Nazi who
went into a trance every time the word Jew was mentioned"; committed suicide 10 Dec 1945 (ABR-SS; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p.
180; Who's Who pps. 44-45) or 13 Dec 1945 in an American POW camp at Bad Toelz (T�lz), Bavaria, Germany; sought by Israeli
authorities Apr 1961 as fugitive hiding in the Middle East (NYT 11 Apr 1961:14:4).}
Danos, Abel (?-1952) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death May 1949; executed at Paris 14 Mar 1952 (NYT 15 Mar 1952:3:1).}
Le Danseur, Claude -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice for belonging to the French
branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) and luring British parachute agents with faked radio messages; convicted and
sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (NYT 11 Mar 1945:17:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Le Danseur, Georges -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice for belonging to the French
branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) and luring British parachute agents with faked radio messages; convicted and
sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (NYT 11 Mar 1945:17:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Darnand, Joseph Aime or Aime-Joseph (1897-1945) [SS-Sturmbannf�hrer] � WWI veteran; head of the Legion of
French Combattants (Legion Fran�aise des Combattants) in the Department of the Maritime Alps (Alpes-Maritimes) and founder of that
organization's Order Service (Service d'Ordre Legionnaire) Jan 1942, after 30 Jan 1943 the French Militia (Milice Fran�aise); commander
(Secretaire general) of the French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) 30 Jan 1943-8 May 1945; Chief of French Police 29 Dec 1943; French
Secretary General for the Maintenance of Order 10 Jan 1944; French Interior Minister (Ministere de l'Interieur) 13 Jun-17 Aug 1944 {arrest
ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); arrested by American troops 12 May 1945 (NYT 13 May 1945:8:3);
escaped and fled to Italy; arrested at Edolo 28 Jun 1945 by British intelligence agents (NYT 29 Jun 1945:7:7; NYT 4 Jul 1945:6:2; LT 29
Jun 1945:4:f); taken to Fresnes prison, Paris 3 Jul 1945 (LT 4 Jul 1945:3:c; LT 3 Oct 1945:3:e); impending trial announced 18 Sept 1945
by French authorities (LT 19 Sept 1945:3f); put on trial at Paris 3 Oct 1945 (LT 3 Oct 1945:3e); convicted and sentenced to death for treason
by the French High Court of Justice at Paris 3 Oct 1945 (NYT 4 Oct 1945:5:1; LT 4 Oct 1945:4:f); executed by firing squad 10 Oct 1945
(NYT 11 Oct 1945:4:4; LT 11 Oct 1945:3:d; Purge p. 179). ([email protected]; ABR-France; Who Was Who in WWII p. 66;
Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 131; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I pps. 136-7, 174-183).}
Darquier de Pellepoix, Louis � French founder of the Anti-Jewish Rally (Rassemblement antijuif) movement 1937; French
Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions (Commissariat G�n�ral aux Questions Juives - CGQJ) {arrest announced by French
authorities 8 Sept 1944 (NYT 9 Sept 1944:2:3); reportedly convicted by a French court at Limoges and executed by firing squad Oct 1944
(NYT 17 Oct 1944:8:6; NYT 11 Dec 1947:6:7); actually fled to Spain; sentenced to death in absentia ("condamn� � mort par contumace")
10 Dec 1947; died 29 Aug 1980 ([email protected]).}
D'Arras or Darras, Jacques [French Major General] -- commander, French 1st Light Cavalry Division 1940 {put on trial by a
French military tribunal 4 Feb 1949 on collaboration charges (NYT 5 Feb 1949:5:4); acquitted 5 Feb 1949 (NYT 6 Feb 1949:58:4; LT 7
Feb 1949:3e). (Steen Ammentorp).}
David, Fernand (c. 1911-1945) -- French Police Commissioner; commander, Special Brigade of the French Anti-communist
Police Service (Service de Police Anti-communiste) {arrested and put on trial by a French court for turning 495 resistance members over to
the Germans, of whom 128 were shot; convicted and sentenced to death 14 Apr 1945 (NYT 15 Apr 1945:8:7); executed at Paris 5 May 1945
(NYT 15 Apr 1945:8:8; 6 May 1945:27:5; Foreign Legions of the Third Reich I pps. 185-6).}
Dayras, Georges -- French Secretary of State for Justice {arrested and put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of
Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3); convicted and sentenced to death 15 Mar 1946 (NYT 16 Mar 1946:6:2; LT 20 Mar 1946:3c);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Deat (D�at), Prof. Marcel (1894-1955)� highly decorated French WWI hero; philosophy teacher; French Aviation Minister
Jan-Jun 1936; founder of the National Popular Rally (Rassemblement National Populaire) Feb 1941; editor of the collaborationist periodical
L'Oeuvre; French Minister of Labor 16 Mar-17 Aug 1944 {attempted assassinations by French resistance in 1941, 1942 and 1943; fled Paris
17 Aug 1944; arrest ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); sentenced to death in absentia 19 Jun 1945 by the
French High Court of Justice at Paris for intelligence with the enemy (NYT 20 Jun 1945:13:2; LT 20 Jun 1945:4:f); barred from holding
political office by the French Court of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1); lived in exile in Italy; died of tuberculosis 5 Jan
1955 at an Italian monastery at Villa Dei Coll, Turin, Italy; author, "Why Die for Danzig" (NYT 31 Mar 1955:10:5); Purge p. 179;
Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 131; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I, pps. 119-122; [email protected].).}
Debeney, Jean [French General] -- military aide to French President Marshal Henri Philippe Petain {arrest and impending trial on
collaboration charges announced by French authorities 26 Apr 1945 (NYT 27 Apr 1945:9:4); cleared 20 Sept 1945 by investigating
authorities (NYT 21 Sept 1945:10:3).}
Decoux, Jean [French Admiral] � French Governor General of Indochina {brought to Paris 8 Oct 1945 for questioning on policies
during Japanese occupation of Indochina (LT 9 Oct 1945:4g); French government investigation of collaboration charges announced 14 May
1946 (NYT 15 May 1946:3:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Delfanne, Georges aka Masuy (c. 1913-?) -- French "agent and torturer" for the German Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrest by French authorities announced 5 Apr 1947 (NYT 6 Apr 1947:9:1; LT 8 Apr 1947:4e); subsequent
disposition unknown.}
Delfau, Denise -- {arrested by French authorities and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder
of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec 1952
(NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8).}
Denhan or Dehand, Lucien (?-1953) -- Inspector, French Commissariat for Jewish Affairs {arrested and put on trial by a French
military tribunal at Bordeaux for "intelligence with the enemy" and for denouncing over 400 Jews to the German Secret State Police
(Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to death 18 Nov 1949 (NYT 20 Nov 1949:17:4); executed by firing squad at
Bordeaux 2 Jun 1953 (NYT 3 Jun 1953:6:6).}
Dentz, Henri-Fernand (1881-1945) [French General] �commander, 54th Brigade 1934-1937; Vice Chief, French General Staff
1937-1939; Assistant Chief, French General Staff 1939; commander, French XII Corps 1939-1940;Military Governor of Paris 1940;
commander, 15th Military Region 1940; French High Commissioner to Lebanon & Syria 1940-1941{arrested on collaboration charges c. 5
Sept 1944 by French partisans at Grenoble (NYT 6 Sept 1944:3:4); brought to Paris for trial (NYT 1 Nov 1944:13:1; NYT 8 Nov
1944:20:4; LT 18 Apr 1945:3:c); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration 18 Apr 1945 (NYT 18 Apr
1945:6:7; NYT 19 Apr 1945:4:5; NYT 20 Apr 1945:3:6); convicted and sentenced to death with military degradation and forfeiture of
property 20 Apr 1945 (NYT 21 Apr 1945:4:6; LT 21 Apr 1945:3:e); commuted 21 Oct 1945 to life imprisonment by General Charles De
Gaulle NYT 26 Oct 1945:5:6; LT 26 Oct 1945:4c); died in Fresnes prison at Paris 13 Dec 1945 (LT 14 Dec 1945:3e; Obits I, p. 152; Purge
p. 174; Steen Ammentorp).}
Derb, Simone -- secretary to French collaborationist radio announcer Jean Herold Paquis {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment; sentence reduced 5 Sept 1945 by General Charles De Gaulle to 1 years
imprisonment. (NYT 6 Sept 1945:7:1).}
Dericourt, Henri -- French alleged double agent {arrested 26 Nov 1946 and put on trial by a French court on collaboration
charges; acquitted 1948 (To Set Europe Ablaze p. 138).}
Derrien, Edmond [French Admiral] -- French military commander of Bizerte, Tunisia {arrested by French authorities and put on
trial by a French military tribunal in Algiers in May 1944 on charges of collaboration; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at
solitary confinement, reduction to the ranks and expulsion from the Legion of Honor 12 May 1944 (Purge pps. 56-7).}
Desmarets, Elisabeth "Titayna" -- French journalist {put on trial in absentia by a French court in Paris for pro-German and
anti-Semitic writings; convicted and sentenced in absentia to national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life 9 Jul 1947 (NYT 10 Jul
1947:6:5).}
Detroyat, Michel (c. 1904-1956) -- French aviator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to "national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life" and forfeiture of half his property 14 Jan 1946; died 5 Oct 1956 at Paris
(NYT 15 Jan 1946:17:2; Obits I, p. 154).}
Dewynck, Henri -- French police commissioner, Orleans {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Orleans for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to death 12 Sept 1945 (NYT 13 Sept 1945:9:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Dinkel, _____ [Wachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security
Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four
American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; convicted and
sentenced to 8 years imprisonment 10 May 1946 (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission,
Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Dinten, Denise (c. 1905-1944) -- {arrested in Paris by French authorities and charged with "intelligence with the enemy"; killed
herself by jumping out of the window of her apartment while it was being searched 21 Nov 1944 (NYT 22 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Dirlewanger, Dr. Oskar (1895-1945) [SS-Oberf�hrer] -- WWI veteran; service with German volunteer forces, Spanish Civil
War; commander, Dirlewanger Assault Brigade 30 Sept 1944 (Kdr., SS-Sturmbrigade "Dirlewanger") [Knights Cross 1944] {taken prisoner
by French troops; beaten to death by internees in French POW camp at Altshausen 7 Jun 1945 (SS: Roll of Infamy p. 34-35).}
Doriot, Jacques (?-1945) � French collaborator; founder of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Fran�ais - PPF) Jun
1934; executive director of the French Anti-Communist Police Service (Service de Police Anti-communiste) {fled to Germany 1944; arrest
ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); killed in strafing attack by allied fighters in
Germany 25 Feb 1945 (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I p. 186).}
Drault, Alfred Gendrot, "Jean" (c. 1866-1951) � French collaborator and anti-semite {arrested by French authorities at his
home Sept 1944; put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced Nov 1946 to 7 years imprisonment, confiscation
of property and 10 years of exile; commuted Dec 1947 to 5 years imprisonment; freed 1949; died 11 Sept 1951 ([email protected]).}
Dubuisson, Rene (Ren�) -Paul [French Lieutenant General] -- {put on trial by a French military tribunal 4 Feb 1949 on
collaboration charges (NYT 5 Feb 1949:5:4); convicted and stripped of his rank, sentenced to 4 years imprisonment (suspended) and forfeiture
of his personal property by a French court martial 5 Feb 1949 (NYT 6 Feb 1949:58:4; LT 7 Feb 1949:3e).}
Duluguet, Marc -- officer, French Civil and Military Organization (Organisation Civile et Militaire - OCM) at Bordeaux;
French double agent for the Germans {arrested and put on trial by a military court of the French Forces of the Interior (Forces Fran�aises de
l'Int�rieur - FFI) at Belin, France; convicted and sentenced to death; executed 28 Jul 1944 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 206-8).}
Dunckern, Anton (1905-?) [SS-Brigadef�hrer und Generalmajor der Polizei] -- service, German Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo) at Breslau (Wroclaw) Feb 1935- Mar 1936; service, Gestapo at Saarbruecken Mar 1936-Jun 1941; commander,
German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst � SD) at Braunschweig Sept 1939-Mar 1941; commander, German Security Police and Security
Service (Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst � Sipo/SD) for Lothringen/Saarpfalz Jul 1940-Jul 1944; service, Reich Commission for
the Strengthening of Germandom (Reichskommissar f�r die Festigung Deutschen Volkstums - RKFDV) Lothringen/ Saarpfalz Jul
1940-Jun 1944; SS and Police Commander (SSPF) "Metz" 1 Oct 1944-18 Nov 1944 {arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted
and and imprisoned until 1954 (Allgemeine-SS p. 77; ABR-SS).}
Dunker, _____ aka Delage (?-1950) � assistant commander, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo)
Marseilles {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of torture and murder; convicted and sentenced to death 1948; executed by
firing squad at Marseilles 6 Jun 1950 (LT 7 Jun 1950:5e).}
Duquesnoy, Auguste (?-1947) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested
and put on trial on war crimes charges by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de
Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
La Durie, Gabriel Leroy -- French banker {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by French authorities (NYT 10 Sept
1944:13:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Dutoit, Albert [Roman Catholic Monsignor] -- French Bishop of Arras {interned 30 Oct 1944 by the French government for
collaboration (NYT 31 Oct 1944:11:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Eckener, Dr. Hugo (c. 1869-?) -- German airship designer {fined 100,000 marks by a French zone denazification tribunal at
Konstanz Jan 1948; cleared by an American zone denazification tribunal at Stuttgart 4 Aug 1948 (NYT 5 Aug 1948:10:5).}
Ehrmanntraut, Franz (c. 1911-?) � guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof {put on trial 1954 by a
French military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds; put
on trial for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 18 May 1955:15:8);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Esteva, Jean-Pierre (c. 1881-1951) [Admiral of France] -- French Resident-General, Tunisia {warrant issued for arrest on
collaboration charges (NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris 14 Mar 1945 (LT 15 Mar
1945:3:c); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, military degradation, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and forfeiture of
all property 15 Mar 1945 (NYT 13 Mar 1945:6:1; NYT 14 Mar 1945:6:1; NYT 15 Mar 1945:12:6; NYT 16 Mar 1945:10:2; LT 16 Mar
1945:3:e; Purge pps. 172-3); release from French custody announced 24 Aug 1950 (LT 25 Aug 1950:3c); died 12 Jan 1951 at Reims. (Obits
I, p. 184).}
von Faber de Faur, Mauritz (1886-?) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichswehr service; service, 8th Mounted Regiment (R.R. 8) 1
Oct 1933; military attach�, Belgrad 1 Apr 1936; acting commander, 13th Infantry Division 1-6 Sept 1939; commander, 586th Army Rear
Area (Korueck 586) 16 Sept 1939; commander, 588th Army Rear Area (Korueck 588) 1 Oct 1939; chief of military administration,
Bordeaux district (Chef Milit. Verw. Bez. Bordeaux) 16 Sept 1940; commander, 593rd Army Rear Area (Korueck 593) 15 Jan-4 Oct
1942; service, Armed Forces Replacement Inspectorate (W.E. Insp.) Innsbruck 1 May 1943-Oct 1944 {put on trial by a French military
tribunal on war crimes charges arising out of the executions of hostages; acquitted 31 May 1949 (NYT 1 Jun 1949:4:6; ABR-H).}
Fagalde, Alfred (c. 1878-?) [French Lieutenant General] -- {put on trial by a French military tribunal 4 Feb 1949 on
collaboration charges for offering to join the Waffen-SS while a POW of the Germans in May 1944 (NYT 5 Feb 1949:5:4); convicted and
stripped of his rank, sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and forfeiture of his personal property by a French court martial 5 Feb 1949 (NYT 6
Feb 1949:58:4; LT 7 Feb 1949:3e); possibly identifiable with Fagalde, Marie-Bertrand A. (1878-1966) [French Major-General] --
French Military Attach� to London 1920-1925; commander, French 3rd Algerian Brigade, Algeria 1931; commander, French Division
Constantine, Algeria 1931-1933; Chief of Staff French Superior War Council 1933-1936; commander, French 15th Division 1936-1939;
French XVI Corps 1939-1940; commander, Normandy 1940; Prisoner of War 1940-1945 (Steen Ammentorp, "French Generals of WWII").}
Fallot, Bernard (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo official" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for treason; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 1 Oct 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 2 Oct
1947:15:5).}
Falten, Herbert [German Marine Lieutenant] -- {put on trial by the French Permanent Military Tribunal at Dijon on charges of
executing 3 French Forces of the Interior (FFI) POWs without trial on 9 Sept 1944 near Autun; convicted and sentenced to 5 years
imprisonment 18 Oct 1945 (United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume VIII, London, HMSO, 1949).}
Farge, Marcel -- French Mayor of Alet {arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death; reprieved by
General Charles De Gaulle c. 29 Dec 1944 (NYT 30 Dec 1944:4:5); possibly identifiable with Farget, _____ -- Vichy French Mayor of
Alais {sentenced to death for collaboration by a French court; sentence commuted to 20 years imprisonment Dec 1944 (LT 30 Dec
1944:3:c).}
Farge, Paul -- French prosecutor {convicted of collaboration; sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, forfeiture of property;
national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and loss of membership in the Legion of Honor 30 Dec 1949 by a French court. (NYT 31 Dec
1949:4:6).}
Farget, _____ -- Vichy French Mayor of Alais {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death; sentence commuted to 20 years imprisonment Dec 1944 (LT 30 Dec 1944:3:c); possibly identifiable with Farge,
Marcel -- French Mayor of Alet {sentenced to death by a French court; reprieved by General Charles De Gaulle c. 29 Dec 1944 (NYT 30
Dec 1944:4:5).}
Fauchet, Raoul � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder
of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Faure-Pinguely, Jacques (?-1943) � Vichy French Prefect, Lyon {assassinated by French partisans of the FTP-MOI faction
(Francs-tireurs et Partisans- Main-d�Oeuvre Immigre) 12 Dec 1943 at his home in Lyon (Purge pps. 24-5).}
Fauser, Dr. med. Martha -- euthanasia physician, HuPa (Heil- und Pflegeanstalten) Grafeneck {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Tuebingen on charges of crimes against humanity; convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment 5 Jul 1949 (NYT 6
Jul 1949:9:6).}
Favre, Albert -- former French Under-Secretary of State for war in Clemenceau cabinet {arrested and put on trial by the French
Court of Justice at Saintes, Charente Department, on charges of denouncing patriots to the German Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor c. 24 Nov 1944 (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:d).}
Favriot, Georges (?-1954) � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture
and murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); executed by firing squad 22 May 1954 (NYT 23 May 1954:5:1).}
Fay, Prof. Bernard (?-1978) -- Professor of American Civilization, College de France; Director, French National Library
1941-1944 {arrested by French partisans c. 27 Aug 1944 (NYT 28 Aug 1944:4:4); put on trial by a French court at Paris for "intelligence
with the enemy" and publishing documents and lists for the arrests of Freemasons; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor
5 Dec 1946 (NYT 6 Dec 1946:10:3); escaped from prison hospital at Angers 2 Oct 1951 (NYT 3 Oct 1951:19:2); died 1978
([email protected]).}
Fenet, Henri-Joseph (1919-?) [Waffen-Hauptsturmf�hrer] � French army officer; held in German POW camps to Nov 1942;
released and joined the French militia (Milice Fran�aise); volunteered for Waffen-SS service Oct 1943; company commander, 8th
SS-Sturmbrigade "Frankreich"; commander, I. Btl./ SS-Regiment 57 in 33. SS-Freiwilligen-Division "Charlemagne" 1944 [Croix de Guerre
1940; Knights Cross 1945] {severely injured in the fighting for Berlin; taken prisoner by Soviet troops c. 2 May 1945; repatriated to
France; tried by a French court for collaboration and served a "long period of confinement" (ABR-France).}
Ferdonnet, Paul (?-1945) -- French radio correspondent {sentenced to death in absentia by a French military court for treason
1940; arrested at Tuttlingen in Wuerttemburg by French authorities 11 Jun 1945 (NYT 12 Jun 1945:5:4; LT 12 Jun 1945:3:c); convicted by
the French High Court of Justice at Paris of collaboration 11 Jul 1945 (NYT 12 Jul 1945:12:8; LT 12 Jul 1945:3:c); sentenced to death;
executed by firing squad at Fort de Montrouge 4 Aug 1945 (NYT 5 Aug 1945:19:6; LT 6 Aug 1945:3:e; Purge p. 140).}
Ferrand, Paul -- director, Credit Lyonnaise; French deputy {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges 15 Sept 1944
(NYT 17 Sept 1944:17:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Le Fevre, _____ [French Major] -- aide to Vichy French Governor of French West Africa Pierre Boisson {held by French
authorities on charges of actions against the security of the state; released on grounds of jurisdiction 28 Nov 1945 (NYT 29 Nov 1945:4:6).}
Flandin, Pierre-Etienne (c. 1889-1958) -- French Premier 1934-1935; French Foreign Minister 1936 and 13 Dec 1940-9 Feb
1941 {declared in Nov 1940 that "occult forces seeking to establish Judeo-Masonic domination" were responsible for WWII; arrested at
Algiers c. 11 Dec 1943 (Purge p. 51); impending trial announced by French authorities (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); investigation concluded 23
Jan 1946 dismissed charges of treason and intelligence with the enemy (LT 24 Jan 1946:3e); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice
at Paris 23 Jul 1946 (LT 24 Jul 1946:3e; LT 26 Jul 1946:3e); convicted and sentenced to 5 years of national degradation 26 Jul 1946
(d�gradation nationale); sentenced annulled the same day by the court (NYT 27 Jul 1946:5:6; LT 17 Jul 1946:4f) since M. Flandin had only
served 56 days as a Vichy minister; died 13 Jun 1958 at St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Obits I, p. 198; Purge pps. 179-80).}
Fonck, Rene (Ren�) (1894-1953) -- French aviator; WWI ace (127 victories) {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by
French authorities (NYT 10 Sept 1944:13:1); subsequent disposition unknown; died Jun 1953 (biography "Ace of Aces").}
Fontenoy, Jean (?-1945) � French journalist; lieutenant in the French Volunteer Legion (L�gion des Volontaires Fran�ais contre
le Bolch�visme){suicide by shooting himself in the head at Berlin Apr 1945; sentenced to death in absentia by the French Court of Justice
of the Seine 28 Feb 1948 ([email protected]).}
Fremicourt, Charles -- French Minister of Justice 15 Jun-17 Jul 1940 (arrested on collaboration charges by French authorities;
released 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 8 Nov 1944:20:4); subsequent disposition, if any, unknown.}
Frossard, Henri -- French militiaman (Milice Fran�aise) {put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by a French court at Toulouse for the murder
of Maurice Sarraut, co-publisher of the periodical Depeche de Toulouse, in Dec 1943 (NYT 10 Apr 1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced to
death 10 Apr 1945 (NYT 11 Apr 1945:17:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Frossard, Louis Oscar -- French Minister of Information {barred from holding political office by the French Court of Honor at
Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1).}
Frot, Eugene -- French Minister of the Interior {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at Paris 10 Jan
1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Fuchs, Albert (c. 1895-?) � guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof {put on trial 1954 by a French
military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds; put on trial
for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 18 May 1955:15:8); subsequent
fate unknown.}
Gabolde, Maurice (?-1972) -- French Minister of Justice 26 Mar 1943-17 Aug 1944 {fled to Spain 2 May 1945; put on trial in
absentia 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3); sentenced to death in absentia 13 or 15 Mar
1946 (NYT 14 Mar 1946:3:3; NYT 16 Mar 1946:6:2; LT 20 Mar 1946:3c); died in Spain 1972. ([email protected].).}
Gael, Josseline aka Janine Blanleuil -- French film star {arrested and put on trial 1946 by a French court at Lyons on
charges of consorting with Tony Saunier, "trigger man" for the French Popular Front; convicted and sentenced to national degradation
(d�gradation nationale) for life 8 Apr 1946 (NYT 9 Apr 1946:5:6).}
Galliot, Armand -- French managing director of the Dynamit Nobel corporation {arrested and put on trial by a French Court of
Justice on collaboration charges; acquitted; tried for collaboration 12 Mar 1946 by the French National Interprofessional Purge Commission
(CNIE), convicted and banned from all activity as a company director; decree voided Jun 1948 for technical reasons by the French Council of
State; retried Dec 1948 by the CNIE and acquitted (Purge pps. 218-9).}
Garin, Raymond -- member, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by a French court at
Toulouse for the political murder of Maurice Sarraut, co-publisher of the periodical Depeche de Toulouse, in Dec 1943 (NYT 10 Apr
1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced to death 10 Apr 1945 (NYT 11 Apr 1945:17:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Gaurat, Joseph (?-1945)-- suspected French informant for German authorities {hanged with his wife in his home at Hauterives,
France by unknown persons c. 9 Jun 1945 (NYT 10 Jun 1945:15:5).}
von Gemmingen-Hornberg, Hans Lothard -- director, Roechling (R�chling) industrial combine {put on trial on plunder and
spoliation charges 16 Feb 1948 at Rastatt, near Baden, by a French, Belgian and Dutch tribunal (NYT 17 Feb 1948:11:6; LT 17 Feb
1948:3e); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Georgius -- French actor {suspended 15 Nov 1945 by the French National Purge Committee from all professional activities for
appearing at German entertainments during the occupation (NYT 16 Nov 1945:17:4).}
Germain, Jose -- French novelist and lecturer {arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French authorities (NYT 11 Oct
1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Germonprez, Edouard (?-1944) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo)
{arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death; executed 22 Nov 1944 at Rennes (NYT 23 Nov 1944:5:5).}
Gerstein, Kurt (1905-1945) [SS-Obersturmf�hrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz
1942; service, KL Majdanek 1942; service, KL Belzec 1942; service, KL Treblinka 1942; service, KL Ravensbrueck (Ravensbr�ck)
1942; Disinfectant officer with SS Hygiene Institute; supplied Zyklon B to death camps {suicide by hanging while in French custody at Paris
23 Jul 1945 (The Camp Men p. 85; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 344); posthumously rehabilitated by West Germany 27 Jan 1965
(NYT 28 Jan 1965:5:3).}
Gibrat, Robert -- French Undersecretary of State for Communications {arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French
authorities (NYT 11 Oct 1944:8:2); put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3);
convicted and sentenced to 10 years of national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 12 Mar 1946 (NYT 13 Mar 1946:12:3; LT 20 Mar
1946:3c).}
Goedecke, Walter (?-1946) � German official, Alsace {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Strasbourg for the
murders and deportations of anti-Nazis in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to death 3 May 1946 (LT 4 May 1946:3e); executed by firing squad
14 August 1946 at Fort Ney, north of Strasbourg (NYT 15 Aug 1946:4:4; LT 15 Aug 1946:3d).}
Gohier or Degoulet-Gohier, Urbain (c. 1861-1951) � French antisemitic journalist; 1920 editor of the forged "Protocols of
the Elders of Zion" {held for trial by French authorities after the war; convicted by a French Tribunal at Sancerre but judged unable to stand
imprisonment due to ill health; died 29 Jun 1951 ([email protected]).}
Gorisse, Georges � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial 1952 by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Got, Marcel -- French radio broadcaster {arrested and put on trial 1944 by a French court at Paris; convicted of collaboration and
sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 8 Nov 1944 (NYT 9 Nov 1944:5:5).}
Goublet, Juliette (c. 1905-?) -- French attorney {arrested and put on trial 1945 by the Paris Court of Justice for acts of
collaboration and denunciation of French citizens; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at forced labor 27 Mar 1945 (NYT 28
Mar 1945:8:3).}
Graff, Paul [SS Sergeant] � service, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" 1944 {arrested and put on trial Jan 1953 by a French
court at Bordeaux on charges of participating in the 10 Jun 1944 destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and the massacre of over 600
inhabitants; convicted and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb 1953:6:6).}
Grandclement, _____ (?-1944) -- wife of French double agent Andre Grandclement {court-martialed, sentenced to death and
executed by an FFI (Forces Fran�aises de l'Int�rieur) tribunal at Belin 28 Jul 1944 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 206-8).}
Grandclement, Andre (?-1944) -- chief, OCM (Organisation Civile et Militaire) Bordeaux; French double agent
{court-martialed, sentenced to death and executed by a French Forces of the Interior (Forces Fran�aises de l'Int�rieur - FFI) tribunal at Belin
28 Jul 1944 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 206-8).}
Grasset, Bernard -- French publisher {arrested and put on trial 1948 by a French civil court at Paris on collaboration charges;
convicted and sentenced to national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life 20 May 1948 (NYT 21 May 1948:9:4).}
Gries, Wilhelm (?-1944) � service, German Railway System in the Saarbruecken area (DRB-Bezirk Saarbr�cken); head of
railway movements in the southern sector of the eastern front (Leiter von Zugleitungen im Bereich der Ostbahn im S�dabschnitt der
Ostfront); German Railway System Senior Inspector (Reichsbahnoberinspektor) {KIA in combat with French resistance forces 1944
(ABR-RK d. KVK m. Schw).}
Gruener, Hugo (?-1946) � German official, Alsace {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Strasbourg for the
murders and deportations of anti-Nazis in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to death 3 May 1946 (LT 4 May 1946:3e); executed by firing squad
14 August 1946 at Fort Ney, north of Strasbourg (NYT 15 Aug 1946:4:4; LT 15 Aug 1946:3d).}
Guerard, Jacques � French secretary to Pierre Laval {fled to Spain; impending trial announced by French authorities (NYT 26
Feb 1947:12:1); sentenced to death in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles 25 Mar 1947 (NYT 26 Mar 1947:14:5);
returned to France 1955; put on trial 1958 by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 10 years of national degradation
(d�gradation nationale); died 1977 ([email protected]; Purge p. 183).}
Gueret, Marie Louise (c. 1901-?) -- French informer {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Cherbourg for betraying
Frenchmen to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to death 12 Oct 1945 (NYT 13
Oct 1945:4:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Gueroux, Virginie -- French civilian {arrested and put on trial by a Paris purge court for stealing the apartment furnishings of a
detained Jewish woman and then denouncing the woman to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo) when she
demanded the return of her property; convicted and sentenced to death 24 Apr 1945 (NYT 25 Apr 1945:4:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Guessier, Rene (Ren�) (?-1945) � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for "intelligence with the
enemy"; convicted and sentenced to death; hanged at Paris 18 Sept 1945 (NYT 19 Sept 1945:11:1).}
Guicciardi, Francois (Fran�ois) -- {arrested and put on trial 1952 by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec
1952 (NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8).}
Guicciardini, Adrien � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Guicciardini, Georges � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Guilbert, Jean (?-1953) � French collaborator, member, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court on charges of treason; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Bordeaux 2 Jun 1953 (NYT 3 Jun 1953:6:6).}
Guilberteaux, Alfred [French Colonel] -- {arrested and put on trial 1949 by a French court of charges of willful destruction of
government property arising out of the allied invasion of Madagascar in 1942; acquitted 5 Nov 1949 (NYT 6 Nov 1949:37:5).}
Guillaume, J.P. or Maurice [French Brigadier General] -- commander, French North African Bureau (Vichy) {arrested 7 Jun
1946 by French police on charges of intelligence with the enemy (NYT 8 Jun 1946:14:4); cleared and unconditionally released 8 Jun 1946
(NYT 9 Jun 1946:26:5); possibly identifiable with Guillaume, Augustin (1895-1983) [French General] -- Chief of Staff to Commander
in Chief French North Africa 1939-1940; service, French Morocco 1940-1943; commander, French 2nd Algerian Division, Italy 1943-1944;
commander, French 3rd Algerian Division 1944-1945; French Military Attach� Morocco 1945-1946; Inspector-General of the French Army
1946-1948; Commander in Chief French Forces of Occupation in Germany 1948-1951; Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces 1951;
Resident-General French Morocco 1951-1954; Chief French General Staff Army 1954-1956 (Steen Ammentorp, "French Generals of
WWII").}
Guillemet, Alfred [French General] -- {arrested and put on trial 1949 by a French court of charges of willful destruction of
government property arising out of the allied invasion of Madagascar in 1942; acquitted 5 Nov 1949 (NYT 6 Nov 1949:37:5).}
Guitry, Sacha -- French actor and playwright {arrested c. 26 Aug 1944 at Paris by French partisans on collaboration charges
(NYT 28 Aug 1944:6:4; NYT 2 Sept 1944:3:8; NYT 25 Jan 1948:II:3:1; Purge p. 80); release for illness reported 13 Nov 1944 (NYT 14
Nov 1944:5:3); charges dismissed by presiding magistrate 4 Mar 1946 (NYT 5 Mar 1946:7:2).}
Guttman, Ernst � [German Military Field Police (Feldgendarmerie) Lieutenant] � service, SS 9th Panzer Division {put on trial
by a French military tribunal at Marseilles on charges of commanding firing squads Jun 1953, convicted and sentenced to 20 years
imprisonment 23 Jun 1953 (NYT 24 Jun 1953:6:6)
De Guyed, Alcide -- French editor, collaborationist periodical Le Figure {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris for
collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment 3 Jul 1946 (NYT 4 Jul 1946:4:5).}
Guyonet, Leon -- French Supreme Court prosecutor {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris on
collaboration charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun 1945:12:2; convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to 10 years solitary
confinement and forfeiture of all property 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6; LT 9 Jun 1945:3:e).}
Haagen, Dr. med. Eugen � service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof-Natzweiler {put on trial by a
French military court at Metz for war crimes � medical experiments on human beings -- 16 Dec 1952 (LT 18 Dec 1952:5a); convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 23 Dec 1952 (LT 24 Dec 1952:4g).}
Hagen, Herbert Martin � SS officer with the German Security Police and Security Service (Sipo/SD) in France {sentenced in
absentia by a French court Mar 1955 to life imprisonment at hard labor; impending trial on charges of responsibility for the deportation of
73,000 French Jews to concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz and other death camps in 1942-1944 announced 23 Jul
1979 by West German government (NYT 24 Jul 1979:8:3); put on trial by a West German court in Cologne 1980 for war crimes arising out
of the deportation of Jews to the death camps; convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment 11 Feb 1980 (NYT 12 Feb 1980:3:3).
(JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.858; LG K�ln 800211 [59-44/78]; [email protected]; "Hitler's Legacy" Biographical index).}
Hambrecht, Michael � "Gestapo chief at Perigueux" {put on trial by a French court at Bordeaux on charges of murdering at
least 166 French civilians in reprisal killings; convicted and sentenced to death 1 Mar 1953 (NYT 2 Mar 1953:4:3); subsequent fate
unknown.}
Van de Hangen, Arnold (?-1945) -- {arrested and put on trial by a French court for "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and
sentenced to death; hanged at Paris 18 Sept 1945 (NYT 19 Sept 1945:11:1).}
Hardy, Rene (Ren�) -- suspected French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) in
the capture and torture-murder of French Resistance hero Jean Moulin {acquitted by a purge court at Algiers; acquitted 1947 by a French civil
court; acquitted 8 May 1950 of treason by a French court at Paris (NYT 9 May 1950:13:2; LT 9 May 1950:3d).}
Harrison, William -- general manager, General American Automobile Company, Paris {arrested by French authorities on
collaboration charges 13 Oct 1944 (NYT 14 Oct 1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Hartjenstein, Friedrich "Fritz" (1905-1954) [SS-Obersturmbannf�hrer] -- service, concentration camp
(Konzentrationslager - KL) Sachsenhausen 1938; service, KL Niedernhagen 1939; 3rd SS Division "Totenkopf" 1941-1942;
commandant, KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau death camp) 1942-1944; commandant, KL Natzweiler slave labor camp in Alsace 1944;
commandant, KL Flossenbuerg (Flossenb�rg) {arrested and put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the
executions at Natzweiler of four captured British female SOC operatives in the French resistance; convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment 1 Jun 1946 (LT 3 Jun 1946:4e ); put on trial by another British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the hanging
of an RAF pilot POW at KL Natzweiler in summer 1944; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 5 Jun 1946 (LT 6 Jun 1946:4e);
extradited to France; put on trial by a French military tribunal for war crimes arising out of the mass murder of prisoners at KL Natzweiler;
convicted and sentenced to death; died of a heart attack in a French prison at Metz 20 Oct 1954 while awaiting execution (Rueckerl Inv 126;
Soldiers of Destruction 327n; Camp Men p. 100; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 63).}
Hartmann, Eduard [SS-Hauptsturmf�hrer] � {arrested by West German authorities and put on trial by a West German court at
Berlin on charges of killing a wounded French resistance fighter; acquitted 9 Jun 1964 (NYT 10 Jun 1964:2:5); probably identifiable with
"H., Eduard Richard" -- service, Reich Security Main Office Special Command H at Cannes, France (RSHA Sonderkommando H. in
Cannes) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Berlin on charges of shooting a severely wounded member of the French
resistance at Cannes in Sept 1943 (Erschiessung eines schwer verwundeten franz�sischen Widerstandsk�mpfers, der bei seiner Verhaftung
einen SS-Mann erschossen hatte); acquitted 9 Jun 1964 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.578; LG Berlin 640609; Ver�ffentlicht in Justiz und
NS-Verbrechen Band XX).}
Hauck, Walther [SS-Obersturmf�hrer] -- {put on trial in Aug 1949 by a French military tribunal at Lille on war crimes
charges arising out of the Apr 1944 massacre of 77 French civilians in Ascq (NYT 5 Aug 1949:3:20; subsequent disposition unknown.}
De la Haye, Edmond (?-1944) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {put on trial for "intelligence
with the enemy" by the Paris Court of Justice; collapsed in the courtroom and died of cancerous diabetes at Fresnes prison 12 Dec 1944
(NYT 13 Dec 1944:8:1; LT 13 Dec 1944:3:c).}
Heinrichsohn, Ernst (c. 1921-?) � German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) operative; participant in the
deportation of Jews from France {elected postwar mayor of Burgstadt; impending trial on charges of responsibility for the deportation of
73,000 French Jews to concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz and other death camps in 1942-1944 announced 23 Jul
1979 by West German government (NYT 24 Jul 1979:8:3); put on trial 1979 by a West German court at Cologne on war crimes charges
arising out of the deportation of French Jews to the death camps; convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 11 Feb 1980 (NYT 12
Feb 1980:3:3; NYT 9 Mar 1980:6:3). (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.858; LG K�ln 800211 [59-44/78]; "Hitler's Legacy" Biographical index;
[email protected]).}
Heissmeyer (Hei�meyer), August (1897-1979) [SS-Obergruppenf�hrer und General der Waffen-SS und Polizei] -- SA
leader (SA-F�hrer), G�ttingen 1925�1928; deputy Gauleiter of South Hannover and Brunswick (Stellvertreter Gauleiter
S�d-Hannover-Braunschweig) Oct 1928-1930; commander (F�hrer) SS Sturm 55 1930-Apr 1931; commander, III Battalion of the 12th SS
Regiment (F�hrer III./12.SS-Standarte) Aug-Sept 1931; commander, 12th SS Regiment (F�hrer 12.SS-Standarte) 16 Nov 1931-9 Nov
1932; commander, SS District XVII (F�hrer SS-Abschnitt XVII) (M�nster) 6 Oct 1932-16 Nov 1933; commander, SS Region "Elbe"
(F�hrer SS-Oberabschnitt "Elbe") (Dresden) 16 Nov 1933-1 May 1934; commander, SS Region "Rhine" (F�hrer SS-Oberabschnitt
"Rhein") (Koblenz) 1 Jan 1934-22 May 1935; chief of the Guidance Office in the SS Main Office (Chef Amt I [F�hrungsamt] in
SS-Hauptamt) Nov 1935-30 Jan 1936; chief of the SS Main Office (Chef SS-Hauptamt) 22 May 1935-1 Apr 1940; Inspector of
Concentration Camps and Death Head Units (Inspekteur der Konzentrationslager & Totenkopfstandarten) Nov 1939-Aug 1940; Senior SS
and Police Commander (HSSPF) "Spree" (Berlin) 2 Sept 1939-8 May 1945; Head of Reich Association of Child-Abundant Families
(Reichsbund f�r Kinderreiche) from Apr 1938; Inspector (Inspekteur), of Adolf Hitler Schools (Adolf Hitler Schulen) and
Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt - NPEA Feb 1936-May 1945; Ministerialdirektor from 1940; chief of Main Office for Service
Heissmeyer (Chef Hauptamt Dienststelle Heissmeyer) Aug 1940-May 1945; commander of Battle Group (Kdr. Kampfgruppe)
"Heissmeyer" made up of People's Storm militia (Volkssturm) and Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) in defense of Spandau airfield at Berlin Apr
1945; Reichstag deputy for Wahlkreis Westfalen-Nord from 5 Mar 1933 {arrested 29 Feb 1948 by French authorities near T�bingen and held
for trial (NYT 2 Mar 1948:5:3); served 18 months imprisonment; released 1949; sentenced by the denazification appeals court at T�bingen to
3 years imprisonment as a "major Nazi offender" and forfeiture of property 4 May 1950 (NYT 5 May 1950:6:3); director of Coca-Cola
manufacturing plant in West Germany; died at Schwabish Hall 16 Jan 1979 (Allgemeine-SS p. 33; ABR-SS; Encyclopedia of the Third
Reich p. 394; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 66).}
Henriot, Philippe (?-1944) � French Minister of Propaganda {assassinated by French partisans 28 Jun 1944 at his Paris
apartment (NYT 29 Jun 1944:1:2; NYT 30 Jun 1944:5:2).}
Henry-Haye, Gaston -- Vichy French Ambassador to the United States {barred from holding political office by the French Court
of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1).}
Henry-Robert, Henri aka "Henri Petit" -- Secretary-General of the Anti-Jewish Committee of France 1937; collaborator and
propagandist {fled France in 1944 and went to Germany; put on trial in absentia before a French court; convicted and sentenced 7 to 20 years
imprisonment and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 18 Nov 1947; amnestied 1959; died 1985 ([email protected]).}
Herman, Abel (c. 1862-?) -- member, French Academy {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment 15 Dec 1945 (LT 6 Dec 1944:4:d; NYT 16 Dec 1945:8:4).}
Hilaire, Georges -- State Secretary, Vichy Ministry of the Interior, French Prefect {sentenced in absentia 7 Mar 1947 by the
French High Court of Justice at Versailles to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life and forfeiture of all
property (NYT 8 Mar 1947:5:1); surrendered to French authorities 4 Nov 1952 (NYT 5 Nov 1952:8:7); put on trial by the French High court
of Justice at Paris Jan 1955 on charges of collaboration; acquitted 25 Jan 1955 (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4).}
Hillenbrand, _____ [Navy commander] -- leader, firing squad {arrested and put on trial for war crimes by a French court at
Rennes; convicted and sentenced to death 13 Jul 1945 (NYT 13 Jul 1945:4:7; NYT 14 Jul 1945:4:7; NYT 17 Jul 1945:3:8; LT 14 Jul
1945:3:d); subsequent fate unknown.}
Hirt, Dr. med. August (1898-1945) [SS-Sturmbannf�hrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL)
Natzweiler; service, Ancestral Heritage Society (Ahnerhebe) {suicide at Schoenbach, in the Neustadt district of the Black Forest, Germany 2
Jun 1945 (The Camp Men p. 110; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 76); put on trial in absentia for war crimes � medical experiments on human
beings -- by a French military court at Metz 16 Dec 1952 (LT 18 Dec 1952:5a); disposition unknown.}
Holstein, Franz Otto -- service, German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst - SD) or Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo) at Dijon (France) [arrested and put on trial with 23 other members of the SD and the Gestapo of Dijon by a
Permanent French military tribunal at Dijon for complicity in murders and pillage; convicted and sentenced to death (History of the United
Nations War CrimesCommission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 531, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London:
HMSO, 1948); subsequent fate unknown.}
Homolle, Michel -- director, Air France; director, Suez Canal company {arrested 23 Nov 1944 by French authorities on
collaboration charges (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Hornius, Jean (c. 1907-?) -- French chief of police, Toulouse {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at
Toulouse for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 4 Dec 1944 (NYT 5 Dec 1944:9:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Huettig, Hans (1894-?) [SS-Sturmbannf�hrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Lichtenburg
1936; service, KL Sachsenburg 1937; service, KL Buchenwald 1938; service, KL Flossenbuerg (Flossenb�rg) 1939-1942; commandant,
KL Natzweiler 1942; commandant, KL Herzogenbosch 1943-1944 {put on trial by a French military court at Metz Jun 1954 on charges of
brutality and murder in connection with the administration (as commandant) of KL Struthof in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment in solitary confinement 2 Jul 1954 (NYT 3 Jul 1954:2:5); released from French custody 1956 (Camp Men p. 116).}
Hulot, Francois -- French journalist and collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death 15 Jan 1949 (NYT 16 Jan 1949:3:2); subsequent fate unknown.}
el Husseini, Haj Amin (1900-1974) -- Palestinian Grand Mufti of Jerusalem; assisted German to recruit Moslem battalions in
Bosnia spring 1943 (Holo Ency. 705); established Arab Institute for Research into the Jewish Question at Berlin (Holo. Ency. 706) {arrested
and returned to Paris 20 May 1945 for extradition to British authorities (NYT 21 May 1945:4:7); sought by Yugoslavia as war criminal 1946
(Holo. Ency. 707); escape from French custody announced 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:26:2; NYT 11 Jun 1946:1:4); arrived in Alexandria,
Egypt c. 5 Jul 1946 (LT 6 Jul 1946:3d); formed an All-Palestine government at Gaza autumn 1948 (Holo. Ency. 707); denied aiding or
meeting Eichmann 4 Mar 1961 (NYT 5 Mar 1961:16:5); died at Beirut 4 Jul 1974 (Obits I, p. 288; Who Was Who in WWII p. 116).}
Isselhorst, Dr. Erich (1906-1948) [SS-Standartenf�hrer] -- commander, 8th Action Command (Einsatzkommando 8)
Sept-Nov 1942; commander, Action Command 1b (Einsatzkommando 1b) 30 Jun -Oct 1943; service, German Security Service
(Sicherheitsdienst - SD) Strasbourg; service, SD Stuttgart {put on trial 17 Jun 1946 by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal on charges
of complicity in the 1944 murders of British POWs of the 2nd Special Air Services Regiment, parachuted into the Vosges mountains in
France (LT 18 Jun 1946:3c); put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for participation in the execution of 60 captured British
airmen; convicted and sentenced to death 11 Jul 1946 (NYT 12 Jul 1946:3:3); sentenced to death by a French military court 17 May 1947 for
activities with German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst - SD) in Strasbourg; executed 23 February 1948 (Field Men p. 75). (History of
the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 532, United Nations War Crimes Commission,
London: HMSO, 1948).}
Jacquet, _____ (?-1944) -- French industrialist {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death; pardoned by French authorities but lynched by FFI (Forces Fran�aises de l'Int�rieur) partisans at Maubeuge Oct 1944
before release (NYT 14 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Jardel, Jean -- chief of Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain's office {indicted 23 Jan 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris
(NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2); impending trial announced 25 Feb 1947 (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Jauneaud or Jauneaux, Jean-Henri [French General] -- {arrest warrant issued by French government on collaboration charges
15 Oct 1944 (NYT 16 Oct 1944:5:7); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment
15 Mar 1945 (NYT 16 Mar 1945:10:2).}
Jeantet, Claude -- editor of collaborationist periodical Petit Parisien {arrested and put on trial by a French court of justice for
collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, national degradation
(d�gradation nationale) and confiscation of property 23 Nov 1946 (NYT 24 Nov 1946:27:6). (Purge pps. 140-1).}
Joanovici, Joseph (c. 1905-?)�Bessarabian-born French "millionaire ragpicker" {warrant for arrest on collaboration charges
issued Mar 1947; arrested 27 Nov 1947 by French police at Epernay and charged by the public prosecutor at Paris 28 Nov 1947 with
communicating with the enemy and currency violations (LT 29 Nov 1947:3c); convicted of being a Nazi occupation profiteer by the Paris
Court of Justice and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, loss of civil rights for life, forfeiture of his property and a fine 20 Jul 1949 (NYT 21
Jul 1949:10:5); released 23 Aug 1951 (NYT 24 Aug 1951:3:2).}
Jouaire, Ferdinand (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo agent" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
ouffret, Claude -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced "to a long term in prison" 16 Dec 1949 (To Set Europe Ablaze p. 85).}
Kaempfe, Helmut (1919-1944) [SS-Obersturmbannf�hrer der Reserve] -- commander, IIIrd Battalion of 4th SS Panzer Grenadier
Regiment "Der Fuehrer" 1943; service, SS Division �Das Reich� [Knights Cross 1943] {taken prisoner by French partisans (maquisards)
near Limoges 9 Jun 1944; shot in French captivity near Limoges 10 Jun 1944; the village of Ouradour-sur-Glane was destroyed in reprisal by
the SS. (ABR-Knights Cross; SS: Roll of Infamy pps. 86-87).}
Kane, Allioume Mamadou "Prince of Zombie" -- {put on trial for collaboration at Paris by a French court (NYT 12 Dec
1945:4:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Keller, Georges Eugene -- French director, Air France; director, Bank of French West Africa {arrested 23 Nov 1944 by French
authorities on collaboration charges (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Keller, M. -- Vichy militiaman (Milice Fran�aise); bodyguard of militia leader Joseph Darnand {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Tarbes for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 11 Apr 1945 (NYT 12 Apr 1945:6:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Kitz, Joseph (c. 1905-?) -- {put on trial by a French court at Bordeaux on charges of murdering at least 166 French civilians in
reprisal killings; convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 1 Mar 1953 (NYT 2 Mar 1953:4:3).}
Kley, Walter -- {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder of hundreds of persons
just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; acquitted 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8).}
Knipping, Max -- French militia leader (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial by a special French court for participation
in the wartime murder of former Minister Georges Mandel; convicted and sentenced to death 5 Feb 1947 (NYT 6 Feb 1947:3:8; LT 6 Feb
1947:3c); subsequent fate unknown.}
Knochen, Dr. Helmut (1910-?) [SS-Standartenf�hrer] � commander, German Security Police and Security Service
(Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolzei und des Sicherheitsdienstes) France 1940-1944 {convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment Jun 1946
for the execution of captured Allied airmen; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal on charges of participating in the murder
of captured British paratroopers; convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 12 Mar 1947; sentence confirmed by British military authorities
13 Apr 1947 (History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 532, United Nations War
Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948); extradited to France 10 Oct 1946; put on trial 22 Feb 1954 by a French military court at Paris
on charges of ordering mass arrests, deportations and killings (NYT 23 Feb 1954:11:6); mistrial declared 24 Feb 1954 (NYT 25 Feb
1954:3:1); put on trial 13 Sept 1954 (NYT 14 Sept 1954:8:2); sentenced to death for war crimes by a French military tribunal in Paris 9 Oct
1954 (NYT 10 Oct 1954:24:1); trial and sentences declared null and void and new trial ordered by the French Court of Cassation 2 Dec 1954
(NYT 3 Dec 1954:2:3); sentence commuted to life imprisonment by French President Rene (Ren�) Coty 22 Apr 1958 (NYT 23 Apr
1958:10:1); sentence commuted 31 Dec 1959 to 20 years imprisonment by President Charles De Gaulle; released Christmas 1962 (To Set
Europe Ablaze p. 132n) or in 1963 (Who's Who 174-5; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 506); or died in a French prison Jul 1956 (SS:
Roll of Infamy p. 94).}
Knop, Walter (c. 1913-?) [SS Sergeant-Major] � service, forced labor camp (Zwangsarbeitslager - ZAL) Gassen {arrested and put
on trial by a West German court at Cologne on charges of complicity in the murders of 159 prisoners during a "death-march" evacuation in
Feb 1945; convicted and sentenced to 9 years imprisonment 2 Jul 1979 (NYT 3 Jul 1979:3:2); probably identifiable with "Kno., Walter
Karl Heinrich" -- service with detention personnel at concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Gassen (Haftst�ttenpersonal KL
Gassen) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Koeln (Cologne) on charges of killing French and other prisoners during a
death march evacuation of the inmates at KL Gassen to KL Leipzig-Thekla during Feb 1945 and on 22 Feb 1945; convicted 2 Jul 1979;
case appealed 1980; remanded to Koeln court and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 23 Oct 1980 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.862; LG K�ln
801023; LG K�ln 790702; BGH 800723).}
Korb, Helmut [Wachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security
Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four
American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; convicted and
sentenced to 3 years imprisonment 10 May 1946 (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission,
Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Korf, Wilhelm � "Gestapo Corporal" {put on trial by a French court at Paris Dec 1953 on charges of having murdered 5 French
monks and torturing wartime resistance workers; convicted and sentenced to death 9 Dec 1953 (NYT 10 Dec 1953:29:7); subsequent fate
unknown.}
von Korff, Modest Count (c. 1909-?) -- service, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {acquitted by a
German court of complicity in the murders of deported French Jews on the grounds that the defendant was not aware of the reason for the
deportations; upheld on appeal 30 Nov 1990 (NYT 1 Dec 1990:9:1); probably identifiable with "K., Modest Alfred Leonhard Graf
von" -- service with the German Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei - Sipo) at Chalons-sur-Marne {arrested and put on trial by a West
German court at Bonn on charges of participating in the Jun 1942-May 1943 deportations of French and foreign Jews residing in the area
around Chalons-sur-Marne to the Drancy transit camp, from whence they were deported to KL Auschwitz to be killed (Mitwirkung an der
Deportation von Juden aus dem Bereich der Sipo-Aussenstelle Chalons-zur-Marne durch Anordnung ihrer Verhaftung und �berstellung in das
Haftlager Drancy, von wo sie ins KL Auschwitz verbracht wurden); acquitted 17 Nov 1988 and acquittal upheld on appeal 30 Nov 1990
(JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.904; LG Bonn 881117; BGH 901130).}
Labonne, Roger [French Colonel] � commander, Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (L�gion des Volontaires
Fran�ais contre le Bolch�visme) {arrested and put on trial by a French purge court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment 25 Nov 1946 (LT 27 Nov 1946:3d).}
Laffont, Robert -- French publisher, Marseille {acquitted by the French National Interprofessional Purge Committee (CNIE) in
of collaboration charges Jan 1946 (Purge p. 237).}
Lafont, Henri aka Chamberlain (c. 1903-1944) [SS-Hauptsturmf�hrer] -- French gangster with 9 convictions for larceny and
embezzlement; chief, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) (Lafont-Bony gang); commander, North African Brigade
(Brigade Nord-Africaine) Jan 1944 {arrest announced by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3; NYT 19 Sept 1944:8:5);
put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris 1 Dec 1944 (NYT 2 Dec 1944:4:2; NYT 5 Dec 1944:9:4; LT 2 Dec 1944:3:d; LT 5 Dec
1944:3:b); convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to death by firing squad 12 Dec 1944 (NYT 13 Dec 1944:8:1; LT 13
Dec 1944:3:c); executed at Paris 27 Dec 1944 (NYT 27 Dec 1944:11:7; LT 28 Dec 1944:3:b). (Third Reich Factbook; Foreign Legions of
the 3rd Reich vol. I p. 184).}
Lagardelle, Hubert -- French Minister of Labor (Ministere du Travail) 18 Apr 1942-21 Nov 1943{arrested and put on trial by a
French court; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and forfeiture of all
property 17 Jul 1946 (NYT 18 Jul 1946:6:7). ([email protected]).}
Lambert, Pierre -- French chauffeur {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice for participation in the 7 Jul 1944
murder of Georges Mandel, French Minister of the Interior May-Jun 1940; convicted and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment at hard
labor 25 Oct 1944 (NYT 26 Oct 1944:8:2).}
Lammerding, Heinz (1905-1971) [SS-Gruppenf�hrer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS (SS: Roll of Infamy pps. 105-106)
or SS-Brigadef�hrer (Soldiers of Destruction 321n, 349; Waffen-SS Commanders II, p. 75)] -- chief of staff, SS and police anti-partisan
units in central Russia 1943-1944; commander, 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" Jan 1944-Jan 1945; commander, 38th SS
Panzergrenadier Division "Niebelung" 1945 [Knights Cross 1943] {French extradition request on charges of responsibility for the 1944
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre and the reprisal hangings of 92 Frenchmen at Tulle 1944 refused by West Germany 31 Jan 1953 (NYT 1 Feb
1953:25:1; NYT 28 Feb 1953:3:3); extradition proceedings begun by British 18 Feb 1953 (NYT 19 Feb 1953:7:5); arrest warrant issued by
British 27 Feb 1953 but Lammerding's whereabouts unknown (NYT 28 Feb 1953:3:3); sentenced to death in absentia by a French court in
Bordeaux for war crimes committed while he was commander of the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich," including the hanging of 99
resistance prisoners during the May 1944 "Blood and Ashes" anti-partisan campaign and the massacre and destruction at the village of
Oradour-sur-Glane in June, 1944 [Lammerding's units had also participated in the mass murders of Jews and other civilians in central Russia];
died of cancer at Bad Toelz (T�lz) 13 Jan 1971 (Soldiers of Destruction 321n, 349; SS: Roll of Infamy pps. 105-106; Waffen-SS
Commanders II, pps. 73-7).}
Larricq or Larrice, Paul -- French judge {put on trial by a French court on collaboration charges at Paris 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6
Jun 1945:12:2); convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment (LT 9 Jun 1945:3:e).}
Larsac, Jacques (?-1945) -- French police chief, Dijon {seized by a French lynch mob at Dijon and hanged from a signpost 15
Feb 1945.}
Laubreaux, Alain -- French journalist; contributor to the collaborationist periodical Je Suis Partout {fled to Spain, put on trial
in absentia by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death in absentia c. 1945 (Purge pps. 140-1).}
Laure, Auguste (1881-1957) [French General] -- commander, French IX Corps 1939-1940; commander, French 8th Army 1940;
taken prisoner by German troops 1940; military secretary to Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain 1940-1942; prisoner of war 1943-1945 {arrested
and put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; acquitted 1 Jul 1948 on charges of national degradation (d�gradation nationale)
due to services rendered to the French resistance (NYT 2 Jul 1948:3:4); died 1957 (Steen Ammentorp "French Generals of WWII").}
Laurent, Jean -- French director, Air France; director, Bank of Indochina {arrested 23 Nov 1944 by French authorities on
collaboration charges (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); further disposition unknown.}
Laurent-Atthalin, Andre -- French banker; president of the Bank of Paris and the Low Countries (Banque de Paris et des
Pays-Bas) {tried for and convicted of collaboration by the French National Interprofessional Purge Commission (CNIE); banned from
conducting bank operations (Purge p. 219).}
Lauzanne, Stefane (c. 1874-?)-- French editor, Le Matin (Paris) {put on trial by the French Special Court of Justice at Paris for
collaboration 29 Oct 1944 (NYT 22 Oct 1944:3:4; NYT 30 Oct 1944:7:3); convicted and sentenced to 20 years hard labor, national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) and confiscation of property 30 Oct 1944 (NYT 30 Oct 1944:7:2; NYT 31 Oct 1944:11:1); confined on
the Ile de Re off La Rochelle (NYT 10 Jan 1947:9:1); pardoned and released 14 Mar 1951 (NYT 15 Mar 1951:18:4). (Purge p. 135).}
Laval, Eugenie -- wife of Pierre Laval {charged 7 Aug 1945 by French authorities with "intelligence with the enemy" (NYT 8
Aug 1945:15:4; LT 8 Aug 1945:4:f); released and proceedings dropped 2 Oct 1945 (LT 3 Oct 1945:3:e).}
Laval, Pierre (1883-1945) -- Prime Minister of France 1931-1932 and 1935-1936; Vice-President of the French Council of State
(Vice-Pr�sident du Conseil) 11 Jul-13 Dec 1940; French chief of government (Chef du Gouvernement) 18 Apr 1942-20 Aug 1944; French
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres) 28 Oct-13 Dec 1940 and 18 Apr 1942-17 Aug 1944; French Minister of the
Interior (Ministere de l'Interieur) 18 Apr 1942-30 Dec 1943 {tried and sentenced to death in absentia by a French Court at Marseilles 20 Oct
1944 (NYT 21 Oct 1944:8:3); fled by aircraft to Barcelona, Spain 2 May 1945 and arrested by Spanish authorities (NYT 3 May 1945:1:2;
NYT 4 May 1945:72; LT 3 May 1945:3:f); extradition sought by France 5 May 1945 (NYT 6 May 1945:3:8; NYT 12 May 1945:6:4);
extradition refused by Spain (NYT 18 May 1945:9:5; NYT 7 Jun 1945:8:5; NYT 22 Jun 1945:5:3; NYT 31 Jul 1945:1:6); impending trial
in absentia at Paris announced 13 Jun 1945 (NYT 14 Jun 1945:2:2); expelled by Spain and surrendered to American troops at Linz 31 Jul
1945 (NYT 1 Aug 1945:1:6 & 11:4); transported to Paris for trial 1 Aug 1945 (NYT 2 Aug 1945:1:6; NYT 3 Aug 1945:1:6; NYT 4 Aug
1945:6:8; NYT 5 Aug 1945:1:5; NYT 14 Aug 1945:12:4; NYT 16 Sept 1945:30:3; NYT 22 Sept 1945:5:3); impending trial announced 18
Sept 1945 by French authorities (LT 19 Sept 1945:3f); put on trial at Paris 4 Oct 1945 (NYT 5 Oct 1945:1:2; NYT 6 Oct 1945:9:1; NYT 8
Oct 1945:4:4; NYT 9 Oct 1945:3:2; LT 5 Oct 1945:4f; LT 6 Oct 1945:4c; LT 8 Oct 1945:4c; LT 9 Oct 1945:4g); sentenced to death
without appeal for collaborating with the German occupation authorities 9 Oct 1945 (NYT 10 Oct 1945:1:2; NYT 14 Oct 1945:21:1; LT 10
Oct 1945:4:c; LT 11 Oct 1945:3:d; LT 13 Oct 1945:4e; LT 15 Oct 1945:4:c); executed by a firing squad at Fort de Chatillon near Paris 15
Oct 1945. (LT 16 Oct 1945:4:f; LT 15 Oct 1945:4d; LT 16 Oct 1945:3d; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich pps. 528-9; Purge pps. 177-8);
trial transcript published 18 May 1946 (NYT 19 May 1946:28:5). ([email protected].).}
Leclerc, Theodore (?-1954) � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture
and murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); executed by firing squad 22 May 1954 (NYT 23 May 1954:5:1).}
Lefevre, Rene (Ren�) (?-1950) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) (Lafont-Bony gang) {arrested
and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 5 May 1950 (NYT 6 May
1950:4:2). (Set Europe Ablaze p. 146).}
Legal, Charles -- French aircraft engine parts manufacturer {arrest on collaboration charges announced 17 Oct 1944 by the French
government (NYT 18 Oct 1944:3:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Legrand, Albert -- {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris for intelligence with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to
life imprisonment 18 Sept 1945 (NYT 19 Sept 1945:11:1).}
Leguay, Jean (c. 1910-1989)� French police delegate in German-occupied France {postwar president, Warner Lambert, Inc. of
London; president, Laboratoires Substantia de Paris; accused of participation in the "organisation de la Rafle du Vel d'Hiv" 16-17 Jul 1942
in Paris; indicted by French court on charges of crimes against humanity 1979; died before trial 3 Jul 1989 (NYT 16 Mar 1994:3:1;
[email protected]).}
Lehideux, Francois (Fran�ois) (c. 1903-1998) -- executive, Renault tank manufacturing firm; French Minister of Industry 18
Jul 1941-17 Aug 1942 {arrested by French partisans on collaboration charges 30 Aug 1944 (NYT 31 Aug 1944:4:3); released 1946;
prosecution for collaboration with Germany dropped by French authorities 1949; head of Ford Motor Company in France to 1953; died Jun
1998 (NYT 27 Jun 1998:B:8:1).}
Lejeune, Albert (?-1944) � French proprietor of the collaborationist periodicals Petit Nicois and Lyons Republicaine;
administrative director, Le Soir (Lyons) {impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 14 Oct 1944 (NYT 15
Oct 1944:14:1); convicted and sentenced to death by a French court; executed at Marseilles c. 3 Jan 1945 (NYT 4 Jan 1945:7:1) or sentenced
in absentia to death 21 Oct 1944 by the French Court of Justice in Marseilles (NYT 22 Oct 1944:17:2; NYT 30 Dec 1944:4:5).}
Lelong, Georges (?-1944) [French Colonel] -- commander, French police units in Savoy {arrested by French authorities for
collaboration 24 Sept 1944 and held in Fresnes prison (NYT 25 Sept 1944:5:1); put on trial by a French court for the winter 1943-44
massacre of French resistance members on the Plateau de Gliere; convicted and sentenced to death Nov 1944; abducted from jail at Annency
by a band of armed men and shot to death during the night of 16-17 Nov 1944 (NYT 18 Nov 1944:3:3; LT 18 Nov 1944:4:e).}
Lemaigre-Dubreuil, Jacques -- chief economic advisor to Gen. Henri-Honore Giraud in French North Africa {arrested Dec 1944
on treason charges by French authorities at Paris; released 14 May 1945 (NYT 15 May 1945:4:8).}
Lemercier, Andre -- French parachute manufacturer {arrest on collaboration charges announced 17 Oct 1944 by the French
government (NYT 18 Oct 1944:3:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Lemery, Henri -- French Senator; French Minister of Colonies Jun-Sept 1940 {barred from holding political office by the French
Court of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1). (Vichy France p. 123n).}
Lemery, Joseph -- French Senator {indicted 23 Jan 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2);
impending trial announced by French authorities (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Lemoin, Andre aka Moineau -- French collaborator and marine painter {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges
of collaboration after the war; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment (Set Europe Ablaze p. 161).}
Lenglet, Andre -- French boxing champion {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced
to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor 15 Jan 1945 (NYT 16 Jan 1945:10:7).}
Lenz or Lentz, Karl -- German adjutant, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" {taken into custody by French authorities 12 Aug
1945; put on trial Jan 1953 by a French court at Paris on charges of participating in the destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and
the murder of 642 of its inhabitants 10 Jun 1944 (NYT 13 Jan 1953:9:5); convicted and sentenced to death 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb
1953:6:6); subsequent fate unknown.}
Lequeux, Maurice [Capitaine (French Captain)] -- French double agent {sent to concentration camp (Konzentrationslager -
KL) Auschwitz by the Germans; put on trial by a French court at Orleans on charges of collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment, forfeiture of property and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) Oct 1945; sentence later quashed (Set Europe Ablaze
pps. 152-3).}
Leroux, Charles � French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court at Rouen on collaboration charges; convicted and sentenced to death 11 Nov 1944 (NYT 12 Nov 1944:36:2);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Leroux, Eugene � French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court at Rouen on collaboration charges; convicted and sentenced to death 11 Nov 1944 (NYT 12 Nov 1944:36:2);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Leroux, Georges -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put
on trial by a French court at Rouen on collaboration charges; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 11 Nov 1944 (NYT 12 Nov
1944:36:2).}
Lespinasse, Pierre (?-1943) � French prosecutor, Toulouse {assassinated 10 Oct 1943 by French partisans of the FTP-MOI
faction (Francs-tireurs et Partisans- Main-d�Oeuvre Immigre) at Toulouse (Purge p. 27).}
De Lesseps, Paul [French Count] -- {put on trial in absentia by the Paris Court of Justice for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death in absentia 5 May 1949 (NYT 6 May 1949:12:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Lifar, Serge -- Russian ballet dancer {forbidden 6 Nov 1945 by a French artists' purge committee to perform in France for a year
for "taking part in German cultural activities" (NYT 7 Nov 1945:17:6).}
Lischka, Dr. Kurt (1909-?) [SS-Obersturmbannf�hrer] � "directeur de la Reichszentrale pour l'�migration des Juifs en
1939"; head of the German Security Police and Security Service (Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst � Sipo/SD) in Paris (arrested by
the British 10 Dec 1945; interned first by British and then by French occupation authorities; extradited to Czechoslovakia 2 May 1947;
released 22 Aug 1950; sentenced in absentia to hard labor for life by a French court 18 Sept 1950. Lischka, who was never extradited, rose to
become a West German judge; trial of Beate Klarsfeld for attempted kidnapping (NYT 6 Jul 1974:23:4; NYT 10 Jul 1974:43:1); arrested
1978 for his participation in deporting French Jews to the death camps; impending trial announced 23 Jul 1979 by West German government
(NYT 24 Jul 1979:8:3); convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 11 Feb 1980 (NYT 12 Feb 1980:3:3). (JuNSV Verfahren
Lfd.Nr.858; LG K�ln 800211 [59-44/78]; Who's Who 194-5; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 549; "Hitler's Legacy" Biographical index;
[email protected]).}
Lubin, Germaine (c. 1890-?) -- French opera singer {arrested on collaboration charges at Paris Sept 1944; put on trial by the
French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted of collaboration and sentenced to national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life and
forfeiture of all property 7 Dec 1946 (NYT 8 Dec 1946:37:1; Purge p. 79).}
Luchaire, Corinne (c. 1920-?) -- French film star; daughter of collaborationist editor Paul Luchaire {arrested and put on trial by a
French court for collaboration -- she allegedly had a romantic liaison with a German officer; convicted and sentenced to 10 years of national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) 4 Jun 1946 (NYT 5 Jun 1946:13:3; Purge pps. 167-8).}
Luchaire, Jean (?-1946) -- French journalist; director of the collaborationist periodical Nouveaux Temps; president, French press
association {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris; convicted of treason and sentenced to death, forfeiture of property
and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 23 Jan 1946 (NYT 24 Jan 1946:10:1; LT 24 Jan 1946:3e); executed by firing squad at Fort
de Chatillon in France 22 Feb 1946 (NYT 23 Feb 1946:2:5; Purge p. 140).}
Lyses, Charlotte -- former wife of French actor Sacha Guitry {arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted of
collaboration and sentenced to loss of all civil rights and a lifetime of national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 23 Apr 1945 (NYT 24
Apr 1945:4:6).}
Magne, Henri -- member, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Riom; convicted
and sentenced to death 2 Oct 1945 (NYT 3 Oct 1945:4:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Magnin, Justin [French Colonel] � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial at Algiers by a French military court for
recruiting Frenchmen to serve in the Tricolor Legion (Legion Tricolour); convicted and sentenced to death 30 Jun 1944 (NYT 1 Jul
1944:4:2); subsequent fate unknown.}
Magno, Marguerite (?-1948) � French collaborator { arrested and put on trial by firing squad by a French military tribunal for
"intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to death; executed (after refusing blindfold) at Fort Malmousque near Marseilles 25
Mar 1948 (NYT 26 Mar 1948:9:2).}
von Mahl, H. (?-1949) [Captain] � German officer {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Rennes for hostage shootings;
convicted and sentenced to death; executed 5 Jul 1949 (NYT 6 Jul 1949:6:6).}
Maier, Albert -- director, Roechling industrial combine {put on trial on spoliation charges 16 Feb 1948 at Rastatt, near Baden,
by a French, Belgian and Dutch tribunal (NYT 17 Feb 1948:11:6; LT 17 Feb 1948:3e); subsequent disposition unknown.}
De Maison, Andre -- "Vichy radio chief"; Director "Voice of France" 1941-1943; author of books on African wild animals
{arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Moulins; convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment and national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life 12 Apr 1946 (NYT 13 Apr 1946:8:1).}
Maklakoff, Leonide -- interpreter for the Germans in France; great-grandson of Leo Tolstoy {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Arras for "favoring German undertakings"; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at hard labor 25 Mar 1945
(NYT 26 Mar 1945:7:5).}
Malbourguet, Claude (c. 1922-?) -- press attache, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial by a special
French court for intelligence with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 3 Nov 1944 (LT 4 Nov 1944:4:d).}
Mallarme, Andre -- French Senator, Algeria {arrested by French authorities 3 Jun 1944 at Algiers for collaboration (NYT 4 Jun
1944:11:5; subsequent disposition unknown.}
Mamy, Jean aka Paul Riche (?-1949) � French antisemitic journalist and filmmaker, collaborator and agent for the German
Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested by French authorities after the liberation of Paris; put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death; executed at Fort Montrouge 29 Mar 1949 ([email protected]).}
Mangeot, Paul (c. 1870-?) [French General (ret.)] -- French military journalist {arrested and put on trial by a French court;
convicted and sentenced to death for treason 25 May 1945 (NYT 26 May 1945:5:5; LT 26 May 1945:3:e); subsequent fate unknown.}
Marechal, Pierre [Roman Catholic Canon] -- Vicar-General of Arras {arrested on collaboration charges by French authorities; put
on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to 5 years solitary confinement 11 Nov 1944 (NYT 12 Nov 1944:36:2&3).}
Marguet, Marcel -- French collaborator and pamphleteer {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris; convicted of
collaboration and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 8 Nov 1944 (NYT 9 Nov 1944:5:5).}
Marion, Charles -- Vichy French Prefect of Annency {arrested by French authorities at Annency Aug 1944 (Purge p. 115);
subsequent disposition unknown.}
Marion, Paul � French Secretary-General for Information and Propaganda Apr 1942-Jan 1944; member, French Popular Party
(Parti Populaire Fran�ais � PPF); President, Committe of Friends of the Waffen-SS (Comite des amis de la Waffen-SS) from 22 Jul 1943
{arrested at Innsbrueck, Austria by French troops 18 Jul 1945 and flown to Paris for trial (LT 19 Jul 1945:3:d); put on trial by a French court
1948 for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment; released for ill health in 1954 and died shortly afterwards
([email protected]).}
Marion, Pierre (?-1944) [French General] -- Vichy French Prefect of Savoy {arrested by French authorities for investigation of
collaboration charges; abducted from jail at Annency by a mob and shot to death during the night of 16-17 Nov 1944 (NYT 18 Nov
1944:3:3; LT 18 Nov 1944:4:e).}
Marquer, Andre -- French textile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial 18 Oct 1945 by the French Court of Justice at Paris on
charges of trafficking with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to 20 years forced labor and forfeiture of all property 19 Oct 1945 (NYT 19
Oct 1945:3:4; NYT 20 Oct 1945:4:6; Purge p. 216).}
Marquer, Antonia -- French textile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial 18 Oct 1945 by the French Court of Justice at Paris
on charges of trafficking with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to 20 years forced labor and forfeiture of all property 19 Oct 1945 (NYT 19
Oct 1945:3:4; NYT 20 Oct 1945:4:6).}
Marquer, Henri -- French textile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial 18 Oct 1945 by the French Court of Justice at Paris on
charges of trafficking with the enemy; acquitted 19 Oct 1945 (NYT 19 Oct 1945:3:4; NYT 20 Oct 1945:4:6).}
Marquet, Adrien (c. 1875-1955) � French Interior Minister 27 Jun-6 Sept 1940; Mayor of Bordeaux {arrested by French
authorities c. Aug 1944; transferred to Fresnes prison Jan 1945; barred from holding political office by the French Court of Honor at Paris 26
Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to 10 years national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) and costs 28 Jan 1948; released from French custody 29 Jan 1948; died 3 Apr 1955 at Bordeaux (NYT 29
Jan 1948:6:3; Obits I, p. 380). (Vichy France p. 123n; Purge pps. 181-2; [email protected].).}
Marquet, Mary -- French film actress {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges at Paris Sept 1944; subsequent
disposition unknown (Purge p. 79).}
Marquis, _____ [French Admiral] -- {arrested and put on trial 12 Aug 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles
(LT 13 Aug 1946:3c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Marquis, Andre -- Vichy French negotiator {arrested and put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and
sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for collaboration 1946 (Purge p. 180).}
Martin, Jean -- commander, French police (gendarmerie) {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment and national degradation (d�gradation nationale) for life 21 Feb 1947 (NYT 22 Feb
1947:4:5).}
Massu, Pierre -- French police commissioner {arrested Nov 1944 and charged with collaboration; attempted suicide by cutting his
wrists in his cell 20 Nov 1944 (NYT 22 Nov 1944:5:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Masuy, Christian (?-1947) -- "chief of French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a
French court for treason; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 18 Nov 1944:3:3); executed by firing squad 1 Oct 1947 at Fort de Montrouge
outside Paris (NYT 2 Oct 1947:15:5).}
Mathieu, Georges (c. 1920-?) -- double agent in the French resistance {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Clermont-Ferrand for treason; convicted and sentenced to death 17 Nov 1944; subsequent fate unknown.}
Maurras, Charles Marie Photius (c. 1868-1952) -- member, French Academy; editor of the monarchist periodical L'Action
Fran�aise {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges 12 Sept 1944 at Lyons (NYT 13 Sept 1944:4:8); put on trial by the
French Court of Justice at Lyons (NYT 18 Oct 1944:3:5; NYT 21 Jan 1945:20:5; NYT 25 Jan 1945:9:5; NYT 26 Jan 1945:4:4; NYT 27
Jan 1945:7:2; LT 25 Jan 1945:3:d; LT 27 Jan 1945:3:g); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at solitary confinement and national
degradation (d�gradation nationale) for collaboration and treason 27 Jan 1945 (NYT 24 Jan 1945:6:4; 28 Jan 1945:13:5) or to 20 years
imprisonment in solitary confinement (LT 29 Jan 1944:3:d); released from French custody 9 Feb 1952 (NYT 10 Feb 1952:26:4; LT 11 Feb
1952:5e; LT 8 Mar 1952:6c); died 16 Nov 1952 at Tours (Obits I, p. 386). (Purge pps. 152-4; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I, p.
127).}
Mauthe, Dr. med. Otto -- euthanasia physician, HuPa (Heil- und Pflegeanstalten) Grafeneck {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Tuebingen on charges of crimes against humanity; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 5 Jul 1949 (NYT 6 Jul
1949:9:6).}
Mayade, Henri (?-1944) -- French police chief, Clermont-Ferrand {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Clermont-Ferrand
for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 8 Oct 1944; executed within hours of the judgment (NYT 9 Oct 1944:3:4).}
Mayol De Lupe (Lup�), Jean � French collaborator {arrested by American troops in Mar 1945; extradited to France; put on
trial for collaboration by a French court; convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and
confiscation of property 14 May 1947; conditionally released May 1951; retired to his home in Lupe; died Jun 1956
([email protected]).}
Menetrel, Dr. Bernard -- French physician; doctor to Marshal Henri Philippe Petain {arrested by French authorities and returned
to Paris 20 May 1945 (NYT 21 May 1945:4:7); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Meresse, Albert -- Departmental commander of French communist resistance forces {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Orleans of having betrayed his fellow resistance members while a prisoner at concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Buchenwald;
convicted and sentenced to death 12 Sept 1945 (NYT 13 Sept 1945:9:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
De Messine, Andre -- member, French Legion of Volunteers Against Bolshevism (L�gion des Volontaires Fran�ais contre le
Bolch�visme) {arrested and put on trial for collaboration by the Paris Court of Justice; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Feb 1945 (NYT
23 Feb 1945:4:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Misselwitz, Ernst � "senior Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) officer in Paris" {put on trial in absentia
for war crimes by a French court; convicted and sentenced in absentia to 5 years imprisonment; allegedly used as an agent by French
intelligence after WWII; subsequent disposition, if any, unknown (NYT 26 Aug 1983:3:6).}
Monage, Raymond (?-1952) -- French agent of the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and
put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death May 1949; executed at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris 14 Mar 1952 (NYT
15 Mar 1952:3:1).}
De Montaignac, Marcel -- French manager of the collaborationist newspaper Nouveaux Temps {arrested and put on trial by
the French Court of Justice at Paris; convicted of intelligence with the enemy and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 13 Nov
1944 (LT 14 Nov 1944:4:c).}
Montigny, Jean -- {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at Paris 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan
1946:6:6).}
Mory, Carmen Marie or Maria (c. 1907-1947) -- "spy and adventuress"; double agent for the German Secret State Police
(Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) while a prisoner at concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Ravensbrueck (Ravensbr�ck)
{arrested 1938 by French police; convicted 1940 by a French court of espionage on the Maginot Line for the Germans; sentenced to death Apr
1940; death sentence commuted by French President LeBrun; freed when the Germans conquered France; arrested by German authorities Jun
1940 but released; imprisoned in KL Ravensbrueck (Ravensbr�ck) by German authorities Feb 1941; put on trial 5 Dec 1946 by a British
military tribunal at Hamburg for being a Gestapo informant at KL Ravensbrueck; convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 3 Feb 1947
(NYT 4 Feb 1947:8:2); suicide in custody by slashing her wrists announced by British authorities 9 Apr 1947 (NYT 10 Apr 1947:5:5; LT
10 Apr 1947:4f).}
Mukler, Rudolf � "chief of the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) in Marseilles" {put on trial Mar
1955 by a French military tribunal at Lyons on war crimes charges; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 1 Apr 1955 (NYT 2
Apr 1955:4:3).}
Muratore, Lucien -- French director, Paris Opera Comique {arrested and put on trial by a French court on collaboration charges;
acquitted 29 Jul 1948 (NYT 30 Jul 1948:4:5).}
Muth, Joseph [Oberwachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security
Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four
American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; acquitted 10
May 1946 (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948);
arrested and put on trial by another British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the hanging of an RAF pilot POW at Natzweiler
in summer 1944; convicted and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment 5 Jun 1946 (LT 6 Jun 1946:4e).}
Muzard, _____ -- anti-Semitic French writer {arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French authorities (NYT 11 Oct
1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Neroni, Georges (?-1944) -- French bartender; member of the French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested and put on trial by
the French Court of Justice at Paris for participation in the 7 Jul 1944 murder of Georges Mandel, French Minister of the Interior May-Jun
1940; convicted and sentenced to death 25 Oct 1944 (NYT 26 Oct 1944:8:2); executed 28 Nov 1944 (LT 29 Nov 1944:3:c).}
Neuschwanger, Heinrich [Oberwachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at
Rotenfels Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British POWs, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment,
four American POWs, and four French nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; convicted and
sentenced to death by firing squad 10 May 1946; subsequent fate unknown (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War
Crimes Commission, Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Nicolas, Henri (?-1950) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 5 May 1950 (NYT 6 May 1950:4:2).}
Nitsch, Robert (c. 1900-?) � guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof {put on trial 1954 by a French
military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds; put on trial
for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment (NYT 18 May
1955:15:8).}
De Noel, Robert (?-1944) -- French publisher of collaborationist and anti-Semitic texts {murdered 2 Dec 1944 at Paris by
unknown persons (NYT 4 Dec 1945:6:1).}
Nogues, Charles or Auguste (c. 1876-?) [French General] -- Resident-General of Morocco {reportedly fled to Portugal 1943;
put on trial in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Paris for ordering French forces in Morocco to resist allied landings; convicted
and sentenced in absentia to 20 years hard labor, forfeiture of all property and loss of civil rights 28 Nov 1947 (NYT 29 Nov 1947:7:2; LT
29 Nov 1947:3e); surrendered to French authorities at Paris 13 Jun 1954 (NYT 14 Jun 1954:3:5); sentenced to a term of national degradation
(d�gradation nationale), which was immediately lifted by a French court in 1956 (Purge p. 183).}
Nussberger, Karl [Oberleutnant] -- Chief of Security Police, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at
Rotenfels Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British POWs, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment,
four American POWs, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; convicted and
sentenced to death by firing squad 10 May 1946 (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission,
Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948; History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p.
532, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948); put on trial Jan 1953 by a French military court at Metz on charges
of torture and murdering 78 prisoners and 150 members of the French Resistance Movement (NYT 18 Jan 1953:67:5); convicted and
sentenced to death 21 Jan 1953 (NYT 22 Jan 1953:7:4); put on trial by a French military tribunal on charges of inhuman cruelty in the
administration of a concentration camp in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 10 Jul 1953 (NYT 11 Jul 1953:3:7);
released from British custody at Werl prison 9 Sept 1955 (NYT 10 Sept 1955:3:6).}
Oberg, Dr. Karl-Albrecht (1897-1965) [SS-Obergruppenf�hrer und General der Waffen-SS] -- Police administrator,
Hannover Sept 1938-Jan 1939; Police President, Zwickau Jan 1939-Sept 1941; SS and Police Commander "Radom" (Poland) (SS- und
Polizeif�hrer � SSPF "Radom") 8 Aug 1941-12 May 1942; Senior SS and Police Commander of Belgium and northern France (HSSPF
"Belgien-Nordfrankreich") (Paris) 5 May 1942-28 Nov 1944 {arrested by American military police at Kitzbuehel 25 May 1945 (NYT 26
May 1945:4:2; LT 26 May 1945:3:c); put on trial 17 Jun 1946 by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal on charges of complicity in the
1944 murders of 60 British POWs of the 2nd Special Air Services Regiment, parachuted into the Vosges mountains in France (LT 18 Jun
1946:3c); convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 11 Jul 1946 (LT 12 Jul 1946:3c; NYT 12 Jul 1946:3:3); sentence confirmed by
British military authorities 4 Jan 1947 (History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p.
532, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948); extradited to France 10 Oct 1946; put on trial 22 Feb 1954 by a
French military court at Paris on charges of ordering mass arrests, deportations and killings (NYT 23 Feb 1954:11:6); mistrial declared 24
Feb 1954 (NYT 25 Feb 1954:3:1); retrial by French court began 13 Sept 1954 (NYT 14 Sept 1954:8:2); convicted and sentenced to death for
war crimes 9 Oct 1954 (NYT 10 Oct 1954:24:1); trial and sentences declared null and void and new trial ordered by the French Court of
Cassation 2 Dec 1954 (NYT 3 Dec 1954:2:3); sentence commuted to life imprisonment by French President Rene (Ren�) Coty 22 Apr 1958
(NYT 23 Apr 1958:10:1); commuted to 20 years forced labor 31 Oct 1959; released Nov 1962 or Christmas 1962 (To Set Europe Ablaze p.
132n) or 1965 (Who's Who p. 225); died at Flensburg 3 Jun 1965 (Allgemeine-SS p. 103; Who's Who 224-5; SS: Roll of Infamy pps.
127-8; ABR-SS).}
Oehler, Herbert (c. 1906-?) � guard concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof {put on trial 1954 by a French
military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds; put on trial
for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor (NYT 18 May
1955:15:8).}
Oltramare, Georges � French antisemitic journalist; paid agent of German Ambassador Otto Abetz {fled France and went to
Sigmaringen, Germany in 1944; then escaped to Switzerland; arrested there 21 Apr 1945; provisionally released; rearrested by French
authorities 1 Feb 1947; put on trial for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment; released; sentenced to death in
absentia by a French court 12 Jan 1950; fled to Spain and later to Egypt where he made anti-semitic radio broadcasts; died at Paris 16 Aug
1960 [email protected]).}
Orsini, Joseph (?-1972)-- French Corsican gangster and narcotics trafficker {arrested by American immigration authorities at New
York on French warrant for collaboration Apr 1951 (NYT 31 Jul 1951:44:3); subsequent fate unknown; died 1972 (Heroin Trail pps. 86, 93,
111-2, 114, 136, 138, 152, 234, 247, 256).}
Ostertag, Erwin [Wachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security
Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British POWs, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four American
POWs, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; sentenced to death by firing squad;
subsequent fate unknown (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume V, London,
HMSO, 1948).}
Ottenbacher, Otto (1888-?) [Generalleutnant] -- commander, 36th Infantry Division (mot.) 25 Oct 1940-15 Oct 1941 (Hitler
Moves East p. 262) [Knights Cross] {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal on charges of war crimes arising out of acts of
murder, looting and arson by German troops in central France; acquitted 27 Oct 1950 (NYT 28 Oct 1950:5:1). (ABR-H; Third Reich
Factbook).}
Paoli, Pierre (c. 1921-?) -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for the torture killings of Jews;
convicted and sentenced to death prior to 7 Jun 1946; put on trial by a French court at Nancy for betraying and killing French resistance
members in the Ardennes; convicted and sentenced to death 7 Jun 1946 (NYT 8 Jun 1946:10:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Papon, Maurice (c. 1910-?) � French Secretary General of the Gironde prefecture (secr�taire g�n�ral de la pr�fecture de Girone)
1942-1944; participant in the deportations of French Jews from Bordeaux (organisateur de convois de d�portation) {French resistance
member from 1943; served as a French prefect during the Algerian war 1956-1958; prefect of police in Paris 1958-1966; top budget official
under French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing 1978-1981; committee of former French resistance fighters concluded 1981 that even though
M. Papon had taken "courageous initiatives" against German orders � some of which might have led to his own deportation � he should have
resigned rather than carry out instructions to round up and deport French Jews; charged in 1982 by a French court with crimes against
humanity; indictment annulled by French appeals court 1986 (NYT 10 May 1992:8:1); impending trial on charges of crimes against
humanity announced by French authorities 18 Jan 1983 (NYT 19 Jan 1983:3:4); indicted 27 Jul 1988 for crimes against humanity (NYT 20
Oct 1988:13:1); French court in Bordeaux announces investigation (NYT 15 Apr 1992:5:1; NYT 16 Mar 1994:3:1); Papon claims he is
being made a scapegoat 6 Mar 1996 (NYT 7 Mar 1996:3:1); upcoming trial announced by French authorities (NYT 19 Sept 1996:4:4; NYT
24 Jan 1997:8:4); accused French Jews of aiding deportations during WWII (NYT 30 Jan 1997:5:1); put on trial 8 Oct 1997 by a French
court at Bordeaux on charges of crimes against humanity arising out of the deportation of over 1,500 French Jews to concentration camp
(Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz (NYT 6 Oct 1997:1:2; NYT 9 Oct 1997:3:1; NYT 10 Oct 1997:6:4; NYT 11 Oct 1997:3:1; NYT
16 Oct 1997:3:1 & 29:2; NYT 18 Oct 1997:5:1; NYT 23 Oct 1997:6:1; NYT 20 Oct 1997:14:5; NYT 1 Nov 1997:3:1; NYT 6 Dec
1997:8:1; NYT 24 Dec 1997:9:1; NYT 30 Jan 1998:4:3; NYT 31 Jan 1998:B:7:1; NYT 3 Feb 1998:6:1; NYT 2 Apr 1998:8:3); convicted
and sentenced 2 Apr 1998 to 10 years imprisonment for complicity in crimes against humanity (NYT 3 Apr 1998:1:1 & 26:1); ordered 3 Apr
1998 to pay $1.6 million in legal fees and $500,000 in damages to his victims (NYT 4 Apr 1998:4:1); reported to have disappeared Oct 1999
(NYT 15 Oct 1999:23:1); said 20 Oct 1999 he would rather flee the country than surrender to French authorities (NYT 21 Oct 1999:9:1);
conviction upherld by appeals court 21 Oct 1999 (NYT 22 Oct 1999:3:4); arrested by Swiss police at Gstaad, returned to France and confined
in a prison hospital 22 Oct 1999 (NYT 23 Oct 1999:6:4; NYT 7 Jan 2000:10:4); appeal for pardon rejected by French President Jacques
Chirac (NYT 8 Mar 2000:16:4; NYT 19 Jan 2001:11:1; NYT 24 Jan 2001:6:4). ([email protected]).}
Paquis, Jean-Herold (?-1945) � French collaborator; Radio Paris broadcaster; member, French Popular Party (Parti Populaire
Fran�aise - PPF) {arrested near the Swiss frontier 8 Jul 1945 (LT 10 Jul 1945:3:c); put on trial by a French court for treason 17 Sept
1945 (NYT 17 Sept 1945:12:6); convicted and sentenced to death by the Paris Court of Justice 17 Sept 1945 (NYT 18 Sept 1945:9:6; LT 18
Sept 1945:3:d); executed by firing squad at Fort de Chatillon 11 Oct 1945 (NYT 12 Oct 1945:5:2; LT 11 Oct 1945:3:d; LT 12 Oct 1945:3:c;
Purge p. 140).}
Parmentier, Andre -- French secretary-general, Ministry of the Interior {arrested and put on trial by the French High Court of
Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to 5 years national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 1 Jul 1949; sentence immediately annulled
for services rendered to the French resistance (NYT 2 Jul 1949:3:7).}
Patenotre, Raymond -- former French minister; newspaper publisher {arrested at Rambouillet on collaboration charges 13 Dec
1944 (NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2; LT 14 Dec 1944:3:e); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Pemjean, Pierre Lucien (?-1945) � French anti-semitic journalist {arrested by French resistance forces for collaboration 20 Aug
1944; died in a hospital 10 Jan 1945 ([email protected]).}
Perriaux, _____ -- Vichy French regional sports delegate {arrested on collaboration charges c. 5 Sept 1944 by French partisans
(NYT 6 Sept 1944:3:4); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Petain (P�tain), Eugenie Hardon -- wife of Marshal Philippe Petain {charged by French authorities 2 May 1945 with
"intelligence with the enemy" (NYT 3 May 1945:7:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Petain (P�tain), Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph (c. 1866-1951) [Marshal of France] -- President of the French
Council of State (Pr�sident du Conseil) 11 Jul 1940-20 Aug 1944 {arrested by French authorities 26 Apr 1945 at Vallorbe, Switzerland
(NYT 27 Apr 1945:9:1; NYT 3 May 1945:7:2; NYT 3 May 1945:7:1; NYT 12 May 1945:6:4; NYT 18 May 1945:9:5; NYT 26 May
1945:4:5; NYT 12 Jun 1945:8:1; NYT 4 Jul 1945:6:2; NYT 22 Jul 1945:18:6); put on trial before the French High Court of Justice at Paris
(NYT 28 Jul 1945:5:1; NYT 29 Jul 1945:12:4; NYT 3 Aug 1945:1:6; NYT 4 Aug 1945:6:8; NYT 5 Aug 1945:1:5; NYT 8 Aug
1945:15:4; convicted and sentenced to death for treason 15 Aug 1945 (NYT 16 Aug 1945:10:1; LT 15 Aug 1945:4:f); sentence commuted to
life imprisonment by French President Charles De Gaulle 17 Aug 1945 (NYT 17 Aug 1945:7:1; NYT 18 Aug 1945:5:7; LT 3 Mar 1949:3b;
LT 10 Nov 1950:5e; LT 11 Jan 1951:5c; LT 30 Jun 1951:6c); died in prison on the Ile de Yeu, France 23 Jul 1951 (NYT 24 Jul 1951:1:2;
LT 24 Jul 1951:4d; LT 26 Jul 1951:5d; LT 27 Jul 1951:5c); results of special Parliamentary committee on Jul 1947 interrogation of Petain
released 20 Dec 1951 (LT 21 Dec 1951:6g). (Snyder Ency 268; Obits I, p. 465; Purge p. 176).}
Petri, Wilhelm -- service, German Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei � Sipo) Assen {put on trial in absentia 1949 by a
Netherlands court at Assen on charges of having 29 Dutch prisoners shot Mar 1945 in reprisal for an assassination attempt on the Senior SS
and Police Commander (HSSPF) of the Netherlands, Hans-Albin Rauter, and for ordering the shooting of 10 prisoners, of whom 3 were
French POWs, on 10 Apr 1945; convicted and sentenced to death in absentia 23 Jun 1949; subsequent fate and proceedings unknown (JuNSV
Verfahren Lfd.Nr. NL155; BG/BS Leeuwarden Aussenstelle Assen 490623).}
De Peyrecave, Rene (Ren�) -- deputy to French industrialist Louis Renault {arrested by French authorities 1944; released on
parole 4 Jan 1945; collaboration case dropped in 1949 (Purge p. 227).}
Peyrouton, Marcel B. [French General] -- French Resident-General of Tunisia 1940; French Minister of the Interior 6 Sept
1940-16 Feb 1941; Vichy Ambassador to Argentina; Governor General of Algeria 1942 {arrested at Algiers Nov 1943 (Purge p. 51);
impending trial announced by French authorities 9 Oct 1944 (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at
Paris 21 Jul 1945 (NYT 22 Jul 1945:18:6); petition for release on bail rejected 18 Jan 1947 (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4); acquitted 22 Dec 1948
(LT 23 Dec 1948:3b). (Purge p. 182; Vichy France p. 124n; [email protected].; "French Generals of WWII", Steen Ammentorp).}
Pflaum, Hans (?-1950) -- adjutant and/or labor director, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Ravensbrueck
(Ravensbr�ck) {arrested by British and held for trial; escaped from British internment at Neuengamme 8 Nov 1946 (NYT 14 Nov 1946:18:6;
NYT 1 Nov 1946:20:3; NYT 4 Feb 1947:8:2); recaptured and put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by
firing squad at Rastatt 12 Jun 1950 (NYT 13 Jun 1950:8:5) [possibly identifiable with Pflaum, Guntram [SS-Standartenf?hrer]
(1903-?) -- service, KL Auschwitz 1944 (Camp Men p. 176).}
Philippe, Antoine (?-1944) -- {arrested by French authorities at Lyons; abducted from jail by a mob; body found in the
mountains near Chambery 4 Dec 1944 (LT 6 Dec 1944:4:d).}
Piaf, Edith -- French singer {acquitted 6 Dec 1945 of collaboration charges by the French National Committee of the Theatrical
Purge; discharged "with congratulations" (NYT 7 Dec 1945:8:5).}
Pietri, Francois (Fran�ois) (c. 1882-1964) � French Minister of Communications 1940; French Ambassador to Spain {put on
trial in absentia by the French High Court of Justice in Paris; convicted and sentenced in absentia to 5 years imprisonment 4 Jun 1948; died
18 Aug 1966 at Ajaccio, Corsica (NYT 5 Jun 1948:3:1; Obits I, p. 470). (Vichy France p. 123n).}
Pinsard, Armand (c. 1887-?) [French Armee de l'Air Brigadier General] -- French WWI air ace (19 victories); Inspector-general,
Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (L�gion des Volontaires Fran�ais contre le Bolch�visme); {arrested and put on trial for
collaboration by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 7
Nov 1944:14:6; LT 7 Nov 1944:3:f).}
Platon, Charles (?-1944) [French Rear Admiral] -- French Minister of Colonies 1940; responsible for the French anti-Masonic
police (responsable de la police antima�onnique) {arrested by French partisans for collaboration c. 3 Aug 1944 (NYT 4 Aug 1944:3:1);
arrest warrant issued by French provisional government 20 Sept 1944 (NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); reportedly convicted by a French court at
Limoges and summarily executed by members of the French Forces of the Interior (Forces Fran�aises de l'Int�rieur - FFI) 18 Aug 1944
([email protected] ) or by firing squad in Oct 1944 (NYT 17 Oct 1944:8:6; LT 2 Jan 1947:3d).(Vichy France p. 124n).}
Platon, Jean [French Lieutenant] -- son of French Colonial Minister Admiral Charles Platon {arrested on charges of being a
German saboteur parachuted into France at the close of the war (NYT 30 Sept 1945:26:1); impending trial announced by French authorities 1
Jan 1947 (LT 2 Jan 1947:3d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
De Plinval, Viscountess Elisa (c. 1893-?) -- French informer {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Cherbourg for
betraying Frenchmen to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to death 12 Oct 1945
(NYT 13 Oct 1945:4:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Ploncard d'Assac, Jacques � violently anti-semitic French journalist; member of the Aryan Circle (Cercle aryen) {fled to
Portugal; brought to trial in absentia by a French court on collaboration charges; convicted and sentenced to death in absentia 29 May 1947;
later amnestied; lived in exile in Portugal for over 20 years; returned to France in 1974 ([email protected]).}
Poirier, Odette -- business secretary to Swiss businessman Max Stoeklin {arrested and put on trial by a French court in Paris for
espionage and profiteering; convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment c. 19 Jan 1946 (NYT 20 Jan 1946:20:6).}
De Polignac, Melchior Marquis -- French champagne manufacturer {arrested and put on trial for collaboration by a French
court; convicted and sentenced to 10 years of national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 11 Feb 1946; sentenced immediately annulled
because of valuable services rendered to the French resistance movement (NYT 12 Feb 1946:12:3).}
De Polignac, Nina Marquise aka Nina Crosby -- {arrested by French authorities for collaboration 19 Sept 1944 and
confined at Drancy (NYT 21 Sept 1944:13:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Ponies, Ernst [Oberleutnant (German First Lieutenant)] -- {arrested and put on trial by a French military court at Limoges for
having ordered the reprisal burning of the French village of Sorges; convicted and sentenced to death 24 Aug 1945 (NYT 25 Aug 1945:2:4);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Poupet, Ferdinand (?-1954) � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture
and murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); executed by firing squad 22 May 1954 (NYT 23 May 1954:5:1).}
von Praun, Albert [General der Nachrichtentruppe] � commander, 18th Panzer Division Jul-24 Aug 1942; commander, 129th
Infantry Division 22 Aug 1942-25 Sept 1943; commander, 277th Infantry Division 5 Apr-10 Aug 1944 {French request for extradition from
Neumarkt, Bavaria refused by American authorities; put on trial in absentia by a French military court at Marseilles Jan 1955 on charges of
murdering 19 French resistance members; convicted and sentenced to death in absentia 1 Feb 1955 (NYT 2 Feb 1955:5:1); subsequent
disposition unknown.(Third Reich Factbook).}
Pringuet, _____ (?-1944) -- French industrialist {reportedly sentenced to death for collaboration; pardoned by French authorities
but lynched by resistance members of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI - Forces Fran�aises de l'Int�rieur) at Maubeuge Oct 1944
before release (NYT 14 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Printemps, Yvonne -- French actress; wife of Pierre Fresnay {arrested by French authorities 25 Sept 1944 for collaboration
(NYT 26 Sept 1944:5:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Prouvost, Jean -- French Minister of Information; owner and director, Le Soir (Paris) {impending trial at Lyons announced by
French authorities 7 Nov 1945 (NYT 8 Nov 1945:6:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Provost, Suzanne (c. 1890-?) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo)
{arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for denouncing the Duke d'Ayen, brother-in-law of British Lieuetenant General
Sir William Macready, to the Germans in 1942; the Duke d'Ayen died at concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Bergen-Belsen
during the war; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 15 Nov 1952 (NYT 16 Nov 1952:8:3; LT 17 Nov 1952:5d).}
Pucheu, Pierre (?-1944)� French Minister of Industry 23 Feb-18 Jul 1941; French Minister of the Interior 18 Jul 1941-18 Apr
1942 {arrested and put on trial 4 Mar 1944 by a French military tribunal at Algiers for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death;
executed by firing squad at Algiers 20 Mar 1944 (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3; NYT 20 Oct 1944:5:4).(Purge pps. 53-5;
[email protected].). (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I pps. 185-6).}
Pujo, Jean [French General] -- chairman of the board of directors, Air France {arrested 23 Nov 1944 by French authorities on
collaboration charges (NYT 24 Nov 1944:3:1; LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); further disposition unknown.}
Pujo, Maurice (c. 1872-?) -- French editor, monarchist periodical L'Action Fran�aise {put on trial at Lyons on charges of
"intelligence with the enemy" 24 Jan 1945 (NYT 25 Jan 1945:9:5; NYT 26 Jan 1945:4:4; NYT 27 Jan 1945:7:2; LT 25 Jan 1945:3:d; LT
27 Jan 1945:3:g); convicted of acts compromising national defense and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment (LT 29 Jan 1944:3:d; Purge p.
154).}
De Puysegur, Count Armand-Louis-Marie de Chastenet (c. 1869-?) -- French aristocrat and journalist {arrested and put
on trial by the Paris Court of Justice for collaborationist writings; convicted and sentenced to death 31 Oct 1944 (NYT 1 Nov 1944:13:1; LT
1 Nov 1944:4:g); sentence commuted to life imprisonment 28 Dec 1945 (NYT 29 Dec 1945:4:8).}
Rademacher, Franz (1906-1973) -- Jewish expert for the German Foreign Office 1940-1943; naval officer 1943-1945;
responsible for minimizing foreign policy complications arising out of the mass deportations of Jews to Nazi death camps {arrested and put
on trial by a West German court at Nuremburg-Fuerth on charges arising out of executions of Jews in Belgrade by German occupation forces
in 1941; convicted Feb 1952 and sentenced 17 Mar 1952 to 3 years and 5 months imprisonment for aiding and abetting the murders of 1,500
Jews in Serbia (LT 18 Mar 1952:5e; NYT 11 Apr 1961:14:4; Wiesenthal Files p. 305); appealed and jumped bail Sept 1952 before the
appeal was decided; fled to Syria; arrested by Syrian authorities Jul 1963 on charges of being a NATO spy; acquitted; released Oct 1965;
returned to Germany in Sept 1966; put on trial 21 Feb 1968 by a West German court at Bamberg on charges of complicity in the murders of
1,300 Serbian Jews (NYT 22 Feb 1968:28:2); convicted and sentenced 2 May 1968 to 5 or 5 1/2 years imprisonment (NYT 3 May
1968:8:1); released as time served; retrial ordered by West German court in Karlsruhe Jan 1971; died at Bonn 17 Mar 1973 (Holo Ency
1218-9; Who's Who pps. 238-9; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 749; "Hitler's Legacy" Biographical index); probably identifiable as
"Rad., Franz" -- service, civil administration of the Reich Foreign Office (Zivilverwaltung Ausw�rtiges Amt [Abt.D.III]) {arrested and put
on trial by a West German court at Nuremberg-Fuerth (N�rnberg-F�rth) 1952 on charges of complicity in the deportations of Belgian,
Bulgarian, German, French, Croatian, Dutch, Romanian, Serbian, Czech, Polish, Soviet and Hungarian Jews in 1941-1943; convicted and
sentenced to 3 1/2 years imprisonment (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.673; LG Bamberg 680502; LG N�rnberg-F�rth 520317; BGH 530416;
BGH 710727).}
Ramcke, Bernhard-Hermann (1889-1968) [General der Fallschirmtruppe] -- WWI service, commander, Paratroop Assault
Regiment (Kdr. Fallsch.J�g.Sturm-Rgt.) 1941 in invasion of Crete; commander, 2nd Paratroop Division (2.Fallschirmjaeger-Division) 13
Feb-8 Sept 1943 and 1 June-18 Nov 1944 (sic); commander, Fortress Brest (Kommandant, Festung Brest) (France) 1944 [Knights Cross
1941; Oakleaves 1942; Swords 1944; Diamonds 1944] {taken prisoner by American troops 11 Aug 1944; delivered to British authorities;
turned over to French authorities Dec 1946; put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment Mar 1951;
released for old age 24 Jun 1951 (NYT 25 Jun 1951:3:7); attacked allies as war criminals at SS reunion 26 Oct 1952 (LT 27 Oct 1952:6f; LT
29 Oct 1952:6g); died at Kappeln/Schlei 4 Jul 1968 (ABR-L; Third Reich Factbook).}
Rauen, Jakob (c. 1908-?) � adjutant, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) Perigueux {put on trial by
a French court at Bordeaux on charges of murdering at least 166 French civilians in reprisal killings; acquitted 1 Mar 1953 (NYT 2 Mar
1953:4:3).}
Raymond, Paulette (c. 1918-?) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo);
mistress of German officer {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Clermont-Ferrand for denouncing a French doctor who treated
wounded resistance fighters (maquisards); convicted and sentenced to death 6 Oct 1944 (NYT 7 Oct 1944:3:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Rebatet, Lucien -- French editor-owner of collaborationist weekly Je Suis Partout {arrested in Austria 8 May 1945; taken to
France for trial; sentenced to death, national degradation (d�gradation nationale) and confiscation of property by the French court of justice
for the Seine (la Cour de justice de la Seine) for collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy" 23 Nov 1946 (NYT 24 Nov 1946:27:6);
sentence commuted by French President Vincent Auriol to life imprisonment at hard labor 10 Apr 1947 (NYT 11 Apr 1947:18:5); released
from French custody 16 Jul 1952; died 1972 (Purge pps. 140-1; [email protected]).}
Reeder, Eggert [SS-Brigadef�hrer] -- head of civil administration, Belgium and northern France {arrested by French authorities
28 Oct 1945 (NYT 29 Oct 1945:8:7); put on trial by a Belgian military court at Brussels May 1950 (LT 26 Sept 1950:3e); convicted and
sentenced to 12 years hard labor for war crimes 9 Mar 1951 (NYT 10 Mar 1951:4:3; LT 10 Mar 1951:5b; LT 20 Mar 1951:4g); amnestied
and released 27 Mar 1951 (NYT 28 Mar 1951:18:6; LT 28 Mar 1951:3e; LT 29 Mar 1951:3c).}
Reich, Oscar (?-1949) -- officer, Drancy internment camp {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris on war crimes
charges; convicted and sentenced to death Feb 1949; executed 5 Jul 1949 (NYT 6 Jul 1949:6:6).}
Renault, Louis (c. 1867 or 1871-1944) -- French automobile and tank manufacturer {arrest warrant issued by French authorities
for collaboration 4 Sept 1944 (Purge p. 225); arrested 23 Sept 1944 and held in Fresnes prison (NYT 25 Sept 1944:5:1; Purge p. 225); died
24 Oct 1944 of uremia or meningeal hemorrhage while awaiting trial (NYT 25 Oct 1944:21:3); property confiscated by government decree 15
Nov 1944 (NYT 7 Oct 1944:3:6; NYT 16 Nov 1944:3:8; NYT 18 Jan 1945:3:4); exhumed 11 Feb 1956 for autopsy on allegations he was
murdered in custody (NYT 12 Feb 1956:31:2); no trace of violence found 13 Feb 1956 (NYT 14 Feb 1956:10:4; NYT 8 Feb 1957:4:1); case
re-opened by a special chamber of the French Appeals Court at Paris 4 May 1957 (NYT 5 May 1957:30:1); verdict of death by natural causes
15 Dec 1957 (NYT 16 Dec 195712:1).}
Reymond, Jacques -- {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder of hundreds of
persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8).}
Rigaud, Jean -- French Minister, Darlan regime {arrested Dec 1944 on treason charges by French authorities at Paris; released 14
May 1945 (NYT 15 May 1945:4:8); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Ripert, Prof. Dr. jur. Georges -- French dean of the faculty of law, Paris University {trial on charges of intelligence with the
enemy announced 28 Nov 1944 by French authorities (LT 29 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Rives, Paul (?-1967) � French philosopher; socialist deputy; member, National Popular Rally Party (Rassemblement National
Populaire - RNP) {put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment 16 Jan 1947; later
amnestied; died 1967 ([email protected]).}
Robert, Georges (c. 1874-?) [French Rear Admiral] -- commander, French West Indies naval squadron at Martinique; High
Commissioner, French West Indies {arrest warrant issued by French authorities for collaboration 20 Sept 1944 (NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4);
released from custody for reasons of health 14 Mar 1946 (NYT 15 Mar 1946:2:2); impending trial announced 25 Feb 1947 (NYT 26 Feb
1947:12:1); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles for dishonoring France by his close ties to the Vichy regime;
convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 14 Mar 1947 (NYT 15 Mar 1947:7:2; LT 15 Mar 1947:4g).}
Rochat, Charles Antoine -- Vichy French Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs {put on trial in absentia by a
French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced in absentia to death in 1946; surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested
retrial (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4); tried in Jan 1955 by a French court and sentenced to 5 years national degradation (d�gradation nationale);
sentence immediately annulled (Purge p. 183).}
La Rochelle, Drieu -- French editor of collaborationist periodical Nouvelle Revue Fran�aise; French writer of the
introspective school {suicide by leaving the gas jets on in his Rue St. Ferdinand apartment in Paris, 15 Mar 1945, after a warrant was issued
for his arrest by the French High court of Justice at Paris for his pro-German writings (NYT 17 Mar 1945:5:1; LT 19 Mar 1945:3:c).}
De la Rocque, _____ (c. 1886-1946) [French Colonel] � founder of the Cross of Fire (Croix de Feu) organization {arrested at
Clermont-Ferrand 1943 by German authorities and sent to a concentration camp; released to France May 1945 and placed under police
supervision; died 29 Apr 1946 at Versailles following a surgical operation (LT 30 Apr 1945:3f).(Foreign Legions of the Third Reich vol. 1,
pps. 126-7).}
Rodenhauser, Wilhelm -- director, Roechling industrial combine {put on trial on spoliation charges 16 Feb 1948 at Rastatt,
near Baden, by a French, Belgian and Dutch tribunal (NYT 17 Feb 1948:11:6; LT 17 Feb 1948:3e); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Roechling (R�chling), Ernst -- deputy of Hermann Roechling {put on trial on spoliation charges 16 Feb 1948 at Rastatt, near
Baden, by a French, Belgian and Dutch tribunal (NYT 17 Feb 1948:11:6; LT 17 Feb 1948:3e); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Roechling (R�chling), Hermann (1872-1955) -- German industrialist in the Saarland {put on trial on spoliation charges 16
Feb 1948 at Rastatt, near Baden, by a French, Belgian and Dutch tribunal (NYT 17 Feb 1948:11:6; NYT 18 Feb 1948:5:3; LT 17 Feb
1948:3e); convicted and sentenced by a French-dominated International Court at Baden court to 7 years imprisonment and forfeiture of
property 30 Jun 1948 (NYT 1 Jul 1948:9:5); sentence increased to 10 years by a French appeals court at Rastatt 25 Jan 1949 (NYT 26 Jan
1949:14:7); released 20 Aug 1951 (NYT 21 Aug 1951:14:2); died at Mannheim 24 Aug 1955 (Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 806).}
Roehn (R�hn), Hermann (1902-1946) -- Deputy NSDAP Provincial Leader (Stellvertreter Gauleiter) for Baden 1934-1944.and
Alsace 1940-1944 {put on trial by the French Permanent Military Tribunal at Strasbourg; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 5
May 1946; executed at Strasbourg 14 Oct 1946 (History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws
of War p. 523, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948; ABR-Gaue).}
Roger, Edmond -- {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder of hundreds of
persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8).}
Rohde, Dr. med. Werner (1904-1946) [SS-Untersturmf�hrer] -- physician, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager -
KL) Auschwitz 1943; physician, KL Natzweiler 1944 {arrested and put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for murdering
four English female agents of the French resistance Special Operations Command (SOC) by lethal injection and burning at KL
Struthof-Natzweiler; convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 1 Jun 1946 (NYT 2 Jun 1946:28:3; LT 3 Jun 1946:4e); executed 11 Oct
1946 (LT 14 Oct 1946:4e; The Camp Men pps. 193, 287; History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of
the Laws of War p. 535, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948).}
von Rotberg, Edward [General] -- {put on trial by a French military tribunal on war crimes charges arising out of the executions
of hostages; acquitted 31 May 1949 (NYT 1 Jun 1949:4:6).}
Rottee, Lucien Henri (?-1945) [French Police Commissioner] -- chief, Paris Police Intelligence Unit {arrest at Bordeaux
announced by French authorities 17 Dec 1944 (NYT 18 Dec 1944:10:5); put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by the French Court of Justice at Paris
(NYT 10 Apr 1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced to death for collaboration 11 Apr 1945 (NYT 12 Apr 1945:6:4); executed at Paris 5 May
1945 (NYT 6 May 1945:27:5).}
Rowoldt, Hans (?-1949) -- SS officer {arrested and put on trial by a French court for 1944 war crimes; convicted and sentenced to
death; executed by a firing squad at Strasbourg 6 Jan 1949 (NYT 7 Jan 1949:14:3).}
Le Roy, Hercule -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Cahors on charges of assisting in
deportations from France; convicted and sentenced to death 30 Jun 1944; rescued from a lynch mob (NYT 1 Jul 1945:7:3); subsequent
disposition unknown.}
Rutz, Francis (c. 1915-?) -- French heavyweight boxing champion; a leader of the "Blueshirts" (Parti Populaire Fran�ais -
PPF) {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Nancy for betraying and killing French resistance members in the Ardennes; convicted
and sentenced to death 7 Jun 1946 (NYT 8 Jun 1946:10:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Sabatier, Maurice (c. 1894-?) -- French Prefect of Bordeaux during WWII {rumored to have been indicted by a French court Oct
1988 for crimes against humanity (NYT 20 Oct 1988:13:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Saint-Jean, Rene (Ren�) -- French militiaman {put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by a French court at Toulouse for the murder of
Maurice Sarraut, French co-publisher of the periodical Depeche de Toulouse, in Dec 1943 (NYT 10 Apr 1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced
to death 10 Apr 1945 (NYT 11 Apr 1945:17:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Saint-Paulien, Maurice Yvan-Sicard � secretary of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Fran�ais � PPF) {fled to
Spain after the liberation of France; put on trial in absentia by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced in absentia to life
imprisonment at hard labor; amnestied; returned to France 1957 ([email protected]).}
Salmon, Andre -- French critic and journalist; contributor to the collaborationist periodical Le Petit Parisien {arrested and put on
trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 5 years of national degradation (d�gradation nationale) 1946 (Purge p.
168).}
Saunier, Antonin "Tony" (?-1946) -- French "trigger man" in the Francois (Fran�ois) "Twisted Trap" Andre gang of the French
Popular Party (Parti Populaire Fran�aise - PPF) at Grenoble {indicted by the French Court of Justice at Lyons for collaboration Jan 1946;
convicted and sentenced to death; executed prior to 8 Apr 1946 (NYT 9 Apr 1946:5:6; Purge p. 156).}
Scapini, Georges -- Vichy French Ambassador for Prisoners; French Deputy {returned to Paris under arrest 18 May 1945 (NYT
19 May 1945:4:4); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Schisseler, Joseph -- French impostor and newspaperman {arrested by French authorities 3 Aug 1945 at Nice for fraud and
collaboration (NYT 4 Aug 1945:2:7); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Schlierbach, Gustav [Major] � {arrested and put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the
killings of captured British and French parachutists in the Vosges mountains of France in Oct 1944; convicted and sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment 11 Jul 1946 (NYT 12 Jul 1946:3:3; LT 12 Jul 1946:3c).}
Schmid, Jonathan (?-1945) [SA-Obergruppenf?hrer] � chief of civil administration for operational area �Heimat� (Chef der
Zivilverwaltung des Operationsgebietes Heimat) 27 Aug 1939-20 Jun 1940; chief of administrative staff, military government of France
(Chef des Verwaltungsstabes der Milit�rverwaltung in Frankreich) 21 Jun 1940-1 Aug 1942 {captured by allied troops; died in French
captivity 15 Jul 1945 at Langenargen/Bodensee.}
Schmidt, Charles � French shoemaker {put on trial by a French military court at Bordeaux c. Mar 1953 on charges of treason,
"offenses against French patriots", and aiding the German secret police during WWII; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 4
Mar 1953 (NYT 5 Mar 1953:4:4).}
Schmidt, Paul -- foreign language interpreter for Adolf Hitler {arrested 4 Feb 1947 for complicity in the murder of French POW
General Gustave-Marie-Maurice Mesny (NYT 5 Feb 1947:6:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Schrameck, Ernst [German Marine Colonel] -- {put on trial by the French Permanent Military Tribunal at Dijon on charges of
executing 3 French Forces of the Interior (FFI) POWs without trial on 9 Sept 1944 near Autun; convicted and sentenced to 5 years
imprisonment 18 Oct 1945 (United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume VIII, London, HMSO, 1949).}
Schroegler (Schr�gler), Leonard -- {arrested by American authorities and extradited to France 3 Nov 1950 to face charges of
murdering French Lieutenant Rene (Ren�) Brunet in a German concentration camp (LT 4 Nov 1950:6c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Schupel, Adolf (?-1946) � NSDAP (Nazi) Party leader, Alsace-Baden {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at
Strasbourg for the murders and deportations of anti-Nazis in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 3 May 1946 (LT 4 May
1946:3e); executed at Fort Ney, north of Strasbourg 14 August 1946 (NYT 15 Aug 1946:4:4; LT 15 Aug 1946:3d).}
Schweitzer, Jacques -- French collaborator and close associate of German ambassador Otto Abetz {arrested and put on trial by a
French court; convicted and sentenced to death 16 Mar 1945 (NYT 17 Mar 1945:5:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Seuss, Wolfgang (c. 1907-?) � guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof, service, KL Dachau {put on
trial 1954 by a French military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on
procedural grounds; put on trial for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 18
May 1955:15:8); pardoned; arrested by West German authorities for the murder of a Jewish prisoner by putting him in a concrete mixer and
for the mistreatment of prisoners at KL Dachau; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Jun 1960 (NYT 23 Jun
1960:6:5).}
Shorer, Theodor � service, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) Marseilles {put on trial Mar 1955
by a French military tribunal at Lyons on war crimes charges; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 1 Apr 1955 (NYT 2
Apr 1955:4:3).}
Simenon, Georges -- French crime novelist; creator of literary character "Inspector Maigret" {arrested by French authorities 16
Apr 1945 on charges of intelligence with the enemy (LT 17 Apr 1945:3:e); charges ruled unfounded by a French special tribunal at Poitiers
and released 30 Apr 1945 (LT 1 May 1945:3:c).}
Simon, Gilberte -- member, Jacques Doriot's militia (the French Anti-Communist Police Service [Service de Police
Anti-communiste]) {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Lyons; convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment c. 19 Jan 1946
(NYT 20 Jan 1946:20:6).}
Sion, Maurice (?-1950) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 5 May 1950 (NYT 6 May 1950:4:2).}
Soleillant, Henri (?-1945) -- French member of Joseph Darnand's militia (Milice Fran�aise) {arrested by French authorities
for war crimes and collaboration; lynched by a French mob at Vichy while awaiting trial 7 Jun 1945 (NYT 8 Jun 1945:6:7).}
Soupault, Ralph -- French political cartoonist for Je Suis Partout, Action Fran�aise and other collaborationist newspapers
{put on trial by the French Purge Court at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 15 years hard labor 31 Jan 1947 (NYT 1 Feb
1947:5:6).}
Spinasse, Charles -- French Minister of Economics 1936; director of the collaborationist newspaper L'Effort {arrested on
collaboration charges 22 Jan 1945 at Paris (NYT 23 Jan 1945:5:5; LT 23 Jan 1945:3:c); put on trial by the French Civic Court at Paris on
charges of national degradation (d�gradation nationale); acquitted 22 Oct 1945 (NYT 23 Oct 1945:2:6; LT 24 Oct 1945:3:c).}
Staes, Jacques (?-1947) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and
put on trial by a French court for treason; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris 1 Oct
1947 (NYT 2 Oct 1947:15:5).}
Staudacher, Karl [Hauptmann] -- commander, 194th Security Battalion {put on trial 2 Aug 1945 by a French court at
Marseilles on charges of committing murder, robbery and arson while in command of the German 194th Security Battalion at Dignes (NYT 3
Aug 1945:6:7); convicted and sentenced to death 3 Aug 1945 (NYT 4 Aug 1945:6:8); put on trial Oct 1951 by a French military tribunal at
Lyons on charges of ordering the executions of 40 captured members of the French resistance in the southern Alps 6 Apr 1944; convicted and
sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 24 Oct 1951 (LT 25 Oct 1951:3c); subsequent fate unknown.}
Stegmann, Dr. med. Alfons -- euthanasia physician, HuPa (Heil- und Pflegeanstalten) Grafeneck {arrested and put on trial by
a French court at Tuebingen on charges of crimes against humanity arising out of participation in the German euthanasia program (Aktion
T-4); convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 5 Jul 1949 (NYT 6 Jul 1949:9:6).}
Stoeklin, Max -- Swiss businessman {arrested and put on trial by a French court in Paris for espionage and profiteering;
convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment c. 19 Jan 1946 (NYT 20 Jan 1946:20:6).}
Stollreiteg, Anton (c. 1906?-1951) -- "member, Nazi intelligence agency" {arrested and put on trial by a French court;
convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed at Metz 5 Feb 1951 (NYT 6 Feb 1951:4:8).}
Storz, Felix -- chief, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei � Gestapo) at Montauban (France) {arrested and put on
trial by a French military court at Bordeaux for the murder of 4 French hostages and torture in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 21 Nov
1952 (NYT 22 Nov 1952:2:6).}; subsequent fate unknown.}
Straub, Peter � crematoria supervisor, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Natzweiler {arrested and put on trial by
a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the murders at KL Natzweiler of four captured female British Special Operations
Command (SOC) operatives in the French resistance; convicted and sentenced to 13 years imprisonment 1 Jun 1946 (LT 3 Jun 1946:4e); put
on trial by another British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the hanging of an RAF pilot POW at KL Natzweiler in summer
1944; convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 5 Jun 1946 (LT 6 Jun 1946:4e); subsequent fate unknown.}
von Stuelpnagel (St�lpnagel), Otto (1878-1948) [General der Infanterie/General der Flieger] -- Military Commander of
Northern France and Belgium (Mil. Bef. Frankreich) {arrest by French security police in West Germany announced 12 Dec 1946 (LT 13 Dec
1946:3c); interrogated by a French military tribunal 30 Dec 1946 (LT 31 Dec 1946:3e); suicide by hanging in French custody at Cherches
Midi prison at Paris 5 Feb 1948 (ABR-H) or 6 Feb 1948 (History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of
the Laws of War p. 529, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948) while awaiting trial as a war criminal (NYT 7
Feb 1948:4:3; LT 7 Feb 1948:3g). (ABR-Croisier-H; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 928; ABR-H).}
Suarez, Georges (1890-1944) -- French editor of collaborationist newspaper Aujourd'hui {put on trial before the French Special
Court of Justice at Paris 22 Oct 1944 for holding intelligence with the enemy (NYT 22 Oct 1944:3:4); convicted and sentenced to death,
national degradation and confiscation of property 23 Oct 1944 (NYT 24 Oct 1944:4:1; NYT 30 Oct 1944:7:2; NYT 9 Nov 1944:5:5); appeal
rejected by the Paris Supreme Court of Appeal 3 Nov 1944 (LT 4 Nov 1944:4:d); executed by firing squad at Fort de Montrouge outside
Paris 9 Nov 1944 (NYT 10 Nov 1944:5:7; LT 10 Nov 1944:4:g; Purge pps. 132-4).}
Suhren, Fritz (1908-1950) [SS-Sturmbannf�hrer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL)
Sachsenhausen 1941-1942; commandant, KL Ravensbrueck (Ravensbr�ck) 1 Sept 1942- 8 May 1945) {arrested by British security police;
escape from custody 8 Nov 1946 at Neuengamme announced 13 Nov 1946 by British occupation authorities (NYT 14 Nov 1946:18:6; NYT
1 Nov 1946:20:3; NYT 4 Feb 1947:8:2); recaptured by German criminal police 4 Apr 1949 at Grafenan while working under a false name as
a farm laborer (NYT 5 Apr 1949:11:3); executed by a French firing squad at Rastatt for war crimes 12 June 1950 (NYT 13 Jun 1950:8:5).
(The Camp Men pps. 235, 287; Ruckerl Inv 128).}
Szabados, Hans [German NCO] -- service, 19th Police Regiment 1944 {arrested and put on trial 1946 by the French Permanent
Military Tribunal at Clermont-Ferrand on charges of complicity in murder of hostages, arson, pillage and wanton destruction of French
houses at Ugine and Puisot in the province of Haute-Savoie, France in Jun 1944, as part of an "atonement action" in reprisal for acts of the
French resistance; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 23 Jun 1946 (Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals, United
Nations War Crimes Commission, Vol. IX p. 59, 1949).}
Taittinger, Pierre -- French newspaper editor; President of the Paris Municipal Council; leader of French pre-war fascist youth
organization {arrested Aug 1944 (Purge pps. 78-9); prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at Paris 10 Jan 1946
(NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Tardieu, Charles -- French reporter, Le Matin (Paris) and Grand Echo du Nord {arrested and put on trial by a French court (at
Lille?) for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at forced labor 1944 (NYT 16 Dec 1944:5:2).}
Teottin, Maurice -- French jurist {put on trial by a French court at Paris on collaboration charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun
1945:12:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Teoule, Paul -- French militiaman (Milice Fran�aise) {put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by a French court at Toulouse for the murder
of Maurice Sarraut, co-publisher of the periodical Depeche de Toulouse, in Dec 1943 (NYT 10 Apr 1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced to
death 10 Apr 1945 (NYT 11 Apr 1945:17:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Theorossienko or Thedossienko, Boris -- accused German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo)
informant {imminent trial before the French Special Court of Justice on collaboration charges announced 23 Oct 1944 (NYT 24 Oct
1944:4:1); convicted and sentenced to 7 years solitary confinement and confiscation of property 24 Oct 1944 (NYT 25 Oct 1944:6:7).}
Thomassin, Jean (?-1946) � member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {arrested and put on trial by a
French court for torturing French resistence members including Mlle. Marcelle Bidault, sister of French Prime Minister Georges Bidault;
convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 19 Aug 1946 (LT 20 Aug 1946:3d).}
Touvier, Paul (c. 1915-1996) � commander of intelligence section, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise) in Lyons {directly
implicated in the Jan 1944 murders of Victor Basch, president of the League for the Rights of Man, and Basch's wife; lived in hiding after the
war; convicted in absentia at Lyons 10 Sept 1946 and at Chambery 4 Mar 1947 of war crimes by French courts and sentenced to death;
pardoned by French President Georges Pompidou 23 Nov 1971 (NYT 14 Jul 1972:3:1); arrested at Nice 24 Mar 1989 on charges of crimes
against humanity (NYT 25 May 1989:1:3; NYT 1 Oct 1989:VI:32); case dismissed by Paris court announced 13 Apr 1992 (NYT 14 Apr
1992:5:1; NYT 15 Apr 1992:5:1; NYT 10 May 1992:1:4); dismissal overturned by French Supreme Court 28 Nov 1992 and trial ordered
(NYT 29 Nov 1992:13:1; NYT 22 Oct 1993:3:4); charged 2 Jun 1993 with participation in the execution of 7 Jewish hostages 29 Jun 1944
at Rilleux-la-Pape, France (NYT 3 Jun 1993:6:1; NYT 16 Mar 1994:3:1); put on trial at Versailles 17 Mar 1994 (NYT 18 Mar 1994:5:4;
NYT 22 Mar 1994:6:1; NYT 27 Mar 1944:6:1; NYT 3 Apr 1994:10:1; NYT 14 Apr 1994:8:3); convicted 19 Apr 1994 and sentenced to life
imprisonment (NYT 20 Apr 1994:3:1); died 17 Jul 1996 at Fresnes prison (NYT 22 May 1994:VI:31; NYT 18 Jul 1996:24:4;
[email protected]).}
Ulrich, Bernhard Josef [Zugwachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at
Rotenfels Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British POWs, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment,
four American POWs, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; convicted and
sentenced to death by firing squad; subsequent fate unknown (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes
Commission, Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Valat, Fernand (?-1944) -- member, French Chamber of Deputies, Department of Gard {arrested 21 Aug 1944; put on trial by a
French court (at Arles?) for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 25 Aug 1944; executed immediately afterwards (NYT 4 Sept
1944:3:3).}
Vallat, Xavier (?-1972) -- WWI service as infantry officer; Vichy French Commissioner for Jewish Affairs {barred from holding
political office by the French Court of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1); convicted with extenuating circumstances
(Vallat had lost a leg as a WWI infantry officer) and sentenced 10 Dec 1947 to 10 years imprisonment, national degradation (d�gradation
nationale) for life and costs by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Dec 1947:6:7; Purge p. 181); released by French
Minister of Justice Rene (Ren�) Mayer in 1950; died Jan 1972 ([email protected]).}
Vanucci, Gaston -- member, French Militia (Milice Fran�aise); French volunteer, Waffen-SS {sentenced to death by a French
Court of Justice 7 Dec 1944; almost lynched 3 Jan 1945 by a mob while in prison at Rodez (Purge p. 89); subsequent fate unknown.}
Vaugeois, Georges � French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Vautherin, Stephane (c. 1897-1970s) -- French priest at Lyons {arrested 10 Sept 1944 by French resistance members; put on
trial by a French court on charges of intelligence with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at hard labor (NYT 1
Oct 1989:VI:37); pardoned 1949; died in the 1970s.}
Vetter, Xavier [Wachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security
Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four
American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; sentenced to 2
years imprisonment (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume V, London, HMSO,
1948).}
De Vibraye, Francois (Fran�ois) -- French radio announcer and collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Paris for making propaganda broadcasts for German authorities; convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 7 Nov 1944 (NYT 8 Nov
1944:20:4).}
Villaplana, Alexandre -- former French football star; member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection fran�ais) {put on
trial by a French court at Paris for "intelligence with the enemy" 1 Dec 1944 (NYT 2 Dec 1944:4:2; LT 2 Dec 1944:3:d); subsequent
disposition unknown.}
De Villefranche, _____ Marquis -- French aristocrat {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Versailles for friendliness
with high ranking German officers during the occupation; convicted and sentenced 7 Jul 1945 to 6 months imprisonment (NYT 8 Jul
1945:7:2).}
De Villefranche, _____ Marquise (Princess de Merode) -- Belgian-born French aristocrat, wife of the Marquis de
Villefranche {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Versailles on charges of friendliness with high-ranking German officers during the
occupation; acquitted 7 Jul 1945 (NYT 8 Jul 1945:7:2).}
Viviani, Niccolas � French police commissioner, Orleans {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Orleans for
collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 12 Sept 1945 (NYT 13 Sept 1945:9:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Wagner, Albert -- German guard in a factory at Brebach, Saarland {arrested and put on trial by the General Military Tribunal of
the French Zone of Occupation in Germany on charges of murdering a Russian slave laborer in Jun or Jul 1942, and with ill-treating other
slave laborers; convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment 29 Nov 1946 (Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals, Selected and
Prepared by the United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume XIII, London: HMSO, 1949 p. 118).}
Wagner, Robert Heinrich aka Backfisch (1895-1946) [SA-Obergruppenf�hrer] � WWI veteran; sentenced to 15 month's
fortress arrest at Landsberg-am-Lech prison, 1 Apr 1924 for his part in the Munich Putsch; joined NSDAP autumn 1924; NSDAP Provincial
Leader (Gauleiter), Baden 22 Mar 1925-1945; member of the Baden provincial legislature (Mitglied des Landtages) 27 Oct 1929; deputy
Reich Organization Leader and Leader of the NSDAP Personnel Main Office of the NSDAP Reich Leadership Office in Munich
(Stellvertrender Reichsorganisationsleiter und Leiter des Hauptpersonalamtes der NSDAP-Reichsf�hrung in M�nchen) Dec 1932; Reichstag
deputy (Mitglied des Reichstages) for electoral district (Wahlkreis) Baden 5 Mar 1933-May 1945; governor (Reichsstatthalter) of Baden 5
May 1933-1945; chief of civil administration, Alsace (Chef der Zivilverwaltung, Elsass) Jun 1940-23 Nov 1944; Reich Defense
Commissioner (Reichsverteidigungskommissar), Baden 16 Nov 1942-1945 {put on trial by a French military tribunal in Strasbourg 23 Apr
1946 for war crimes, consisting of murders and deportations of anti-Nazis (NYT 24 Apr 1946:2:6; NYT 27 Apr 1946:4:5); sentenced to death
by firing squad and forfeiture of all property 3 May 1946 (NYT 4 May 1946:9:3; LT 4 May 1946:3e); executed 14 August 1946 at Fort Ney,
north of Strasbourg (NYT 15 Aug 1946:4:4; LT 15 Aug 1946:3d; ABR-Gaue) or 13 Oct 1946 (Encyclopedia of the Third Reich pps. 1015-6)
or 14 Oct 1946 (History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 524, United Nations
War Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948); posthumously classified a "major offender" by the Zentralspruchkammer Nordbaden
denazification court 1 Sept 1950 (ABR-Gaue).}
Weber, Wilhelm -- service, German Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei � Sipo) Eindhoven (Netherlands); service Sipo Assen
(Netherlands) arrested and put on trial 1949 by a Netherlands court at Assen on charges of arresting Dutch Jews and those who concealed
them, picking prisoners to be executed as "death candidates" (Todeskandidaten), having a command role (Kommandof�hrung) in the
shooting of 10 men including 3 French POWs, mistreating prisoners and tolerating mistreatment of prisoners by subordinates; convicted and
sentenced to 19 years imprisonment 9 Jun 1949; held immune from punishment by a Netherlands appeals court on grounds of the defendant's
mental disorder; released from Dutch custody to German authorities 2 Apr 1950 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr. NL144; BG/BS Leeuwarden
Aussenstelle Assen 490609).}
Weidinger, Otto (1914-1990) [SS-Obersturmbannf�hrer] -- service, SS Division "Das Reich"; service, 4th SS Panzer
Grenadier Regiment "Der F�hrer" [Knights Cross 1944; Oakleaves 1944] {tried by a French court for war crimes and acquitted; died at Aalen
10 Jan 1990 (SS: Roll of Infamy p. 176).}
Weinsensee, Joseph (c. 1907-1951) -- "member, a Nazi intelligence agency" {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Metz; convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Metz 5 Feb 1951 (NYT 6 Feb 1951:4:8).}
Wenzel, Alfred -- {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder of hundreds of
persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8).}
Weygand, Maxime (1867-1965) [French General] -- head, French Military Mission to Poland 1920-1921; Commander in Chief
Levant 1923-1924; chief of the French General Staff 1931-1935; Commander in Chief Levant 1939-1940; commander-in-chief, French Army
1940; Commander in Chief Allied Forces in France 1940; Minister of National Defense, Vichy France 1940; Commander in Chief North
Africa 1940-1941 {arrested 1942 by Germans and confined in concentration camps; arrested 10 May 1945 by French authorities on charges of
"attempts against the internal security of the State" (NYT 11 May 1945:4:4); property seized 3 Jul 1945 by order of French High Court of
Justice at Paris (NYT 4 Jul 1945:5:8); investigation delayed by Weygand's ill health but resumed 21 Mar 1946 (NYT 22 Mar 1946:4:3);
freed on bail 9 May 1946 (NYT 10 May 1946:12:2; LT 11 May 1946:3d); prosecution dropped 6 May 1948 (LT 7 May 1948:3e); died at
Paris 28 Jan 1965 (Obits II p. 627).}
Wisliceny, Guenther-Eberhard (1912-1985) [SS-Obersturmbannf�hrer] -- commander, IIIrd Battalion of the 3rd SS Panzer
Grenadier Regiment "Germany" in the SS Panzer Division "The Reich" (Kdr. III./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 3 "Deutschland"/SS-Pz.Div. "Das
Reich"/II.SS-Pz.Korps) (on 30 Jul 1943); commander, SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment "Germany" in the 2nd SS Panzer Division "The
Reich" (Kdr. SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. "Deutschland"/2.SS-Pz.Div. "Das Reich"/II.SS-Pz.Korps) (on 27 Dec 1944 and 6 May 1945) [Knights Cross
1943; Oakleaves 1944; Swords 1945] {captured by Americans 1945; delivered to French authorities; held in French captivity until 1951;
released; died at Hannover 25 Aug 1985 (SS: Roll of Infamy p. 180; ABR-SS).}
Wodehouse, P.G. (c. 1882-1975) -- British novelist {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges at Paris 20 Nov
1944; released from jail 22 Nov 1944 (NYT 23 Nov 1944:29:7; NYT 24 Nov 1944:6:2; NYT 28 Nov 1944:15:2; LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c);
released from "preventive detention" 7 Mar 1945 (NYT 7 Mar 1945:10:2).}
Worms, Hippolyte -- French banker {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by French authorities (NYT 10 Sept
1944:13:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Wunsch, Robert [SS-Untersturmf�hrer] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels
Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment,
four American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946 (LT 7
May 1946:4f); sentenced to 4 years imprisonment (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission,
Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Ybarnegaray, Jean -- Minister of Family and Youth, Vichy France 1940 {put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of
Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3); sentenced 18 Mar 1946 to national degradation (d�gradation nationale) but sentence immediately
annulled for services rendered to the French resistance (LT 20 Mar 1946:3c). (Vichy France p. 123n).}
Zimmermann, Karl [SS-Sturmscharf�hrer] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels
Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment,
four American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946 (LT 7
May 1946:4f); sentenced to 10 years imprisonment (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission,
Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Zuccarelli, Georges -- French editor in chief of the collaborationist periodical Nouveaux Temps {arrested and put on trial by a
French purge court on charges of collusion with the enemy; convicted and sentenced 23 Jan 1945 to 10 years imprisonment (NYT 23 Jan
1945:6:4).}
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