Heinz Lammerding
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Heinz Lammerding
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| Born | 27 August 1905 Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Bad Tölz, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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 Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | Brigadeführer |
| Commands held | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Heinz Lammerding (born 27 August 1905, Dortmund, Germany – d. 13 January 1971, Bad Tölz, Germany) was a Brigadeführer (Brigadier General) in the Waffen-SS and a commander of 2. SS-Division Das Reich.
Post-war
In 1953, he was tried for war crimes for the massacre of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane massacre and sentenced to death in absentia by the court of Bordeaux, but he wasn't extradited by West Germany.[1]
According to Danny S. Parker, Lammerding had been tried in West Germany, convicted of war crimes and served a prison sentence. He therefore was not subject to extradition under the Bonn constitution, much to the consternation of the French. They threatened to send in a commando unit to seize him as the Israelis did in the case of Adolf Eichmann. Before this could transpire, Lammerding died.[2]
Lammerding worked as a civil engineer in Düsseldorf until his retirement and died of cancer at the age of sixty-six in 1971.
In the afterword of "The hanging garden", Ian Rankin claims that the British were involved in his capture:
General Lammerding was the commanding officer. On 9 June, he'd ordered the deaths of ninety-nine hostages in Tulle. He also gave the order for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. Later on in the war, Lammerding was captured by the British, who refused his extradition to France. Instead, he was returned to Düsseldorf, where he ran a successful company until his death in 1971.[3][4][5]
Awards
- SS Honour Ring
- Sword of honour of the Reichsführer-SS
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (23 May 1940)
- 1st Class (22 June 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 24 April 1943 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Kradschützen-Regiment "Thule"[6]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 April 1944 as SS-Oberführer and commander of Panzer-Kampfgruppe "Das Reich"[7][8]
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
See also
- Tulle massacre
- Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
- French Resistance
- The Maquis
- Waffen-SS
- SS Division Das Reich
- Heinz Barth
References
Citations
- ↑ Le maire d'Oradour-sur-Glane : « Il était dénué de toute humanité », Le Parisien, 14 August 2007 (French)
- ↑ Parker 2014, p. 386.
- ↑ the hanging garden, °1998 by Ian Rankin
- ↑ The "assassin of Oradour-sur-Glane" died at the age of 86, The World of 14 August 2007.
- ↑ L'"assassin d'Oradour-sur-Glane" est mort à l'âge de 86 ans, Le Monde (with AFP), 14 August 2007 (French)
- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 266.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 282.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 490.
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| Preceded by
SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger
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Commander of SS Division "Das Reich" 23 October 1943 – 24 July 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Christian Tychsen |
| Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum
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Commander of SS Division "Das Reich" 23 October 1944 – 20 January 1945 |
Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz |
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
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| Panzer-Kampfgruppe "Das Reich" |
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| Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" SS-Standarte "Deutschland" |
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| Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" SS-Standarte "Der Führer" |
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| Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" |
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| Panzerartillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" |
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| Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" | ||
| Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" | ||
| Kradschützen-Bataillon "Reich" | ||
| Aufklärungs-Abteilung SS-Verfügungs-Division |
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| SS-Schützen-Regiment "Langemarck" | ||
| Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" |
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| Panzerpionier-Bataillon 2 "Das Reich" |
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1Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf" (3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf). 2Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 7th Army. 3Oak Leaves with the XI SS Panzer Corps. 4Knight's Cross with the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, Swords with the VI. Waffen-Armeekorps der SS. 5Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer. 6Swords with the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg. 7Oak Leaves with the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, Swords with the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps. 8Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler). 9Oak Leaves with the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen. 10Swords with the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. 11 Knight's Cross with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich", Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer". 12Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland).
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