Heinz Lammerding (b. 27 August 1905, Dortmund, Germany – d. 13 January 1971, Bad Tölz, Germany) was a Brigadeführer (Major General) in the Waffen-SS and a commander of 2. SS-Division Das Reich.
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In 1953, he was tried for war crimes for the massacre of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane and sentenced to death in absentia by the court of Bordeaux, but he wasn't extradited by West Germany.[1] He resumed his career as a civil engineer in Düsseldorf until his retirement and died of cancer at the age of sixty-six in 1971.
On the other hand, in the Afterword of "The hanging garden", Ian Rankin claims that the British were involved:
"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 Orador 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."
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| Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger |
Commander of SS Division "Das Reich" 23 October 1943 - 24 July 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Christian Tychsen |
| Preceded by SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum |
Commander of SS Division "Das Reich" 23 October 1944 - 20 January 1945 |
Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz |