Heinz Lammerding
| Heinz Lammerding | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 August 1905 Dortmund |
| Died |
13 January 1971 (aged 65–66) Bad Tölz |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch |
 Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | Brigadeführer |
| Commands held |
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| 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 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.
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."[2][3][4]
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"[5]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (11 April 1944)
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
See also
- Tulle
- Oradour-sur-Glane
- French Resistance
- The Maquis
- Waffen-SS
- SS Division Das Reich
- Heinz Barth
- Lidice
- Marzabotto
References
- Citations
- ↑ Le maire d'Oradour-sur-Glane : « Il était dénué de toute humanité », Le Parisien, 14 August 2007 (French)
- ↑ 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.
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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