Fritz Knöchlein
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Fritz Knöchlein was a German SS commander during World War II. He was tried, convicted, and executed in 1949 for war crimes, specifically his responsibility for the 1940 Le Paradis massacre which took
Fritz Knöchlein
The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the Standarten of the SS-TV. Its name, Totenkopf, is German for "death's
Fritz Knöchlein
…Prison, Allied-occupied Germany Allegiance Nazi Germany Branch Waffen SS Rank Obersturmbannführer Service number NSDAP #157,016 SS #87,881 Commands SS Division Totenkopf SS Division Reichsführer-SS Conflicts World War II Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Criminal information Known for Le Paradis massacre Criminal…
Motorized troops during Operation Barbarossa, September 1941
Motorized infantry on their way to Leningrad, 1941
1943 Photograph of Jewish prisoners in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
British prisoners of war with a Pz.Kpfw Ib German tank in Calais in May, 1940