Helmut Knochen
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Helmut Herbert Christian Heinrich Knochen (March 14, 1910 – April 4, 2003) was the senior commander of the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) and Sicherheitsdienst in Paris during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II. He was sentenced to death first by a British military court in 1947, and then a French military court in 1954. After his sentences were commuted and reduced a few times, he was pardoned by President de Gaulle and released in 1962.[1]
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Helmut Knochen | |
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Born | 14 March 1910 (1910-03-14) |
Died | April 4, 2003(2003-04-04) (aged 93) |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Conviction(s) | British Military War crimes French Military War crimes |
Criminal penalty | British Military Death; commuted to life imprisonment; further commuted to 21 years imprisonment French Military Death; commuted to life imprisonment |
SS service | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1936–1945 |
Rank | SS-Standartenführer |
Commands held | Security Police (Paris) Sicherheitspolizei Sicherheitsdienst |
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