Adolf Diekmann
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Adolf Rudolf Reinhold Diekmann (18 December 1914 – 29 June 1944) was a Nazi officer in the Waffen SS during World War II who orchestrated the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in France on 10 June 1944. Under Diekmann's command, troops from the SS Division Das Reich killed 643 inhabitants in the village, most of whom were women and children. He said he committed the war crime in retaliation to the killing of a fellow SS officer named Helmut Kämpfe by the French Resistance.
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Born | (1914-12-08)8 December 1914 Magdeburg, Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 29 June 1944(1944-06-29) (aged 29) Noyers-Bocage, Normandy, German-occupied France |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Waffen SS |
Years of service | 1933–44 |
Rank | Sturmbannführer |
Unit | 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich |
Commands held | First Battalion, 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Der Führer) |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | War Merit Cross (2nd class with swords) |
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