Helmut Knochen

The Holocaust
Nazi Germany
World War II

Helmut Herbert Christian Heinrich Knochen was the senior commander of the Sicherheitspolizei, or Security Police, and Sicherheitsdienst in occupied France during World War II. A British military court sentenced him to death for war crimes in 1946, and a French military court did so again in 1954. Both sentences were commuted and reduced. French President Charles de Gaulle pardoned and released him in 1962.

Role: Senior SiPo and SD commander in occupied France
British sentence: Sentenced to death for war crimes in 1946
Release: Pardoned and released in 1962

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Article: Helmut Knochen (English Wikipedia)
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