Franz Six
Franz Six | |
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War crimes Membership in a criminal organization | |
Trial | Einsatzgruppen trial |
Criminal penalty | 20 years imprisonment; commuted to 10 years imprisonment |
Details | |
Victims | 144+ (as an accomplice) |
Span of crimes | 20 June 1941 – 20 August 1941 |
Country | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
Military career | |
Allegiance | SS Division Das Reich Vorkommando Moskau |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Franz Alfred Six (12 August 1909 – 9 July 1975) was a
Academic career
Franz Six completed his classical high school in 1930, and proceeded to the
Nazi official
In 1930, Six joined the
On 17 September 1940, the same day on which
Einsatzgruppen
After Hitler gave up on his attempts to invade Great Britain and Six's planned role never being realized, Six was on 20 June 1941 assigned as chief of
After the war, Six was tried as a war criminal in the
Unable to link him directly to any atrocities committed by Vorkommando Moskau, the court instead found Six guilty on all counts for forming the organization, then sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment. A clemency court commuted this sentence to 10 years, and he was released in October 1952. He served about 7.5 years from his arrest to his release. CIA files suggest Six joined the Gehlen Organization, the forerunner to the Bundesnachrichtendienst, in the 1950s. Six was also a member of the Naumann Circle, which aimed to infiltrate the Free Democratic Party and eventually restore Nazism in Germany.[9][10]
Later years
Franz Six retired to Friedrichshafen in southern Germany. He worked as a publicity/advertising executive for Porsche.[11]
Six was called as one of four witnesses by defense attorney Robert Servatius in the 1961 trial in Israel of Adolf Eichmann, and gave his testimony by deposition in West Germany. Servatius had wanted to have Six appear in person, but Prosecutor Gideon Hausner stated that the former Nazi general would be subject to arrest as a war criminal.[12] Six's testimony was introduced in Eichmann's defense, but proved to be of more help to the prosecution.[clarification needed][13]
Franz Six died in 1975.
References
- ^ a b c Shirer, William L. (1960). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Simon and Schuster, New York.
- ^ Lampe, David & Sheffield, Gary, The Last Ditch: Britain's Secret Resistance and the Nazi Invasion Plan, MBI Publishing Company, 2007, p. 21.
- ^ Müller-Hill, Benno, 'The Idea of the Final Solution and the Role of Experts', in Cesarani, David, The Final Solution: Origins and Implementation, Routledge, 1994, p. 67.
- ^ Biondi, Robert, ed., SS Officers List: SS-Standartenführer to SS-Oberstgruppenführer (As of 30 January 1942), Schiffer Publishing, 2000, p. 26.
- ^ Dittel biography
- ^ Rich, Norman (1974). Hitler's War Aims vol. II, p. 397
- ^ Weale, Adrian (2012). Army of Evil: A history of the SS. NAL Caliber (Penguin Group). p. 308.
- ^ "NMT II CASE 9 - Individual Judgements". phdn.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ Historical Analysis of 20 Name Files from CIA Records By Dr. Richard Breitman, Professor of History, American University, IWG Director of Historical Research, April 2001. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Sigmar Gabriel und die Entdeckung der "echten Nazis" – so viel Geschichtsvergessenheit macht wütend". NachDenkSeiten - Die kritische Website (in German). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ Müller-Hill, Benno. "The Idea of the Final Solution and the Role of Experts." In David Cesarani, ed. The Final Solution: Origins and Implementation, 62-72. New York: Routledge, 1996.
- Bridgeport Sunday Post, 7 May 1961, pD-10
- ^ "Eichmann Admits He Knew Some Jews Going to Deaths," Abilene Reporter-News, 12 July 1961, p.14-A