Gerhard Sommer
Gerhard Sommer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 June 1921 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |  Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class |
Gerhard Sommer (24 June 1921 – 2019) was a German
list of most wanted Nazi war criminals
.
Biography
Sommer was born in Hamburg in June 1921. In July 1933, when he was 12 years old, Sommer became a member of the
NSDAP and in October enlisted in the Waffen-SS
.
Sommer fought in the
4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Netherlands.[1]
On 22 June 2005, Sommer and nine other former SS members were convicted by an Italian
military court in La Spezia for the "continued murder with special cruelty" of 560 villagers at Sant'Anna di Stazzema. All ten were sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay compensation payments.[2]
In 2002, investigations against Sommer were initiated in Germany, but no criminal charges were brought.
In October 2021, it was revealed that Sommer had died in 2019.[7]
References
- ^ Tribunale Militare di La Spezia, Urteil im Verfahren gegen Gerhard Sommer u.a., La Spezia, 22 June 2005; Bundesarchiv, SSO-Karte, Gebührnis-Karte, Sommer Gerhard, 24.06.1921; John P. Moore, Führerliste der Waffen-SS, s. u. Sommer Gerhard, 24.06.1921.
- ^ Das Massaker von Sant’Anna di Stazzema am 12. August 1944 - Materialiensammlung 1 für eine bundesweite Kampagne zur Anklageerhebung in Deutschland Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, May 2006, pp. 12-14/17-19/23-24/30-34 (Pdf 880 KB).
- ^ "Simon Wiesenthal Center's Tenth Annual Report on the Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals | Simon Wiesenthal Center". Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Flugblatt zu Gerhard Sommer Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (Pdf 121 KB)
- ^ Das Massaker von Sant’Anna di Stazzema am 12. August 1944. Materialiensammlung 1 Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, May 2006, pp. 32-34 (Pdf 880 KB).
- ^ Most-wanted German Nazi Sommer 'unfit for trial' 28 May, 2015
- ^ After killing hundreds of Italian civilians, a brutal SS division evaded justice
External links
- (in German) „Die NS-Mörder sind noch unter uns. SS-Kriegsverbrecher Gerhard Sommer lebt bis heute unbehelligt in Hamburg.“
- (in German) Rechtspolitische Initiative zum Fall Gerhard Sommer aus dem Forschungsansatz „Systemkritik: Deutsche Justizverbrechen“
- (in German) Das Massaker von Sant’Anna di Stazzema am 12. August 1944 - Materialiensammlung 1 für eine bundesweite Kampagne zur Anklageerhebung in Deutschland Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine