Vitz Archive: Allied Victims of Axis Murders

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GENEVA CONVENTION AS APPLICABLE TO 1939 - 1945 (Part 1 Article 2)
'Prisoners of war are in the power of the hostile Government, but not of the individuals or formation which captured them.
They shall at all times be humanely treated and protected, particularly against acts of violence, from insults and from public curiosity.
Measures of reprisal against them are forbidden.'

The data in this database is largely based on a list of Allied airmen murders collected by the late Willi Wachholz. He published his findings on a web site which is no longer available. Traugott Vitz found Mr Wachholz's list in the web archive when he co-authored a book on 'Hangmen At War' which included several airmen murder cases where the culprits were hanged. He then added to this list based on his own research using the 'Review and Recommendations' papers of the US war crime trials held at Dachau, and (British) National Archive files. These sources were also used to note and correct errors in Mr Wachholz's list. Researchers of airmen casualties within the borders of present-day Austria (which was incorporated into the German Reich in 1938) may perhaps appreciate the Memorial Book of all members of the American and British/Allied Air Forces killed in the air war in that area which was published by two Austrian researchers, in 2016, under the title 'Missing in Action - Failed to Return', freely downloadable in bilingual German/English.

In the course of our continuing research by Traugott Vitz and Ralph Snape it has become clear that the Archive should not restrict itself to air force personnel and accordingly we also cover cases involving other services as well as civilians.

Many cases are covered in more detail than in the Notes accompanying this database. A list of such cases may be found here. (Note that this list contains entries in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, which is outside the scope of the Vitz Archive.)

All Unknown Allied Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for ALLIEDGER
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All Free French Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for FFAFGER
All Norwegian Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for NAFGER
All Polish Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for PAFGER
All Polish Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for PAFOUT
All RAAF victims killed in Germany Search for RAAFGER
All RAAF victims killed outside Germany Search for RAAFOUT
All RAF victims killed in Germany Search for RAFGER
All RAF victims killed outside Germany Search for RAFOUT
All RCAF victims killed in Germany Search for RCAFGER
All RCAF victims killed outside Germany Search for RCAFOUT
All Royal Hellenic Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for RHAFOUT
All RNZAF victims killed in Germany Search for RNZAFGER
All South African Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for SAAFGER
All South African Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for SAAFOUT
All SOE killed outside Germany Search for SOEOUT
All USAAF victims killed in Germany Search for USAAFGER
All USAAF victims killed outside Germany Search for USAAFOUT
All US Army killed in Germany Search for USArmyGER
All US Army killed outside Germany Search for USArmyOUT

JURISDICTION
In the main trials were held under United States, British or Canadian jurisdictions. However, two were held under Federal Republic of Germany jurisdiction. These may be found through a Search for FedRepGer.

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#	Name	First Names	Rank	Service Number	Category Code	Category	Unit/Aircraft Number	Trial By	Case Number	DateOfDeath	Place-of-Death	Name(s) of Perpetrator(s)	ExecutionDate	Remarks	Links
1	Christensen	Arnold George	F/L	NZ/413380	RNZAFGER	Member of Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	Britain	WO 235/424-432	1944-03-29	24254 (Rumohr-)Rotenhahn	Johannes Post, Hans Kähler, Oskar Schmidt, Walter Jacobs	1948-02-26	50 Air Force officers, recaptured after escape from Stalag Luft III Sagan, were shot by Gestapo upon Hitler's personal orders. They are marked "Great Escape" instead of their former airplane number.	Read Archive Report Wikipedia
2	Hosie	Bruce James	F/O	NZ/412882	RNZAFGER	Member of Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in Germany	NG180 KC-S	Britain	WO 235/464	1944-10-07	79415 Rheinweiler	[chief suspect fled before trial]	-.-		Read Archive Report
3	Hunt	Maurice Leonard	Flt Lt	421372 RNZAF	RNZAFGER	Member of Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in Germany	RA546 HJ-J	none	TS 26/659	1945-03-18	91471 Illesheim	[Treasury Solicitor suspected foul play. No investigation or trial file found.]	-.-	Initial burial in Illesheim; transferred to Durnbach 2. C. 26.
4	Hynes	Brian Maurice	F/L	NZ/415971	RNZAFGER	Member of Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in Germany	NF960 KO-R	Britain	WO 235/472	1944-10-28	51519 Odenthal-Altenberg	Georg Griesel, Peter Klos	1948-06-09		Initial accident: Read Archive Report Final loss: Read Archive Report
5	Pohe	Porokoru Patapu	F/O	NZ/402894	RNZAFGER	Member of Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	Britain	WO 235/573	1944-03-31	02826 Görlitz (vicinity)	[2 accused: one death sentence, quashed on review; one acquitted]	-.-	50 Air Force officers, recaptured after escape from Stalag Luft III Sagan, were shot by Gestapo upon Hitler's personal orders. They are marked "Great Escape" instead of their former airplane number.	Read Archive Report Wikipedia
6	Young	Hector Stevenson	F/O	NZ/411999	RNZAFGER	Member of Royal New Zealand Air Force, killed in Germany	245 Ftr Sq	Britain	WO 235/501-503	1945-02-21	46414 Rhede [vicinity]	[imprisonment]	-.-		Notes

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