Georg Fleps
Georg Fleps (* 1922 in Cisnădioara , Kingdom of Romania ) was a storm man of the Waffen-SS loading gunner of Hans Siptrott in the combat group Peiper. The Banat Swabian was accused in the Dachau trials of having been involved in the Malmedy massacre (as part of the Ardennes offensive in December 1944). He was identified by a survivor of the massacre and charged with starting the massacre with two shots. He was only sentenced to death on July 16, 1946 in the Malmedy trial . The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on March 20, 1948, and to 20 years' imprisonment in August 1951.
Georg Fleps can be seen in the documentary No grass grows over gallows from 2005 (from minute 35:44). Fleps is Defendant No. 14.
literature
- Danny S. Parker: Fatal Crossroads: The untold story of the Malmedy massacre at the battle of the bulge . Da Capo Press, New York, 2012, pp. 149-151
- Paul Milata : Between Hitler, Stalin and Antonescu: Romanian Germans in the Waffen-SS , Böhlau Verlag, Weimar, Berlin, Vienna, 2009, p. 261
Web links
- The Malmédy Massacre Trial , Jewish Virtual Library
- 65 Years Later: The Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944 , History News Network
Individual evidence
- ^ Danny Parker: Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmedy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge. Da Capo Press, 2011. ISBN 0-306-82068-4 , p. 361
- ^ Paul Milata : Between Hitler, Stalin and Antonescu: Rumanian Germans in the Waffen-SS , Böhlau Verlag, Weimar, Berlin, Vienna, 2009, p. 366
- ↑ Malmedy Massacre: Survivor's Evidence, The west Australian, Perth, May 22, 1946 SURVIVOR'S EVIDENCE.
- ^ A b c Jewish Virtual Library : The Malmédy Massacre Trial
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| SURNAME | Fleps, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Waffen SS soldier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cisnădioara , Kingdom of Romania |