Hans Pfister
Hans Pfister (born May 9, 1896 in Sumiswald ; † March 30, 1944 at Katzensee near Regensdorf ) was a Swiss officer and the highest ranking army member who was sentenced to death and executed in the Second World War in Switzerland after a military criminal case for treason .
Pfister was stationed as a major in the General Staff in Interlaken . In the course of the war he became convinced that a German invasion of Switzerland was inevitable. In order to keep the expected damage as small as possible, he wanted to hand over the country to the Germans without a fight. To this end, he tried to hand over a deployment plan for the Swiss army to German agents . His post was, however, by the Swiss counterintelligence intercepted; Pfister was arrested on January 6, 1944 and interrogated on the same day by a military examining magistrate in Bern , where, after initially denying it, he made a comprehensive confession. He was convicted of treason to death by firing squad and the degradation condemned and in the on March 3, 1944 prison Regensdorf admitted. In the early morning of March 30, 1944, Pfister was demoted in Regensdorf, then driven to the Katzensee and executed by a firing squad.
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- Shooting early in the morning at Katzensee on the WOZ website
- Peter Noll : traitor. 17 CVs and death sentences 1942–1944 . ISBN 978-3-7193-0681-6 .
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| SURNAME | Pfister, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss officer, executed for treason in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sumiswald |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1944 |
| Place of death | Katzensee near Regensdorf |