Jacques Vasseur
Jacques Vasseur (born October 9, 1920 in Valenciennes , † February 7, 2009 in Heidelberg ) was a French war criminal . He collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II and is responsible for hundreds of arrests and murders.
He was born the son of a bank director in northern France. His grandmother was German and he regularly spent his holidays in the Black Forest. While his parents settled in Angers , Jacques Vasseur studied at HEC Paris . Because he spoke fluent German, he worked for the German occupation in Angers from 1940. In 1943 he became chief of the Auxiliary Gestapo. During his time in Angers, Vasseur is said to have been responsible for 430 arrests, 310 deportations and 230 murders. He primarily betrayed resistance fighters and is said to have enjoyed torture.
After D-Day in 1944, he fled to Heidelberg . In absentia he was sentenced to death on September 11, 1945. He hid with his mother in Lille and lived unmolested in a roof attic for 17 years until his arrest on November 21, 1962. On October 18, 1965, he was sentenced to death again, this time in attendance. In 1966, his death sentence was commuted to life and then 20 years in prison. In 1974, while still in prison in Melun , he married a Heidelberg librarian. Together with her he wrote a guidebook on first names, which from 1982 appeared as Goldmann's big first name book in several editions by Goldmann Verlag . After his release in 1984 he lived with his wife in Heidelberg.
Jacques Vasseur, who meanwhile had German citizenship, died in 2009 and was buried in the Heidelberg mountain cemetery.
swell
- Micha Hörnle: The Gestapo chief from the neighborhood. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . November 24, 2014, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- Ongoing business . In: Der Spiegel . No. 44 , 1980, pp. 192-194 ( Online - Oct. 27, 1980 ).
- Enquête exclusive. Le tortionnaire de la gestapo est mort en Allemagne. In: Ouest-France . November 16, 2014, accessed April 6, 2019 (French).
- Dominique Jamet à la moulinette de Marc Bergère. In: Ouest-France . Retrieved April 6, 2019 (French).
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Pollack : Burschenschafter in Austria: Festcommers at the Führer. In: The Standard . December 16, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ 3 Nazi Collaborators Given Life Sentences Released After 20 Years. In: Jewish Telegraphic Agency . February 15, 1984, accessed April 6, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vasseur, Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French war criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valenciennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2009 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |