Gerhard Sommer
German SS officer (1921–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the German Luftwaffe ace, see Gerhard Sommer (pilot).
For the German war criminal Gerhard Martin Sommer, see Martin Sommer.
Gerhard Sommer (24 June 1921 – 2019) was a German SS-Untersturmführer (second lieutenant) in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS who was involved in the massacre of 560 civilians on 12 August 1944 in the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema. He appeared on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals.
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Gerhard Sommer | |
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Born | (1921-06-24)24 June 1921 Hamburg, Weimar Republic |
Died | 2019 (aged 97–98) Hamburg, Germany |
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Service/ | Hitlerjugend (Deutsche Jungvolk) Schutzstaffel (SS) |
Rank | Jungzugführer (in Hitler Youth) Untersturmführer (second lieutenant) |
Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS |
Battles/wars | World War II |
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