Max_Wielen

Max Wielen

Max Ernst Gustav Friedrich Wielen (born 3 March 1883) was the Kripo and Gestapo police chief at Breslau. He held the rank of Obergruppenführer. After the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British military court for his complicity in the Stalag Luft III murders. However, Wielen's sentence was later reduced to 15 years, and he was released 24 October 1952, after having served about 7.5 years in custody.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]


References

  1. "RELEASE OF WAR CRIMINALS (Hansard, 11 November 1952)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 11 November 1952. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for Gestapo Gunman, by Simon Read
  3. Andrews, Allen (1976). Exemplary Justice. Corgi Books. ISBN 0-552-10800-6.



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