A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY
of
War Crimes Proceedings, Collaboration Trials and Similar Proceedings Involving France in World War II
Written and Compiled by David Thompson for the Grace Dangberg Foundation, Inc., copyright 1999-2002
Abetz, Otto (1903-1958) [SS-Brigadeführer (hon.)] -- German ambassador to France 1940-1945 {arrested at Todtmoos, near the Swiss frontier south of Freiburg by French troops 25 Oct 1945 (LT 26 Oct 1945:4f); questioned on war crimes while awaiting trial in
France (NYT 29 Oct 1945:8:3; NYT 30 Oct 1945:18:3; NYT 14 Jan 1949:6:3); impending trial announced by French authorities 3 Nov 1945 (NYT 4 Nov 1945:34:2); put on trial by a French military court at Paris for war crimes arising out of deportations of slave labor to Germany and shipments of Jews to the death camps of Nazi-occupied Poland Jul 1949 (NYT 17 Jul 1949:25:1; LT 13 Jul 1949:3e; LT 14 Jul 1949:3e; LT 18 Jul 1949:3e; LT 19 Jul 1949:5d; LT 20 Jul 1949:3e; LT 22 Jul 1949:3e); convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at forced labor 22 Jul 1949 (NYT 23 Jul 1949:1:2; NYT 29 Jul 1950:4:7; LT 23 Jul 1949:3d); appealed to the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague on jurisdictional grounds Mar 1952 (LT 14 Mar 1952:6a); released from French custody at Loos prison 17 Apr 1954 (NYT 18 Apr 1954:3:5); burned to death in a one-car accident on the Cologne-Ruhr Autobahn outside Duesseldorf 5 May 1958. Abetz, who had taken a leading part in the deportation of French Jews to death camps during the war, was rumored to have been killed by a Jewish "vengeance squad." (Who's Who 4; Snyder Ency 1; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich 1; Hilberg 704).}
Abrial, Jean-Marie Charles (1879-1962) [French Admiral] -- commander in chief, French naval forces; French Governor General, Algeria 1940-1941 {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges 15 Sept 1944 (NYT 17 Sept 1944:17:1; NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles 12 Aug 1946 (LT 13 Aug 1946:3c); convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 1946 (Purge p. 180); died 1962 (Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 1).}
Albertini, Georges -- French "number two man to Marcel Déat" in the Rassemblement National Populaire {arrested and put on
trial 20 Dec 1944 by a French court at Paris on charges of "intelligence with the enemy" and demoralization of the army; convicted 21 Dec
1944; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor, 5 years exile from Paris, national degradation (dégradation nationale) and confiscation
of property (LT 22 Dec 1944:3:d; Purge pps. 145-6).}
Algarron or Algaron, Andre -- French editor in chief of the collaborationist newspaper Petit Parisien; director, radio station "Radio-Patrie" {put on trial by a French court of justice for collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to
death 27 Nov 1946 (NYT 28 Nov 1946:11:1); sentence commuted by French President Vincent Auriol to life imprisonment at hard labor 10 Apr 1947 (NYT 11 Apr 1947:18:5).}
Alibert, Raphael (1887-1963) – French Minister of Justice 12 Jul 1940-27 Jan 1941; signed the French anti-semitic law "Statut des juifs" Oct 1940 {went into hiding at the end of WWII; impending trial in absentia announced 25 Feb 1947 by French authorities
(NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); convicted and sentenced to death in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Paris 7 Mar 1947 (NYT 8 Mar 1947:5:1); lived in exile in Belgium; amnestied 1959; died 1963 (Vichy France pps. 32-3; S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk; Hilberg, La
destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Andre (André), Francois (François) (?-1944)-- French gambling czar {assassinated as a collaborator by French partisans in
early Aug 1944 at his estate in Roziere, Ardeche Department, France (NYT 5 Oct 1944:10:6).}
Angeli, Alexandre or Jean -- French regional prefect, Lyons {arrested and put on trial by the French Lyons Court of Justice on
charges of treason and intelligence with the enemy; convicted and sentenced to death Dec 1944; conviction quashed by the Paris Court of
Appeals 10 Dec 1944 and retrial ordered after attempted lynching by mob 4 Dec 1944 (NYT 11 Dec 1944:7:1; NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2; NYT
15 Dec 1944:2:2; NYT 21 Jan 1945:20:5); retried by the French High Court of Justice at Paris May 1946; convicted and sentenced to 4 years
imprisonment, a fine and national degradation (dégradation nationale) (Purge pps. 111, 150-2).}
Annet, Armand -- French Senator {indicted 23 Jan 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2);
subsequent disposition unknown.}
Ardant, Henri -- French banker; managing director, Societé Generale {arrested 15 Apr 1944 by French authorities at Paris (NYT
16 Nov 1944:3:8); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Arletty aka Leonie Bathiat (1898-?) -- French stage and film actress {arrested by French authorities "for keeping company with
a German officer"; subsequent disposition unknown (Purge p. 82); still making films in 1972 (Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion p. 45).}
Auphan, Gabriel or Paul [French Admiral] -- French under secretary for the Navy {arrest warrant issued by French authorities
for collaboration 20 Sept 1944 (NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); fled to avoid arrest; put on trial 12 Aug 1946 by the French High Court of Justice
at Versailles (LT 13 Aug 1946:3c); sentenced in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Paris to life imprisonment at hard labor
(Purge p. 180); surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested retrial (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4); put on trial by the French High Court of
Justice at Paris Jul 1955 on charges of responsibility for the 1942 scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon and for ordering armed resistance to
allied landings in North Africa; convicted and sentenced 20 Jul 1955 to 5 years imprisonment (suspended) and five years of national
degradation (dégradation nationale) with the sentence immediately annulled (NYT 21 Jul 1955:3:8; Purge p. 183).}
Auphan, Louis -- French editor, collaborationist periodical L'Action Française {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Lyons for writings "attacking the domestic security of the state"; convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at hard labor 15 Nov
1945 (NYT 16 Nov 1945:4:3).}
Baffos, Robert -- French appellate judge {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris on collaboration
charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun 1945:12:2; acquitted of "intelligence with the enemy" 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6; LT 9 Jun
1945:3:e).}
Baillet, Andre (c. 1911-1945) -- French Director General of Information {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of
testifying against Frenchmen in German courts; convicted 20 Jun 1945 and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed at Fort de Chatillon
18 Jul 1945 (NYT 19 Jul 1945:7:1).}
Ballaretti, Maria -- French bar owner, Marseilles {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Marseilles for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to death 8 Oct 1944 (NYT 9 Oct 1944:3:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Ballspach, Eugen [Corporal] -- member, German firing squad {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris on war crimes
charges; convicted 13 Jul 1945 and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment (NYT 14 Jul 1945:4:7).}
Barbie, Klaus aka Klaus Altmann (1913-1991) [SS-Hauptsturmführer] – member, Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend); joined
Nazi Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst -- SD) 1935; joined NSDAP 1937; German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei -
Gestapo) chief in German Security Police and Security Service (Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst - Sipo/SD) office, Lyons, France
Nov 1942-1944; participated in the execution of 4,000 persons and the deportation of 7,500-11,000 Jews and others to concentration camps;
involved in the 6 Apr 1944 deportation of 44 Jewish children and 7 adult caretakers from Izieu, France to Auschwitz and Talinn, Estonia – all
of the children and all but one of the caretakers were murdered {monitored by US Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) 1946; recruited as CIC
agent Apr 1947; listed as wanted for murder in the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects 1947; French attempt to use
Barbie as a witness 1948 blocked by US intelligence; relocated Dec 1950 to Augsberg, then Salzburg, then to Genoa, Italy; extradition from
American Zone of West Germany requested by France 1951; left for Bolivia 1951 from Genoa, Italy with assistance of US intelligence;
became a Bolivian citizen 1951; convicted by a French court of war crimes in absentia and sentenced to death 1952; convicted by a French
court of war crimes in absentia and sentenced to death 25 Nov 1954; visited New Orleans 1969; discovered in Peru 1971 and fled to Bolivia;
extradition from Bolivia requested by France May 1972 (NYT 21 May 1972:9:1); reportedly living in South America 1972 (NYT 2 Dec
1972:11:1); arrested by Bolivian police Mar 1973 after extradition requests from France (war crimes) and Peru (currency fraud and smuggling)
(NYT 30 Oct 1973:8:2); release from preventive detention ordered 6 Jul 1973 pending decision on French extradition request (NYT 7 Jul
1973:17:2); released from Bolivian custody after 8 months in jail 29 Oct 1973 (NYT 30 Oct 1973:8:2); accused of leading an international
currency smuggling ring by Peru 6 Dec 1973 (NYT 7 Dec 1973:7:1); French extradition refused Dec 1974 on grounds that there was no
extradition treaty between Bolivia and France and because Bolivia had an 8 year statute of limitations (NYT 18 May 1975:1:4); extradition
sought by West Germany and France 1982 (NYT 6 Feb 1983:3:1); to be extradited from Bolivia Jan 1983 under 1979 extradition treaty
between France and Bolivia (NYT 16 Jan 1983:5:1; NYT 3 Feb 1983:12:1); arrested 25 Jan 1983 by Bolivian police at La Paz (NYT 26 Jan
1983:10:6); charged by Bolivian authorities 27 Jan 1983 with organizing other former Nazis and sympathizers as mercenaries paid through
cocaine sales to silence foes of past military regimes in Bolivia (NYT 28 Jan 1983:5:5); extradited to France 4 Feb 1983 (NYT 5 Feb
1983:4:6; NYT 6 Feb 1983:3:1); links to US intelligence detailed (NYT 8 Feb 1983:1:5; NYT 16 Feb 1983:5:4; NYT 20 Feb 1983:4:1;
NYT 15 Mar 1983:4:4; NYT 16 Mar 1983:9:2; NYT 10 Apr 1983:20:1; NYT 21 Apr 1983:8:3; NYT 6 Jul 1983:3:1; NYT 17 Jul
1983:3:1; NYT 26 Jul 1983:20:4; NYT 17 Aug 1983:1:1; NYT 18 Aug 1983:10:1; NYT 21 Aug 1983:IV:3:1; NYT 31 May 1986:3:4);
career in Lyon detailed (NYT 8 Feb 1982:8:3; NYT 14 Feb 1983:5:1; NYT 14 Nov 1983:4:3; NYT 15 Nov 1983:7:5; NYT 5 Feb
1984:13:1); 8 charges of crimes against humanity against Barbie disclosed by French authorities (NYT 25 Feb 1983:5:1); life as a fugitive
detailed (NYT 28 Feb 1983:9:1; NYT 3 Mar 1985:IV:5:1); life in confinement (NYT 7 Mar 1983:5:2; NYT 20 Jul 1983:5:1; NYT 12 Aug
1984:16:1); not to be tried until at least 1985 (NYT 19 Nov 1983:5:3); impending trial announced by French government 30 Jan 1985 (NYT
31 Jan 1985:5:5; NYT 27 Feb 1985:1:3; NYT 11 Sept 1955:9:1; NYT 25 Sept 1985:4:3); trial postponed by French appeals court 20 Dec
1985 (NYT 21 Dec 1985:4:1; NYT 31 Jan 1987:3:1; NYT 25 Feb 1987:8:4); charges broadened (NYT 5 Mar 1986:5:5); Barbie documents
turn up missing 9 Oct 1986 (NYT 10 Oct 1986:7:5); put on trial 11 May 1987 at Lyon (NYT 10 May 1987:VI:19; NYT 11 May 1987:1:1;
NYT 12 May 1987:3:3; NYT 13 May 1987:5:1; NYT 14 May 1987:8:1 & 8:3; NYT 14 May 1987:30:1; NYT 15 May 1987:3:4; NYT 16
May 1987:32:5; NYT 17 May 1987:IV:3:1; NYT 18 May 1987:4:3; NYT 19 May 1987:6:4; NYT 20 May 1987:11:1; NYT 21 May
1987:3:4; NYT 22 May 1987:11:1; NYT 23 May 1987:3:4; NYT 24 May 1987:2:1; NYT 26 May 1987:3:5; NYT 27 May 1987:1:3; NYT
28 May 1987:6:3; NYT 2 Jun 1987:5:1; NYT 3 Jun 1987:7:1; NYT 4 Jun 1987:16:1; NYT 5 Jun 1987:7:1; NYT 6 Jun 1987:2:3; NYT 9
Jun 1987:9:1; NYT 10 Jun 1987:8:1; NYT 16 Jun 1987:13:1; NYT 18 Jun 1987:8:4; NYT 1 Jul 1987:5:1; NYT 2 Jul 1987:7:1; NYT 3
Jul 1987:6:1; NYT 2 Aug 1987:VI:20); convicted 4 Jul 1987 by the Rhone Court of Assizes in France of having committed crimes against
humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment (NYT 4 Jul 1987:1:4; NYT 5 Jul 1987:18:6); hospitalized with cancer of the blood, spine and
prostate Sept 1991 (NYT 20 Sept 1991:12:6); died in Lyons prison hospital 23 Sept 1991 (NYT 26 Sept 1991:D:22:1); Holo Ency 149-50;
Encyclopedia of the Third Reich pps. 66-7; SS: Roll of Infamy pps. 10-11).}
Barnaud, Jacques -- French economic liaison officer with German occupation authorities {arrest on collaboration charges
announced by French government 15 Oct 1944 (NYT 16 Oct 1944:5:7); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Baron, Louis -- French executive (chief engineer), Renault combine {arrest on collaboration charges at Paris announced 15 Nov
1944 by French authorities (NYT 17 Nov 1944:6:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bartelemy, Georges (?-1944) -- member of the French Chamber of Deputies {assassinated by French partisans 10 Jul 1944.
(NYT 11 Jul 1944:4:6 & 7).}
Barthelmy (Barthélmy), _____ (?-1944) [French General] -- French president, Legion des Combattants {murdered at his
residence at Nerac, Lot-et-Garonne, 4 Dec 1944 by unknown persons (LT 6 Dec 1944:4:d).}
Barthelmy (Barthélmy), Georges (?-1944) -- French legislator, member of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire
Français - PPF) {reportedly assassinated 10 Jul 1944 at Paris by French partisans (NYT 11 Jul 1944:4:6).}
Barthelmy (Barthélemy), Prof. Joseph (c. 1874-1945) -- French Minister of Justice 27 Jan 1941-26 Mar 1943 {arrested by
French authorities 15 Sept 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 16 Sept 1944:6:6); indicted by French High Court of Justice at Paris; died of
tongue cancer 15 May 1945 at Toulouse before trial (NYT 16 May 1945:10:4; LT 18 May 1945:3:e). (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Barthet, Dr. Jean -- French Secretary-General of the French Militia (Milice Française) in Haut-Garonne {arrested and put on
trial by a French court at Toulouse; convicted and sentenced to death 30 Sept 1945 (LT 1 Oct 1945:4:e); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bassompierre, Jean (?-1948) – Inspector General of the French Militia (Inspecteur général de la Milice Française); service, SS
Division "Charlemagne" {arrested and put on trial by a French court on treason charges; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad;
executed 20 Apr 1948 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
De la Bathie, Baronne _____ -- French aristocrat {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Grenoble on collaboration
charges; convicted and sentenced to death; commuted to a prison term by French President Charles De Gaulle 10 Jan 1945 (NYT 11 Jan
1945:6:1).}
Baudoin, Paul (c. 1894-1964) -- director-general, Bank of Indochina 1927-1940; French Foreign Minister 16 Jun-28 Oct 1940
{arrested by French police at the Spanish frontier 1 Apr 1946 (NYT 2 Apr 1946:3:7; LT 2 Apr 1946:3a); impending trial announced 18 Jan
1947 (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4); put on trial 25 Feb 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris on collaboration charges (NYT 26 Feb
1947:12:1; NYT 27 Feb 1947:10:3; NYT 28 Feb 1947:10:4; LT 26 Feb 1947:3e); convicted and sentenced 3 Mar 1947 to 5 years
imprisonment; national degradation (dégradation nationale) and the forfeiture of all property (NYT 4 Mar 1947:9:6; LT 4 Mar 1947:4b); died
11 Feb 1964 at Paris (Obits I, 37). (Vichy France pps. 123, 126).}
Bauer, Karl [Colonel] – commanding officer of a German marine unit {put on trial by the French Permanent Military Tribunal at
Dijon on charges of executing 3 French Forces of the Interior (Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur - FFI) POWs without trial on 9 Sept 1944
near Autun; convicted and sentenced to death 18 Oct 1945 (United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume VIII, London, HMSO, 1949);
subsequent disposition unknown.}
Le Bauge, Pierre – French police prefect, Orleans {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Orleans for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to death 12 Sept 1945 (NYT 13 Sept 1945:9:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bay, Maurice (?-1950) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court on collaboration charges; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 5 May 1950 (NYT 6 May 1950:4:2).}
Bayet, Yves -- French secretary-general, Nantes Prefecture {arrested Mar 1945 by French authorities on collaboration charges
(NYT 12 Mar 1945:4:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
De Beauplan, Robert-- French journalist for the collaborationist periodicals L'Illustration and Le Matin {arrested and put on
trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 27 Nov 1945 (NYT 28 Nov 1945:12:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Beller, Rene (René) (?-1947) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested
and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de
Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
Bendetti, Rene (René) -- secretary to Marcel Deat (Déat), founder of the French fascist National Popular Rally
(Rassemblement National Populaire - RNP) movement {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of "intelligence with the
enemy"; convicted and sentenced 2 Mar 1945 to life imprisonment at hard labor (NYT 3 Mar 1945:4:5).}
Benjamin, Rene (René) -- French writer; member of the Goncourt Academy {arrested by French authorities Nov 1944 and
charged with collaboration; subsequent disposition unknown. (NYT 22 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Benoist-Mechin, Prof. Jacques -- French undersecretary of State; history professor; author of History of the German Army
and Interpretation of Mein Kampf {arrested by French authorities for collaboration 24 Sept 1944 and held in Fresnes prison (NYT 25 Sept
1944:5:1); impending trial (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4); indicted 23 Jan 1947 (NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2); put on trial by the French High Court
of Justice at Versailles on collaboration charges 29 May 1947 (LT 30 May 1947:4d); convicted and sentenced to death 6 Jun 1947 (NYT 7
Jun 1947:7:8; LT 7 Jun 1947:4b); sentence commuted 4 Aug 1947 to life imprisonment at hard labor by French President Vincent Auriol
(NYT 5 Aug 1947:11:5); amnestied by French President Vincent Auriol 2 Aug 1953 (NYT 3 Aug 1953:5:2); released on parole 4 Jan 1954
(NYT 5 Jan 1954:3:1); died 1983 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Benoit, Pierre -- French academician {warrant for arrest on collaboration charges issued by French authorities 5 Dec 1944 (LT 6
Dec 1944:4:d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Benon, Michel (c. 1887-?) -- French appellate judge (President, Magistrate's Court) {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court
of Justice on collaboration charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun 1945:12:2; convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to forced
labor for life and forfeiture of all property 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6; LT 9 Jun 1945:3e).}
Beoiton, Rene (René) Albert [French General] -- {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of willful destruction
of government property arising out of the 1942 allied invasion of Madagascar; acquitted 5 Nov 1949 (NYT 6 Nov 1949:37:5).}
Beraud, Henri (c. 1885-?) -- French novelist; editor and contributor to the collaborationist weekly Gringoire; winner of the
Goncourt Prize 1922 {trial on charges of "intelligence with the enemy" announced by French authorities 13 Dec 1944 (NYT 14 Dec
1944:5:2); put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 27 Dec 1944 (NYT 30 Dec
1944:4:5; NYT 4 Jan 1944:7:1; NYT 30 Dec 1944:4:5; NYT 13 Jan 1945:6:2; NYT 9 Jan 1945:11:2; LT 30 Dec 1944:4:c); commuted to
life imprisonment at hard labor by General Charles De Gaulle 12 Jan 1945 (NYT 13 Jan 1945:6:2; NYT 14 Jan 1945:12:1; LT 13 Jan
1945:3:e); sentence reduced to 20 years imprisonment 1947 (Purge pps. 137, 158); reduced to 10 years imprisonment Dec 1949 (Purge p.
137); released from French custody at the St. Martin de Ré prison of La Rochelle for ill health 20 Apr 1950 (NYT 21 Apr 1950:5:5; LT 21
Apr 1950:5c). (Purge pps. 135-7).}
Berger, Gottlob Christian (1896-1975) [SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS] – WWI service as infantry
officer; joined NSDAP 1922; arrested during Munich putsch in Nov 1923; leader, 10th SA Command (Führer SA-Sturm 10) 1 Jan 1931;
leader, 125th SA Regiment (Führer SA-Standarte 125) to Nov 1931; leader, SA Subgroup "North Wuerttemberg" (Führer SA Untergruppe
"Nord-Württemberg") Nov 1931-1933; Senior State Counsellor in the Training Section of the Wuerttemberg Ministry of Culture
(Oberregierungsrat in Abteilung für Ausbildungswesen im württembergischen Kultursministerium) 1 Oct 1935; sports training coordinator
on the staff of SS Region "Southwest" (Sportreferent, Stab SS-Oberabschnitt "Südwest") 30 Jan 1936-1 Oct 1937; chief, sports office on
the staff of the Reichsf?hrer-SS (Chef, Sportamt, Stab RF SS) Aug 1938-Apr 1940; charged by Himmler with formation of German
self-protection (Selbstschutz) units in the occupied Polish territories 26 Sept 1939-1940; chief, SS Main Office (SS-Hauptamt – SS-HA)
1 Apr 1940-8 May 1945; President, German-Croat Society and the German-Flemish Study Group; liaison officer between Himmler and the
Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories (Verbindungsoffizier des Reichsführers SS zum Reichsminister für die besetzten
Ostgebiete) 1941- 1945; personal representative of Himmler at the Ministry of the Occupied Eastern Territories (Persönlicher Vertreter
Himmlers im Ostministeriums, Russland) Jul 1942-1945; head of the leadership staff of the Ministry for Occupied Eastern Territories
(Leiter des Führungsstabes Politik [Hauptabteilung I] im Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete) 20 Aug 1943; personal
representative of Himmler to the German Postal Service (Persönlicher Vertreter des RF SS im Reichspostministerium / Chef der
Postüberwachungsstelle der Deutschen Reichspost) 1942-1945; OKW chief of POW affairs (Chef des Kriegsgefangenenwesens / OKW) 1
Oct 1944-8 May 1945; chief of staff, People's Storm militia (Volkssturm) (Stabsführer des Deutschen Volkssturmes) 25 Sept 1944-1945;
Senior SS and Police Commander "Slovakia" (SSPF "Slowakien") (Pressburg) 31 Aug-20 Sept 1944; Reichstag deputy (Mitglied des
Reichstages) for electoral district East Duesseldorf (Wahlkreis Düsseldorf-Ost) Aug 1943-8 May 1945 {indicted by an American military
tribunal 17 Feb 1947 in the "Ministries Case" on charges of having facilitated or participated in expropriations and the deportation of Jews
from Nazi-occupied countries to the death camps (NYT 18 Feb 1947:16:3) or 3 Nov 1947 (NYT 3 Nov 1947:17:5; NYT 3 Mar 1947:5:7);
arraignment 20 Dec 1947 (NYT 21 Dec 1947:12:7); put on trial 6 Jan 1948 (NYT 7 Jan 1948:10:5; NYT 13 Jan 1948:9:1; NYT 7 Feb
1948:4:5; NYT 5 Jun 1948:4:7; NYT 8 Jun 1948:16:1; NYT 9 Jun 1948:11:1; NYT 15 Jun 1948:20:2; NYT 3 Jul 1948:2:8; NYT 10 Nov
1948:9:1; NYT 20 Nov 1948:5:3; NYT 10 Apr 1949:13:1; NYT 11 Apr 1949:11:4); convicted 11 Apr 1949 (NYT 12 Apr 1949:1:1; NYT
13 Apr 1949:17:3; NYT 14 Apr 1949:8:1; LT 12 Apr 1949:4d; LT 13 Apr 1949:3c; LT 14 Apr 1949:3d); convicted of complicity in the Jan
1945 murder of POW French General Mesny, of atrocities and offenses committed against civilian populations, of criminal participation in
the slave labor program and sentenced to 25 years in prison (NYT 15 Apr 1949:8:3; LT 16 Apr 1949:4c); reduced 31 Jan 1951 by the
Clemency Board to 10 years (LT 1 Feb 1951:6f); released 15 Dec 1951 (ABR-SS); died 5 Jan 1975 at Stuttgart (Who's Who pps. 15-16;
Holo Ency 1794; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 80; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 15) or Gerstetten (Allgemeine-SS p. 99; ABR-SS).
According to SS-Brigadef?hrer Otto Kumm, Berger had been tortured while in American captivity by having lighted matches forced under
his fingernails. (Hitler's Gladiator 180).}
Berger, Wilhelm – Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) leader in Alsace {arrested by American authorities and held for extradition to
France 3 Nov 1950 to face charges of murdering 3 civilians at Hundsbach in 1944 (LT 4 Nov 1950:6c); extradition approved 24 Nov 1950
(LT 25 Nov 1950:5d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bergeret, Jean-Marie Joseph [French Air Force General] – French Minister of Air Sept 1940 {impending trial announced by
French authorities 9 Oct 1944 (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bergery, Gaston (c. 1891-1974) -- French Ambassador to the USSR; French Ambassador to Turkey {arrested 25 Oct 1945 at a
Paris airport and charged with "intelligence with the enemy (NYT 26 Oct 1945:5:6; LT 26 Oct 1945:3:d); put on trial by the French Honor
Court at Paris; acquitted of collaboration charges but prohibited from holding public office 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6); acquitted by
the French Court of Justice at Paris of collaboration charges 12 Feb 1949 (NYT 13 Feb 1949:24:6; LT 15 Feb 1949:4d); died 14 Feb 1974
at Paris (Obits I, p. 46).}
Bergey, Didier [French Abbé] -- French Deputy {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Bordeaux on
collaboration charges; acquitted 24 Jul 1945 (NYT 25 Jul 1945:15:5).}
Berliet, Jean -- French automobile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for
collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life, a fine and the forfeiture
of all property 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:29:2).}
Berliet, Marius -- French automobile manufacturer {arrested Sept 1944 by French authorities on collaboration charges (Purge p.
104); put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment, national
degradation (dégradation nationale) for life and the forfeiture of all property 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:29:2).}
Berliet, Paul -- French automobile manufacturer {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris on collaboration
charges; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life and the forfeiture of all
property 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:29:2).}
Bernard, Marius -- French manufacturer of aircraft engines {arrest on collaboration charges announced 17 Oct 1944 by the French
government (NYT 18 Oct 1944:3:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bernardini, Armand – French anti-semite and collaborator {arrested by allied forces 7 May 1945 on the Swiss-Austrian frontier;
put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to national degradation (dégradation nationale) in perpetuity;
confiscation of his property and exile from the Paris metropolitan region 27 Nov 1946; appealed and granted a retrial 6 Jun 1947; again
convicted and sentenced to national degradation (dégradation nationale) for 20 years; sentence reduced to 14 years by the French President in
1949; died in Belgium 1972 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
De Bernonville, Jacques Comte (c. 1888-?) -- French nobleman and WWI hero {fled to Canada 1947; sentenced to death in
absentia for collaboration by a French court; extradition sought by French authorities from Canada Feb 1950 (NYT 17 Feb 1950:17:6);
tipped off by Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and emigrated to Brazil 1951 (NYT 22 Aug 1951:2:2; NYT 9 Aug 1987:6:1);
contested extradition to France at Rio de Janeiro 2 Sept 1955 (NYT 3 Sept 1955:2:5); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Berthelot, Jean – French Minister of Communications, Sept 1940 {arrested and put on trial 9 Jul 1946 by the French High
Court of Justice on treason and collaboration charges (NYT 10 Jul 1946:11:16); convicted and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment, a fine and
national degradation (dégradation nationale) for 10 years 10 Jul 1946 (NYT 11 Jul 1946:12:5). (Vichy France p. 124n).}
Bertrand, Dr. Paul -- French mayor of Lyons {arrested on collaboration charges 11 Nov 1944 by French authorities (NYT 12
Nov 1944:36:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
von Bessel, Arnold (?-1945) [Generalmajor] – service in Operational Area II (Op.Geb.II) {taken prisoner by allied troops; died
in French captivity 19 Jul 1945 (ABR-Croisier-H).}
Besson, Marcel -- French editor, collaborationist periodical Petit Dauphinois (Grenoble) {arrested on collaboration charges c. 5
Sept 1944 by French partisans (NYT 6 Sept 1944:3:4); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Besson, Rene (René) (c. 1900-?) – French collaborator {put on trial by a French military court at Rennes Mar 1955 for
betraying downed allied airmen trying to escape from occupied France during WWII; convicted and sentenced to death 16 Mar 1955 (NYT 17
Mar 1955:84:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Beugras, Albert (?-1963) – member of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Français - PPF) {put on trial by a French
court for collaboration Jan 1948 and again in 1950; sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor (condamné aux travaux forcés à perpétuité);
released from prison 1954; died 1963 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Bickenbach, Dr. Otto – service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof-Natzweiler {put on trial for war
crimes – medical experiments on human beings -- by a French military court at Metz 16 Dec 1952 (LT 18 Dec 1952:5a); convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 23 Dec 1952 (LT 24 Dec 1952:4g).}
Bittrich, Wilhelm "Willi" (1891 - 1979) [SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS] – WWI service as officer-pilot;
service, Free Corps (Freikorps) "Huelsen" Mar-Jul 1919; service, Free Corps (Freikorps) "Ehrhardt" Jan-Jun 1920; entered Reichswehr
1923 and trained German pilots in the USSR; joined NSDAP 1932; commander, SS Air Squadron "East" (Führer SS Fliegerstaffel "Ost")
31 Oct 1932-8 Mar 1934; service, 74th SS Regiment "Baltic Sea" (Führer 74.SS-Standarte "Ostsee") at Greifswald 8 Mar-25 Aug 1934;
transferred to SS combat troop branch (SS-Verfügungstruppe) 25 Aug 1934; commander, Political Readiness Detachment (Führer
Politische Bereitschaft) Hamburg 25 Aug 1934-1 Apr 1935; leader, company in Ist Battalion of 1st SS Regiment "Germany" (Führer
2./I./SS-Standarte 1 "Deutschland") 1 Apr 1935-29 Sept 1936; leader, IInd Battalion of SS Regiment "Germany" (Führer II./SS-Standarte
"Deutschland") 29 Sept 1936-23 Mar 1938; leader, Ist Battalion of 3rd SS Regiment (Führer I.Sturmbann/SS-Standarte 3 "Der Führer") 23
Mar 1938-1 Jun 1939; staff, "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" 1 Jun 1939-1 Feb 1940; staff, replacement office for SS combat division in the SS
Main Office (SS-V.-Division, SS-Hauptamt); service, SS Guidance Main Office (SS-Führungshauptamt) 1 Feb-1 Dec 1940; commander
(Kdr.), SS Regiment "Deutschland"/SS-Division "Reich" 1 Dec 1940-14 Oct 1941; acting commander, SS-Division "Reich" Oct 1941-Jan
1942; service, SS Guidance Main Office (SS-Führungshauptamt) Jan-1 Jun 1942; commander, SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer" 1
Jun 1942-15 Dec 1943; commander, 9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" 15 Feb 1943-10 Jul 1944; commander, II.SS-Panzer-Korps 29
Jun 1944-8 May 1945 [Knights Cross 1941; Oakleaves 1944; Swords 1945] {taken prisoner by American troops 8 May 1945; extradited to
France; put on trial by a French military tribunal at Marseilles Jun 1953 on charges of of permitting hangings, pillage and arson; convicted
and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 23 Jun 1953 (NYT 24 Jun 1953:6:6); put on trial for war crimes by a French court at Bordeaux and
acquitted 1954; died 19 Apr 1979 at Wolfratshausen / Bayern (ABR-SS; Waffen-SS Commanders I, pps. 78-82; Roll of Infamy p. 16).}
Blanc, Pierre [French General] -- {arrested and put on trial at Algiers by a French military court for recruiting Frenchmen to serve
in the Tricolor Legion (Legion Tricolour); convicted and sentenced to 20 years solitary confinement 30 Jun 1944 (NYT 1 Jul 1944:4:2).}
Blehaut, Louis [French Rear Admiral] – French Minister of the Navy and Colonies or undersecretary of state for the Navy
{impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 26 Apr 1945 (NYT 27 Apr 1945:9:4); preliminary examination
conducted at Toulon 8 Dec 1945 (NYT 9 Dec 1945:37:7); impending trial announced Feb 1947 by French authorities (NYT 26 Feb
1947:12:1); disappeared Mar 1947 (NYT 9 Jun 1947:4:4); surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested retrial (NYT 26 Jan
1955:12:4); subsequent disposition unknown.}
taken prisoner by American troops 8 May 1945; extradited to
France; put on trial by a French military tribunal at Marseilles Jun 1953 on charges of of permitting hangings, pillage and arson; convicted
and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 23 Jun 1953 (NYT 24 Jun 1953:6:6); put on trial for war crimes by a French court at Bordeaux and
acquitted 1954;Blum, Marcel (c. 1920-?) -- French "Gestapo chief in Angouleme" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial
by a French court at Angouleme; convicted and sentenced to death 24 Jun 1945 (NYT 25 Jun 1945:7:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Boissel, Jean – French architect; severely disabled WWI veteran; founder of International Fascist Racism (Racisme International
Fascisme - RIF) 1934, later renamed the French Front (Le Front Franc); active member, Universal Anti-Jewish League (la Ligue
Antijuive Universelle); one of the founders of the French Volunteer Legion Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français contre le
Bolchévisme); paid German agent {imprisoned by the French Daladier government Oct 1939; released by the Germans 10 Jul 1940; arrested
after the liberation of France by French authorities on collaboration charges; put on trial; convicted 28 Jun 1946 and sentenced to death with
confiscation of property; death sentence commuted 2 Dec 1946 ("radié de la Légion d'honneur, gracié le 2 décembre 1946"); died in French
custody 19 Oct 1951 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I, p. 126).}
Boissin, Pierre [French Admiral] -- Governor General, French West Africa {arrested by French authorities Dec 1943 (Purge p.
51); brought to Paris for trial on collaboration charges 1944 (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); released on grounds of jurisdiction 28 Nov 1945 (NYT
29 Nov 1945:4:6); deprived of Legion of Honor, pension and the right to receive medals 14 May 1946 (NYT 15 May 1946:3:3).}
Bonnafous, Max -- French Minister of Food {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges c. 6 Sept 1944 (NYT 7
Sept 1944:5:1); released on bail 7 Nov 1945 (NYT 8 Nov 1945:6:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bonnard, Abel (c. 1883-?) -- French Minister of Education 18 Apr 1942-17 Aug 1944; member of the French Academy {fled to
Spain May 1945; sentenced to death in absentia for treason and "intelligence with the enemy" by the Paris High Court of Justice 4 Jul 1945
(NYT 5 Jul 1945:6:2; LT 5 Jul 1945:3:c); returned to France, arrested and provisionally released for medical reasons 30 Jun 1958 (NYT 1 Jul
1958:8:4); put on trial 22 Mar 1960 by the French High Court of Justice in Paris for collaboration (NYT 23 Mar 1960:3:3); convicted 23
Mar 1960 and sentenced to 10 years in exile; sentence remitted for time served (NYT 24 Mar 1960:6:6); died in Madrid 1968 (Purge p. 179;
S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk.; Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Bonnefoy, Rene (René) -- {sentenced Jul 1946 in absentia by a French court to death for collaboration; went into hiding;
surrendered to French police Jan 1955 and requested retrial (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4); tried by a French court Jan 1955 and sentenced to 5 years
national degradation (dégradation nationale) (Purge p. 183).}
Bonnet, Georges -- French Foreign Minister; French Ambassador to the United States {prohibited from holding public office by
the French Honor Court at Paris 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Bonnet, Georges Edgar-- French vice-chairman of the board of directors, Air France; director, Suez Canal company {arrested 23
Nov 1944 by French authorities on collaboration charges (NYT 24 Nov 1944:3:1; LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bony, Pierre (c. 1896-1944) -- deputy chief, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrest announced by French
authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3; NYT 19 Sept 1944:8:5); put on trial at Paris 1 Dec 1944 (NYT 2 Dec 1944:4:2; NYT 5 Dec
1944:9:4; LT 2 Dec 1944:3:d; LT 5 Dec 1944:3:b); convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" by the Paris Court of Justice and sentenced to
death 12 Dec 1944 (NYT 13 Dec 1944:8:1; LT 13 Dec 1944:3:c); executed by firing squad at Paris 27 Dec 1944 (NYT 27 Dec 1944:11:7;
LT 28 Dec 1944:3:b). (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I p. 184).}
Boos, Georges Rene (René) [SS Sergeant] – service, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" 1944 {put on trial by a French
court at Bordeaux Jan 1953 on charges of participation in the destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and the massacre of over 600
inhabitants 10 Jun 1944 (NYT 10 Feb 1953:12:2); convicted and sentenced to death 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb 1953:6:6); subsequent fate
unknown.}
De la Borde, Jean J. (c. 1878-?) [French Admiral] -- commander of French fleet at Toulon 1942 {arrested by Germans c. 2 Sept
1944 (NYT 3 Sept 1944:15:3); arrested by French authorities on charges of collaboration Oct 1944 (NYT 17 Oct 1944:8:6); put on trial 12
Aug 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles (LT 13 Aug 1946:3c; LT 28 Mar 1947:3e); impending trial announced by
French authorities (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); sentenced to death for treason, national degradation (dégradation nationale) and confiscation of
property 28 Mar 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles (NYT 29 Mar 1947:3:6; LT 29 Mar 1947:4f); sentence commuted to
life imprisonment 9 Jun 1947 (LT 10 Jun 1947:3e); later released (Purge pps. 180-1).}
Boreo or Boero, Pierre (?-1944) -- member, Darnand militia (Milice Français); French shoe dealer {arrested and put on trial
by the Paris Court of Justice for participation in the 7 Jul 1944 murder of Georges Mandel, French Minister of the Interior May-Jun 1940;
convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 25 Oct 1944 (NYT 26 Oct 1944:8:2); executed 28 Nov 1944 (LT 29 Nov 1944:3:c).}
Borot, Maria (c. 1881-?) -- informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial 1944 by a French court at Clermont-Ferrand for denouncing two Frenchmen to German authorities because "they were making too much
money"; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 7 Oct 1944:3:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Borotra, _____ (Mrs. Jean) – ex-wife of French Sports Commissioner Jean Borotra {cleared 24 Jul 1953 by a French military
tribunal of a charge that she was an informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) (NYT 25 Jul
1953:3:3).}
Borotra, Jean – French tennis champion; Vichy French Commissioner of Sports {to be tried on collaboration charges by French
government (NYT 7 May 1945:6:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Du Bosq, Gaston – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military court on charges of murdering French
patriots; convicted 18 Oct 1945 and sentenced to death (NYT 19 Oct 1945:3:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bouillon, Jean -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for belonging to the
French branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection français) and luring British parachute agents into ambushes with faked radio
messages; convicted and sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (NYT 11 Mar 1945:17:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Bouillon, Michel (?-1944) -- French member of the "Lafont-Bony gang" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on
trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for belonging to the French branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection français) and luring
British parachute agents into ambushes with faked radio messages; convicted and sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (11 Mar 1945:17:3);
executed 27 Dec 1944 (Purge p. 146; To Set Europe Ablaze p. 145)}
Bouisson, Fernand (c. 1873-?) -- President, French Chamber of Deputies; Mayor of Marseilles; chief, French Socialist Party;
Minister of the Navy in WWI; coeditor of the collaborationist periodical L'Oeuvre (newspaper organ of Marcel Deat) {arrested by partisans at
Draguignan 20 Aug 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 22 Aug 1944:4:6; NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bourrageas, Jean Gaillard -- French manager and director of the collaborationist periodical Petit Marseillais {trial in absentia
on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 14 Oct 1944 (NYT 15 Oct 1944:14:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Bousquet, Jean -- informant for the French Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court at Marseilles on collaboration charges; convicted, sentenced to death and executed; no dates (Set Europe Ablaze p. 215).}
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Bousquet, Rene (René) (c. 1909-1993) -- Vichy Secretary-general of Police 1942-1943 {returned to Paris under arrest 18 May
1945 (NYT 19 May 1945:4:4); sentenced by the French High Court of Justice at Paris to 5 years national degradation (dégradation
nationale); sentence immediately annulled for services rendered to the resistance (Purge p. 182); accused of crimes against humanity and trial
scheduled by French court 1990 (NYT 20 Nov 1990:3:4); French court in Bordeaux announced investigation Apr 1992 (NYT 15 Apr
1992:5:1); murdered at Paris 8 Jun 1993 by Christian Didier (NYT 9 Jun 1993:3:1).}
Bousselair, Marcel (?-1947) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested
and put on trial by a French court for war crimes; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de
Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
Bouthiller or Bouthillier, Yves – French Finance Minister (Ministere des Finances) 16 Jun 1940-18 Apr 1942 {arrested and
put on trial 1948 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and national degradation
(dégradation nationale) for life 8 Jul 1948 (NYT 9 Jul 1948:4:6). (Vichy France pps. 123n; 126-7; S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Brassilach, Robert (1909-1945) -- French journalist, novelist, historian and editor of the collaborationist periodical Je Suis
Partout {arrest on collaboration charges announced by French government 15 Oct 1944 (NYT 16 Oct 1944:5:7); put on trial by a French
court at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 19 Jan 1945 (NYT 20 Jan 1945:4:5); executed by firing squad at Fort de
Montrouge, Paris 6 Feb 1945 (NYT 7 Feb 1945:7:6). (Purge pps. 137-40; Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 61).}
Bridoux, Eugene [French General] -- French Minister of War {arrested 2 May 1945 (NYT 3 May 1945:7:3) or 28 Jun 1945
(NYT 29 Jun 1945:7:7); escaped from military hospital 8 Jun 1947 (NYT 9 Jun 1947:4:4; LT 9 Jun 1947:3d) and reportedly fled to Spain;
sentenced to death in absentia 16 Dec 1948 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration; subsequent fate unknown. (NYT
17 Dec 1948:10:3).}
De Briey, Martin -- editor, French collaborationist periodical Echo de Nancy {arrested and put on trial by a French court at
Nancy for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 1 Aug 1945 (NYT 2 Aug 1945:8:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
De Brinon, Ferdinand (1885-1947) -- French author; founder of the French-German Committee 1935; French Secretary of State
{arrest ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); arrested by French troops near Lake Constance (LT 12 May
1945:4:d); returned to Paris 20 May 1945 (NYT 21 May 1945:4:7; NYT 2 Dec 1945:30:4); impending trial announced by French authorities
(NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); put on trial by a French court at Paris 4 Mar 1947 for collaboration (LT 6 Mar 1947:3e); convicted and sentenced
to death, national unworthiness (dégradation nationale) and forfeiture of property 6 Mar 1947 (LT 7 Mar 1947:4c); executed by firing squad
at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris 15 Apr 1947 (NYT 7 Mar 1947:7:3; 15 Apr 1947:3:3; NYT 16 Apr 1947:19:2; LT 16 Apr 1947:3e).
(Purge p. 181; Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 61).}
von Brodowski, Fritz (1886-1944) [Generalleutnant] – Reichswehr service; commander, 16th Mounted Regiment (R.R.16);
Inspector, Armed Forces Replacement Inspectorate Stuttgart (Insp.W.E.J. Stuttgart) 1 May 1938-26 Dec 1941; commander, Field
Replacement Division B (Feld Ers. Div. B) 1 Jun 1942; commander, 404th Division 25 Sept 1942-14 Mar 1943; commander, 398th High
Field Command (Oberfeldkommandantur [O.F.K.] 398) summer 1943; commander, 588th High Field Command (Oberfeldkommandantur
[O.F.K.] 588) 15 Apr 1944; commander, Battle Group (Kampfgruppe) "von Brodowski" 1 Sept 1944 {captured by French troops 16 Sept
1944 or 25 Sept 1944 near Jussey in Haut-Saone (NYT 27 Oct 1944:6:6); taken to Besancon and executed "while attempting to escape" c. 6
Nov 1944 (NYT 8 Nov 1944:19:3; Set Europe Ablaze p. 219); or KIA 20 Oct 1944 at Besancon, France (ABR-Croisier-H; ABR-H).}
Brunner, Alois (c. 1912-1992) [SS-Hauptsturmführer] – service, Reich Security Main Office Special Action Command
"Eichmann (RSHA Sondereinsatzkommando Eichmann); participated in Jewish deportations from Austria, Germany, Greece and Slovakia
{sentenced to death in absentia 3 May 1954 by the French Permanent Armed Forces Tribunal (le Tribunal Permanent des Forces Armées) at
Paris; fled to Middle East; sought by Israeli authorities for war crimes Apr 1961 (NYT 11 Apr 1961:14:4); West Germany requested
extradition from Syria 19 Jun 1962 (NYT 20 Jun 1962:4:4); lost eye and fingers of left hand in 1961 and 1980 letter-bomb attacks (NYT 29
Oct 1985:3:1); reportedly living in Syria 1985 under the name "Georg Fischer" (NYT 3 Mar 1985:IV:5:1); interviewed 1985 by West
German magazine (NYT 29 Oct 1985:3:1; NYT 7 Nov 1985:5:4); Syria refused 1987 Austrian request for extradition (NYT 7 Nov
1987:4:4); had refused extradition requests from France, Czechoslovakia and West Germany (NYT 31 May 1991:31:1); Beate Klarsfeld
arrested by Syrian authorities for protesting Syria failure to extradite Brunner 7 Dec 1991 (NYT 8 Dec 1991:22:1); Beate Klarsfeld expelled
from Syria 9 Dec 1991 (NYT 10 Dec 1991:5:3); reported to have died in Syria summer 1992 (NYT 22 Dec 1992:10:1); to be tried in
absentia for a third time in France (NYT 10 Apr 1999:4:1; NYT 2 Sept 1999:6:6). (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Buat, Marcel (?-1946) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court for war crimes; convicted and sentenced to death Jun 1946; executed at Versailles 12 Aug 1946 (NYT 13 Aug
1946:13:6).}
Bucard, Marcel (?-1946) -- highly decorated French WWI veteran; leader of the Frenchist Party (Parti Franciste) Sept 1933 and
the "Paris Blueshirts" (French Corps [Corps Francs]; from 1943 the French Legion [Legion Francist]) {arrest ordered by French
authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice on collaboration charges; convicted 20 Feb 1946
and sentenced to death, forfeiture of all property and national degradation (dégradation nationale) (NYT 21 Feb 1946:6:8); executed by firing
squad at Fort Chatillon near Paris 19 Mar 1946 (NYT 20 Mar 1946:5:6). (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I. pps. 123-4).}
Buck, Karl [SS-Hauptsturmführer] -- commander, Schermeck POW camp in Alsace; camp commander (Lager Kommandant) at
Gaggenau {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing of six
British POWs, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four American POWs, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British
military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946 (LT 7 May 1946:4f); sentenced to death by firing squad (Law-Reports of Trials of War
Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948); put on trial Jan 1953 by a French military
court at Metz on charges of torture and murdering 78 prisoners and 150 members of the French Resistance Movement (NYT 18 Jan
1953:67:5); convicted and sentenced to death 21 Jan 1953 (NYT 22 Jan 1953:7:4); put on trial by a French military tribunal (at Paris?) on
charges of inhuman cruelty in the administration of a concentration camp in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 10 Jul
1953 (NYT 11 Jul 1953:3:7); released from British custody at Werl prison 9 Sept 1955 (NYT 10 Sept 1955:3:6).}
Buisson, Fernand -- Speaker, French Chamber of Deputies {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at
Paris 10 Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Bunau-Varilla, Guy -- French journalist; publisher of Le Matin {arrested at Paris Aug 1944; released; arrested Sept 1944 and
allowed to live with his physician on grounds of ill health; escaped; arrest warrant issued on collaboration charges 16 Nov 1944 by French
authorities (NYT 6:1); arrested at Paris 22 Nov 1944 carrying 40 pounds of gold and almost 400,000 francs in cash (NYT 23 Nov
1944:18:4;); impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 3 Nov 1945 (NYT 4 Nov 1945:31:6); sentenced to
life imprisonment and forfeiture of property by a French court 3 Jan 1946 for "trafficking with the enemy." (NYT 4 Jan 1946:8:6; LT 4 Jan
1946:3d).}
Bussiere, Amedee (?-1953) -- French Prefect of Police, Paris 21 May 1942-17 Aug 1944 {arrested c. Oct 1944 (Hilberg says 20
Aug 1944) by French authorities for collaboration (NYT 14 Oct 1944:4:5); put on trial in Jul 1946 by a French court for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, national degradation (dégradation nationale) and confiscation of property; released
1951; died 1953 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Calame (Calamé), Roger (?-1948) – French collaborator and informer; accomplice of French Resistance double agent Genevieve
Danelle {arrested and put on trial by a French court of complicity in Danelle's betrayal of hundreds of resistance fighters; convicted and
sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Fort Montrouge 8 Jun 1948 (NYT 9 Jun 1948:13:6; LT 9 Jun 1948:3c).}
De Carbuccia, Horace -- owner and publisher of the French collaborationist weekly Gringoire {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Paris on charges of collaboration; convicted and sentenced in absentia 13 Jan 1950 to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor and
forfeiture of all property (NYT 14 Jan 1950:5:6).}
Carcopino, Prof. Jerome -- French Minister of Education 23 Feb 1941-18 Apr 1942; professor of Roman history at Paris
University {arrested by French authorities 15 Sept 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 16 Sept 1944:6:6); beaten and released (Purge p. 80);
rearrested in Paris 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 7 Nov 1944:14:6; NYT 7 Nov 1944:3:f); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Carpentier, Georges -- French heavyweight boxer {reportedly arrested 5 Oct 1944 in Bordeaux by French authorities on
collaboration charges (NYT 6 Oct 1944:10:3); arrest denied by French authorities 6 Oct 1944 (NYT 7 Oct 1944:3:4); subsequent fate
unknown.}
Carre, Mathilde "The Cat" ("La Chatte") (c. 1909-?) -- French double agent {arrested by British authorities c. Jul 1942;
turned over to French authorities c. 1944; put on trial Jan 1949 by a French court at Paris on charges of betraying at least 48 resistance
members to her lover, German intelligence officer Hugo Bleicher; convicted and sentenced to death 7 Jan 1949 (LT 8 Jan 1949:4f); sentence
commuted to life imprisonment May 1950; released 7 Sept 1954 (To Set Europe Ablaze p, 86).}
Carrel, Dr. Alexis (c. 1873-?) -- director, Carrel Institute {arrested by French partisans on collaboration charges 30 Aug 1944
(NYT 31 Aug 1944:4:3; NYT 1 Sept 1944:4:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Carrel, Marcel (?-1944) – Vichy French delegate for Jewish Questions in Lyons {assassinated by French partisans; death
announced 29 Jul 1944 (NYT 30 Jul 1944:17:1).}
Cathala, Pierre (c. 1888-1947) -- French Minister of Labor; French Minister of the Interior; French Minister of Agriculture
1935-1936; French Finance Minister (Ministere des Finances) 18 Apr 1942-17 Aug 1944 {disappeared Aug 1944 and went into hiding; trial
in absentia delayed by his appearance 3 Jun 1947 (LT 4 Jun 1947:3e); died 27 Jul 1947 of a heart attack at Paris while awaiting trial (NYT
28 Jul 1947:15:3).}
Cavaillez, Paul Jean Marie -- French aviator and German spy {arrested by the FBI in New York 25 May 1945 on espionage
charges; indicted by a federal grand jury in New York 18 Jul 1945 (NYT 26 May 1945:1 & 4:6; NYT 19 Jul 1945:7:1); subsequent
disposition unknown.}
Cayla, Leon [French General] -- French Governor-general of Madagascar (Malagasy) {arrested and put on trial by the French High
Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (dégradation nationale) and
a fine of 10,000 francs 19 Jul 1946 (NYT 20 Jul 1946:3:7).}
Cayrel, Victor -- Vichy French Undersecretary of State {held on charges of actions against the security of the state; released by
French authorities on grounds of jurisdiction 28 Nov 1945 (NYT 29 Nov 1945:4:6).}
Caziot, Pierre (c. 1876-?) -- French Minister of Agriculture and Food Jun-Sept 1940 {impending trial announced by French
authorities (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles for collaboration; convicted and sentenced
to national degradation (dégradation nationale), loss of all civil rights and forfeiture of 1/2 his property 19 Mar 1947 (NYT 20 Mar
1947:15:3). (Vichy France p. 123n).}
Celine, Louis-Ferdinand (aka Henri-Louis Destouches) (c. 1894-1961) -- French anti-semitic novelist {fled to Denmark;
warrant issued by the French Court of Justice of the Seine for arrest on collaboration charges Apr 1945 (Purge p. 243); arrested in
Copenhagen, Denmark on French warrant and held for a year (Purge p. 244); put on trial in absentia by a French court for "acts damaging to
the security of the state" during the occupation; convicted and sentenced in absentia to 1 year in prison, national degradation (dégradation
nationale) for life, forfeiture of property and a fine 21 Feb 1950 (NYT 22 Feb 1950:10:5; Purge p. 244); amnestied 1951 (NYT 27 Apr
1951:21:3; Purge p. 244); died at Paris 2 Jul 1961 (Obits I, p. 102).}
Chabot, Rohan -- director, French Red Cross {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by French authorities (NYT 10 Sept
1944:13:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Chack, Paul (c. 1875-1945)-- former French Navy Lieutenant Commander and historian; founder of the Anti-Bolshevik Action
movement {trial on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 13 Dec 1944 (NYT 14 Dec 1944:5:2); put on trial by the Paris
Court of Justice; convicted 18 Dec 1944 and sentenced to death by firing squad (NYT 19 Dec 1944:9:4; LT 19 Dec 1944:3:d); executed 9 Jan
1945 (NYT 9 Jan 1945:11:2; LT 10 Jan 1945:3:g). (Purge pps. 140, 157-8).}
Chacun, Edmond (c. 1907-?) [French Captain] -- French military judge {arrested and put on trial by a French court for treason;
convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 21 Feb 1952 (NYT 22 Feb 1952:3:7).}
Chambrot, Gabriel -- {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Marseilles for communicating with the enemy
by drafting documents for Pierre Laval's purchase of various newspapers; convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 21 Oct 1944
(NYT 22 Oct 1944:17:2).}
De Chambrun, Rene (René), Count -- son-in-law of Pierre Laval {arrest ordered on collaboration charges by French
authorities (NYT 21 May 1945:10:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Champeaux, Georges -- member, Inter-France news agency {impending trial on collaboration charges announced by French
authorities 14 Oct 1944 (NYT 15 Oct 1944:14:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Charasse, Suzanne -- secretary of French militia (Milice Française) chief and Minister of the Interior Joseph Darnand
{arrested in Milan 27 Jun 1945 (LT 29 Jun 1945:4:f); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Charbin, Paul -- French Minister of Supply {put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11
Mar 1946:9:3); trial postponed because of the absence of 2 jurors; subsequent disposition unknown (LT 20 Mar 1946:3c).}
Charbonnier, Pierre (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo official" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial by a
French court for treason; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 1 Oct 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 2
Oct 1947:15:5).}
Chardonne, Jacques -- French writer {arrested for collaboration by French authorities and interned; case subsequently dismissed
(Purge p. 243).}
Chautemps, Camille (c. 1895-1963) -- French Premier; Vice President of the Council 1940 {lived in the United States since
1940; denied collaboration charges by former Premier Paul Reynaud 24 Jul 1945 (NYT 25 Jul 1945:9:7); impending trial announced 18 Jan
1947 on charges of acts harmful to the safety of the state (NYT 19 Jan 1947:24:4; NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); barred from holding political
office by the French Court of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1947 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1); convicted in absentia by the French High Court of
Justice at Versailles of acts considered harmful to the national defense and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at hard labor, national
degradation (dégradation nationale) for life, forfeiture of his property and costs 25 Mar 1947 (NYT 26 Mar 1947:14:5; LT 26 Mar 1947:3f);
returned to France 23 Apr 1954 (NYT 24 Apr 1954:5:5); died at Washington, DC 1 Jul 1963 (Obits I, p. 106).}
Chernikoff, _____ Princess -- {arrest on collaboration charges announced by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept
1944:6:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Chevalier, Jacques (c. 1882-1962) -- French philosopher; French Minister of Education 13 Dec 1940-23 Feb 1941 {seized by
French partisans 6 Jul 1944 (NYT 7 Jul 1944:3:7); released on bail 7 Nov 1945 (NYT 8 Nov 1945:6:3); put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the
French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3; NYT 12 Mar 1946:13:4); convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
at hard labor and national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life 12 Mar 1946 (NYT 13 Mar 1946:12:3; LT 20 Mar 1946:3c); died 19
Apr 1962 at Montlucon, France (Obits I, p. 107).}
Chevalier, Maurice (1888-1972) -- French entertainer and film star {officially cleared of collaboration charges 26 Sept 1945 by
French authorities (NYT 27 Sept 1945:3:2); acquitted 6 Dec 1945 of collaboration charges by the French National Purge Committee of the
Theater (NYT 7 Dec 1945:8:5).}
Chiappe, Angelo (?-1945) – French Prefect, Department of Gard; member, French Militia (Milice Française) {arrested and
put on trial by a French court for treason and aiding the enemy in intelligence work; convicted and sentenced to death 21 Dec 1944 (NYT 23
Dec 1944:4:8; LT 23 Dec 1944:3:c); executed by a firing squad at Nimes 23 Jan 1945 (NYT 23 Jan 1945:6:4).}
Clamamus, Prof. Jean-Marie -- French Senator {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at Paris 10
Jan 1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Claude, Georges (c. 1868-1960) -- French scientist; inventor of the neon light; member of the French Academy {arrested by
French authorities at Nancy Sept 1944; put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration 25 Jun 1945 (NYT 25 Jun
1945:7:1); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 26 Jun 1945 (NYT 27 Jun 1945:4:5); reduced to 10 years imprisonment; paroled 30
Dec 1949; died 23 May 1960 at Paris (NYT 3 Jan 1950:11:6; Obits I, p. 113).}
Clavie, Paul (c. 1916-?) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {put on trial at Paris 1 Dec 1944 for
"intelligence with the enemy" (NYT 2 Dec 1944:4:2; LT 2 Dec 1944:3:d); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Clerc, Henri -- French Deputy (Radical Socialist Party -- Haute Savoie) and journalist for L'Oeuvre (newspaper organ of Marcel
Deat) {arrested by French authorities and put on trial by a French court for his propaganda efforts on behalf of the Nazis; convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 29 Jan 1945 (NYT 30 Jan 1945:4:6).}
Cocteau, Jean -- French writer, poet, film director and artist {arraigned on collaboration charges before the French National Purge
Committee for Writers, Authors and Editors (Comite National d'Epuration des Gens des Lettres, Auteurs et Compositeurs - CNE); Cocteau
failed to appear but the unsupported charges were dismissed anyway (Purge pps. 246-7).}
Colson, Louis A. (1875-1951) [French General] -- commander, French 12th Division 1931-1933; Vice Chief General Staff
French Army 1933; Chief General Staff French Army 1939-1940; French Minister of War 1940 or French Undersecretary of State for War
{arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French authorities (NYT 11 Oct 1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown; died 1951
(Steen Ammentorp).}
Combelle, Lucien -- French publisher; owner of collaborationist newspaper "National Revolution" {put on trial by a French
purge court; convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment at hard labor 28 Dec 1948 (NYT 29 Dec 1948:3:8).}
Combier, Kleber (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo agent" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15
Aug 1947:6:6).}
Coquillard, Robert aka Le Vigan -- French actor {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment 16 Nov 1946 (NYT 17 Nov 1946:26:3).}
Correze, Jacques (c. 1911-1991) -- member of French right-wing criminal band (Cagoulard) {arrested and put on trial 1948 by a
French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment; served 5 years and then released; became chairman of the
American subsidiary of the $1 billion French cosmetics company L'Oreal; under investigation by US Department of Justice Office of Special
Investigations 1991 (NYT 20 Jun 1991:D:1:1); resigned and then died of pancreatic cancer 26 Jun 1991 at Paris (NYT 27 Jun 1991:D:9:1).}
Cortot, Alfred -- French pianist {forbidden by a French artists' purge committee to perform in France for a year for "taking part
in German cultural activities" 6 Nov 1945 (NYT 7 Nov 1945:17:6).}
Costes, Dieudonne [French Lieutenant Colonel] – French aviator; made first non-stop flight from Paris to New York 1930 {put
on trial Mar 1949 by a French court at Paris for treason – selling French aircraft secrets to the Germans; acquitted 17 Mar 1949 (LT 18 Mar
1949:4e),}
Coston, Henry – French fascist writer; an editor of the forged "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" {arrested in Austria Oct 1946;
extradited to France; put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to a term in prison; released for ill health Apr
1951 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs d'Europe, 1988).}
Cottin, Maurice -- French appellate judge {arrested by French authorities; put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice on
collaboration charges; convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6;
LT 9 Jun 1945:3e).}
Couderc, Christian -- French author {sentenced in absentia to death for collaboration by a French court 1945; went into hiding
and wrote the Verite prize winning book "The World Is Ours" under the name "Martin de Hautclaire"; arrested on collaboration charges by
French authorities at Paris 26 Mar 1952 (NYT 27 Mar 1952:12:6); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Courtine or Jullien-Courtine, Robert (?-1998) – member of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Français – PPF),
collaborationist radio broadcaster {fled Paris 14 Aug 1944; arrested 9 Jan 1946 at Merano; put on trial by a French court for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 12 Dec 1946; sentence reduced in 1948 by French President Vincent Auriol;
released; editor in chief of the "Cuisine and Wines of France" ("Cuisine et Vins de France"); died 1998 (Hilberg, La destruction des Juifs
d'Europe, 1988; S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk)
Cousteau, Pierre Antoine -- French editor and owner of collaborationist weekly Je Suis Partout {arrested by French
authorities and put on trial by a French court of justice for collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to death,
national degradation (dégradation nationale) and confiscation of property 23 Nov 1946 (NYT 24 Nov 1946:27:6); sentence commuted 10 Apr
1947 by French President Vincent Auriol to life imprisonment at hard labor (NYT 11 Apr 1947:18:5); release rumored as a result of French
President Vincent Auriol's Bastille Day amnesty 2 Aug 1953 (NYT 3 Aug 1953:5:2); released 1955; died 1958 (Purge pps. 140-1;
S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Cramon, Georgette -- {arrested by French authorities and put on trial by a French court on charges of denouncing a man to the
Germans because he had had slapped her face; convicted of collaboration and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment Mar 1945 (NYT 18 Mar
1945:4:1).}
Cristofini, Pierre-Simon-Ange [French Lieutenant Colonel] – French commander of Vichy units fighting with the Germans
in Tunisia (Phalange Africaine; also known as Légion des Volontaires Française de Tunisie) 22 Nov 1942 {taken prisoner by allied forces
and turned over to French authorities; arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Algiers for treason; convicted and sentenced to
death c. Apr 1944; subsequently executed (Purge pps. 56-7; Foreign Legions of the Third Reich I p. 201). (Third Reich Factbook).}
Culioli, Pierre -- French double agent {put on trial Jun 1948 by a French court of collaboration charges; acquitted of a charge of
"intelligence with the enemy" but convicted of "acts prejudicial to national defense and security"; no punishment imposed because of
mitigating circumstances; acquitted on appeal by the French permanent military tribunal at Metz 17 Mar 1949 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 138,
153).}
Curnier, Henri (?-1945) [French Army Major] -- French commander of the African Phalanx (Phalange Africaine); also known as
the Legion of French Volunteers of Tunisia (Légion des Volontaires Française de Tunisie) {arrested by French authorities on treason
charges; committed suicide 29 Sept 1945 by slashing his wrists at Villefranche-sur-Mer jail on the French Riviera while awaiting trial (NYT
1 Oct 1945:2:2).}
Cussonac, Rene (René) (c. 1894-1945?)-- French chief of Police, Rhone-Alpes region (Lyons) {arrested Sept 1944 by French
authorities on collaboration charges (Purge pps. 104); put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Lyons 3 Nov 1944; convicted and
sentenced to death 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 7 Nov 1944:14:6); subsequently executed (Purge pps. 154-5).}
Dace, George (c. 1886-?) -- British double agent for the Germans {arrested and put on trial by a French Special Court of Justice at
Dijon for betraying French resistance members to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei – Gestapo); convicted and
sentenced to death 20 Jul 1946 (NYT 21 Jul 1946:20:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Dagenhardt, Erwin -- service, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" 1944 {put on trial Jan 1953 by a French court at Bordeaux
on charges of participating in the 10 Jun 1944 destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and the massacre of over 600 inhabitants;
acquitted 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb 1953:6:6).}
Dagostini, Charles (?-1944) -- member, French Tricolor Legion (Legion Tricolore); regional leader, French Militia (Milice
Française) {arrested and put on trial 10 Sept 1944 by French authorities at Lyons on treason and collaboration charges, convicted and
sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 11 Sept 1944 (Purge p. 107).}
Danelle, Genevieve (?-1948) -- French resistance double agent {arrested and put on trial by a French court of having betrayed
hundreds of resistance fighters; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Fort Montrouge 8 Jun 1948 (NYT 9 Jun
1948:13:6; LT 9 Jun 1948:3c).}
Dannecker, Dr. jur. Theodor (1913-1945) [SS-Haupsturmführer] – Counsel (Referent) for Branch (Abteilung) II-1/12 of
the Security Service Main Office (SD-Hauptamt) in SS Region "Southwest" (SS-Oberabschnitt "Südwest") to 1937; head of the
Assimilation Consulate (Referat Assimilanten) in the German Security Service Main Office (SD-Hauptamt Abteilung II-1/12 -
Erkundung jüdischer Organisationen); assigned to this post as SS-Oberscharführer 1937-1939?; service (as chief of deportations), German
Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo); representative of Reich Security Main Office Department IV B-4 Jews (RSHA
Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in France Sept 1940-Oct 1942 but recalled for overstepping authority; representative of Reich Security Main Office
Department IV B-4 Jews (RSHA Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in Bulgaria Jan-Oct 1943; representative of Reich Security Main Office Department
IV B-4 Jews (RSHA Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in Hungary (Sondereinsatzkommando Ungarn) 1944; representative of Reich Security Main
Office Department IV B-4 Jews (RSHA Amt IV-B-4 [Juden]) in Italy Sept-Oct 1943-summer 1944 and Oct 1944-Feb 1945 {described by
French Commissioner for Jewish Questions (Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives - CGQJ) Xavier Vallat as "a fanatical Nazi who
went into a trance every time the word Jew was mentioned"; committed suicide 10 Dec 1945 (ABR-SS; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p.
180; Who's Who pps. 44-45) or 13 Dec 1945 in an American POW camp at Bad Toelz (Tölz), Bavaria, Germany; sought by Israeli
authorities Apr 1961 as fugitive hiding in the Middle East (NYT 11 Apr 1961:14:4).}
Danos, Abel (?-1952) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death May 1949; executed at Paris 14 Mar 1952 (NYT 15 Mar 1952:3:1).}
Le Danseur, Claude -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice for belonging to the French
branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection français) and luring British parachute agents with faked radio messages; convicted and
sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (NYT 11 Mar 1945:17:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Le Danseur, Georges -- French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by the Paris Court of Justice for belonging to the French
branch of the Gestapo (Corps d'Autoprotection français) and luring British parachute agents with faked radio messages; convicted and
sentenced to death 10 Mar 1945 (NYT 11 Mar 1945:17:3); subsequent fate unknown.}
Darnand, Joseph Aime or Aime-Joseph (1897-1945) [SS-Sturmbannführer] — WWI veteran; head of the Legion of
French Combattants (Legion Française des Combattants) in the Department of the Maritime Alps (Alpes-Maritimes) and founder of that
organization's Order Service (Service d'Ordre Legionnaire) Jan 1942, after 30 Jan 1943 the French Militia (Milice Française); commander
(Secretaire general) of the French Militia (Milice Française) 30 Jan 1943-8 May 1945; Chief of French Police 29 Dec 1943; French
Secretary General for the Maintenance of Order 10 Jan 1944; French Interior Minister (Ministere de l'Interieur) 13 Jun-17 Aug 1944 {arrest
ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); arrested by American troops 12 May 1945 (NYT 13 May 1945:8:3);
escaped and fled to Italy; arrested at Edolo 28 Jun 1945 by British intelligence agents (NYT 29 Jun 1945:7:7; NYT 4 Jul 1945:6:2; LT 29
Jun 1945:4:f); taken to Fresnes prison, Paris 3 Jul 1945 (LT 4 Jul 1945:3:c; LT 3 Oct 1945:3:e); impending trial announced 18 Sept 1945
by French authorities (LT 19 Sept 1945:3f); put on trial at Paris 3 Oct 1945 (LT 3 Oct 1945:3e); convicted and sentenced to death for treason
by the French High Court of Justice at Paris 3 Oct 1945 (NYT 4 Oct 1945:5:1; LT 4 Oct 1945:4:f); executed by firing squad 10 Oct 1945
(NYT 11 Oct 1945:4:4; LT 11 Oct 1945:3:d; Purge p. 179). (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk; ABR-France; Who Was Who in WWII p. 66;
Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 131; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I pps. 136-7, 174-183).}
Darquier de Pellepoix, Louis – French founder of the Anti-Jewish Rally (Rassemblement antijuif) movement 1937; French
Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions (Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives - CGQJ) {arrest announced by French
authorities 8 Sept 1944 (NYT 9 Sept 1944:2:3); reportedly convicted by a French court at Limoges and executed by firing squad Oct 1944
(NYT 17 Oct 1944:8:6; NYT 11 Dec 1947:6:7); actually fled to Spain; sentenced to death in absentia ("condamné à mort par contumace")
10 Dec 1947; died 29 Aug 1980 (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
D'Arras or Darras, Jacques [French Major General] -- commander, French 1st Light Cavalry Division 1940 {put on trial by a
French military tribunal 4 Feb 1949 on collaboration charges (NYT 5 Feb 1949:5:4); acquitted 5 Feb 1949 (NYT 6 Feb 1949:58:4; LT 7
Feb 1949:3e). (Steen Ammentorp).}
David, Fernand (c. 1911-1945) -- French Police Commissioner; commander, Special Brigade of the French Anti-communist
Police Service (Service de Police Anti-communiste) {arrested and put on trial by a French court for turning 495 resistance members over to
the Germans, of whom 128 were shot; convicted and sentenced to death 14 Apr 1945 (NYT 15 Apr 1945:8:7); executed at Paris 5 May 1945
(NYT 15 Apr 1945:8:8; 6 May 1945:27:5; Foreign Legions of the Third Reich I pps. 185-6).}
Dayras, Georges -- French Secretary of State for Justice {arrested and put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of
Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3); convicted and sentenced to death 15 Mar 1946 (NYT 16 Mar 1946:6:2; LT 20 Mar 1946:3c);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Deat (Déat), Prof. Marcel (1894-1955)— highly decorated French WWI hero; philosophy teacher; French Aviation Minister
Jan-Jun 1936; founder of the National Popular Rally (Rassemblement National Populaire) Feb 1941; editor of the collaborationist periodical
L'Oeuvre; French Minister of Labor 16 Mar-17 Aug 1944 {attempted assassinations by French resistance in 1941, 1942 and 1943; fled Paris
17 Aug 1944; arrest ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); sentenced to death in absentia 19 Jun 1945 by the
French High Court of Justice at Paris for intelligence with the enemy (NYT 20 Jun 1945:13:2; LT 20 Jun 1945:4:f); barred from holding
political office by the French Court of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1); lived in exile in Italy; died of tuberculosis 5 Jan
1955 at an Italian monastery at Villa Dei Coll, Turin, Italy; author, "Why Die for Danzig" (NYT 31 Mar 1955:10:5); Purge p. 179;
Historical Encyclopedia of WWII p. 131; Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I, pps. 119-122; S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk.).}
Debeney, Jean [French General] -- military aide to French President Marshal Henri Philippe Petain {arrest and impending trial on
collaboration charges announced by French authorities 26 Apr 1945 (NYT 27 Apr 1945:9:4); cleared 20 Sept 1945 by investigating
authorities (NYT 21 Sept 1945:10:3).}
Decoux, Jean [French Admiral] – French Governor General of Indochina {brought to Paris 8 Oct 1945 for questioning on policies
during Japanese occupation of Indochina (LT 9 Oct 1945:4g); French government investigation of collaboration charges announced 14 May
1946 (NYT 15 May 1946:3:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Delfanne, Georges aka Masuy (c. 1913-?) -- French "agent and torturer" for the German Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrest by French authorities announced 5 Apr 1947 (NYT 6 Apr 1947:9:1; LT 8 Apr 1947:4e); subsequent
disposition unknown.}
Delfau, Denise -- {arrested by French authorities and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder
of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec 1952
(NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8).}
Denhan or Dehand, Lucien (?-1953) -- Inspector, French Commissariat for Jewish Affairs {arrested and put on trial by a French
military tribunal at Bordeaux for "intelligence with the enemy" and for denouncing over 400 Jews to the German Secret State Police
(Geheime Staatspolizei – Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to death 18 Nov 1949 (NYT 20 Nov 1949:17:4); executed by firing squad at
Bordeaux 2 Jun 1953 (NYT 3 Jun 1953:6:6).}
Dentz, Henri-Fernand (1881-1945) [French General] –commander, 54th Brigade 1934-1937; Vice Chief, French General Staff
1937-1939; Assistant Chief, French General Staff 1939; commander, French XII Corps 1939-1940;Military Governor of Paris 1940;
commander, 15th Military Region 1940; French High Commissioner to Lebanon & Syria 1940-1941{arrested on collaboration charges c. 5
Sept 1944 by French partisans at Grenoble (NYT 6 Sept 1944:3:4); brought to Paris for trial (NYT 1 Nov 1944:13:1; NYT 8 Nov
1944:20:4; LT 18 Apr 1945:3:c); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris for collaboration 18 Apr 1945 (NYT 18 Apr
1945:6:7; NYT 19 Apr 1945:4:5; NYT 20 Apr 1945:3:6); convicted and sentenced to death with military degradation and forfeiture of
property 20 Apr 1945 (NYT 21 Apr 1945:4:6; LT 21 Apr 1945:3:e); commuted 21 Oct 1945 to life imprisonment by General Charles De
Gaulle NYT 26 Oct 1945:5:6; LT 26 Oct 1945:4c); died in Fresnes prison at Paris 13 Dec 1945 (LT 14 Dec 1945:3e; Obits I, p. 152; Purge
p. 174; Steen Ammentorp).}
Derb, Simone -- secretary to French collaborationist radio announcer Jean Herold Paquis {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment; sentence reduced 5 Sept 1945 by General Charles De Gaulle to 1 years
imprisonment. (NYT 6 Sept 1945:7:1).}
Dericourt, Henri -- French alleged double agent {arrested 26 Nov 1946 and put on trial by a French court on collaboration
charges; acquitted 1948 (To Set Europe Ablaze p. 138).}
Derrien, Edmond [French Admiral] -- French military commander of Bizerte, Tunisia {arrested by French authorities and put on
trial by a French military tribunal in Algiers in May 1944 on charges of collaboration; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at
solitary confinement, reduction to the ranks and expulsion from the Legion of Honor 12 May 1944 (Purge pps. 56-7).}
Desmarets, Elisabeth "Titayna" -- French journalist {put on trial in absentia by a French court in Paris for pro-German and
anti-Semitic writings; convicted and sentenced in absentia to national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life 9 Jul 1947 (NYT 10 Jul
1947:6:5).}
Detroyat, Michel (c. 1904-1956) -- French aviator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to "national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life" and forfeiture of half his property 14 Jan 1946; died 5 Oct 1956 at Paris
(NYT 15 Jan 1946:17:2; Obits I, p. 154).}
Dewynck, Henri -- French police commissioner, Orleans {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Orleans for collaboration;
convicted and sentenced to death 12 Sept 1945 (NYT 13 Sept 1945:9:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Dinkel, _____ [Wachtmeister] -- service, Rotenfels POW camp {charged with committing a war crime at Rotenfels Security
Camp, Gaggenau, Germany, on 25 Nov 1944 by killing six British prisoners of war, all of No. 2 Special Air Service Regiment, four
American prisoners of war, and four French Nationals; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal 6-10 May 1946; convicted and
sentenced to 8 years imprisonment 10 May 1946 (Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission,
Volume V, London, HMSO, 1948).}
Dinten, Denise (c. 1905-1944) -- {arrested in Paris by French authorities and charged with "intelligence with the enemy"; killed
herself by jumping out of the window of her apartment while it was being searched 21 Nov 1944 (NYT 22 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Dirlewanger, Dr. Oskar (1895-1945) [SS-Oberführer] -- WWI veteran; service with German volunteer forces, Spanish Civil
War; commander, Dirlewanger Assault Brigade 30 Sept 1944 (Kdr., SS-Sturmbrigade "Dirlewanger") [Knights Cross 1944] {taken prisoner
by French troops; beaten to death by internees in French POW camp at Altshausen 7 Jun 1945 (SS: Roll of Infamy p. 34-35).}
Doriot, Jacques (?-1945) – French collaborator; founder of the French Popular Party (Parti Populaire Français - PPF) Jun
1934; executive director of the French Anti-Communist Police Service (Service de Police Anti-communiste) {fled to Germany 1944; arrest
ordered by French authorities 4 Sept 1944 on collaboration charges (NYT 5 Sept 1944:6:3); killed in strafing attack by allied fighters in
Germany 25 Feb 1945 (Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich vol. I p. 186).}
Drault, Alfred Gendrot, "Jean" (c. 1866-1951) – French collaborator and anti-semite {arrested by French authorities at his
home Sept 1944; put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced Nov 1946 to 7 years imprisonment, confiscation
of property and 10 years of exile; commuted Dec 1947 to 5 years imprisonment; freed 1949; died 11 Sept 1951 (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Dubuisson, Rene (René) -Paul [French Lieutenant General] -- {put on trial by a French military tribunal 4 Feb 1949 on
collaboration charges (NYT 5 Feb 1949:5:4); convicted and stripped of his rank, sentenced to 4 years imprisonment (suspended) and forfeiture
of his personal property by a French court martial 5 Feb 1949 (NYT 6 Feb 1949:58:4; LT 7 Feb 1949:3e).}
Duluguet, Marc -- officer, French Civil and Military Organization (Organisation Civile et Militaire - OCM) at Bordeaux;
French double agent for the Germans {arrested and put on trial by a military court of the French Forces of the Interior (Forces Françaises de
l'Intérieur - FFI) at Belin, France; convicted and sentenced to death; executed 28 Jul 1944 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 206-8).}
Dunckern, Anton (1905-?) [SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei] -- service, German Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo) at Breslau (Wroclaw) Feb 1935- Mar 1936; service, Gestapo at Saarbruecken Mar 1936-Jun 1941; commander,
German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst – SD) at Braunschweig Sept 1939-Mar 1941; commander, German Security Police and Security
Service (Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst – Sipo/SD) for Lothringen/Saarpfalz Jul 1940-Jul 1944; service, Reich Commission for
the Strengthening of Germandom (Reichskommissar für die Festigung Deutschen Volkstums - RKFDV) Lothringen/ Saarpfalz Jul
1940-Jun 1944; SS and Police Commander (SSPF) "Metz" 1 Oct 1944-18 Nov 1944 {arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted
and and imprisoned until 1954 (Allgemeine-SS p. 77; ABR-SS).}
Dunker, _____ aka Delage (?-1950) – assistant commander, German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei – Gestapo)
Marseilles {arrested and put on trial by a French court on charges of torture and murder; convicted and sentenced to death 1948; executed by
firing squad at Marseilles 6 Jun 1950 (LT 7 Jun 1950:5e).}
Duquesnoy, Auguste (?-1947) -- French agent for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested
and put on trial on war crimes charges by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad; executed 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de
Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
La Durie, Gabriel Leroy -- French banker {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by French authorities (NYT 10 Sept
1944:13:1); subsequent fate unknown.}
Dutoit, Albert [Roman Catholic Monsignor] -- French Bishop of Arras {interned 30 Oct 1944 by the French government for
collaboration (NYT 31 Oct 1944:11:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Eckener, Dr. Hugo (c. 1869-?) -- German airship designer {fined 100,000 marks by a French zone denazification tribunal at
Konstanz Jan 1948; cleared by an American zone denazification tribunal at Stuttgart 4 Aug 1948 (NYT 5 Aug 1948:10:5).}
Ehrmanntraut, Franz (c. 1911-?) – guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof {put on trial 1954 by a
French military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds; put
on trial for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 18 May 1955:15:8);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Esteva, Jean-Pierre (c. 1881-1951) [Admiral of France] -- French Resident-General, Tunisia {warrant issued for arrest on
collaboration charges (NYT 21 Sept 1944:4:4); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris 14 Mar 1945 (LT 15 Mar
1945:3:c); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, military degradation, national degradation (dégradation nationale) and forfeiture of
all property 15 Mar 1945 (NYT 13 Mar 1945:6:1; NYT 14 Mar 1945:6:1; NYT 15 Mar 1945:12:6; NYT 16 Mar 1945:10:2; LT 16 Mar
1945:3:e; Purge pps. 172-3); release from French custody announced 24 Aug 1950 (LT 25 Aug 1950:3c); died 12 Jan 1951 at Reims. (Obits
I, p. 184).}
von Faber de Faur, Mauritz (1886-?) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichswehr service; service, 8th Mounted Regiment (R.R. 8) 1
Oct 1933; military attaché, Belgrad 1 Apr 1936; acting commander, 13th Infantry Division 1-6 Sept 1939; commander, 586th Army Rear
Area (Korueck 586) 16 Sept 1939; commander, 588th Army Rear Area (Korueck 588) 1 Oct 1939; chief of military administration,
Bordeaux district (Chef Milit. Verw. Bez. Bordeaux) 16 Sept 1940; commander, 593rd Army Rear Area (Korueck 593) 15 Jan-4 Oct
1942; service, Armed Forces Replacement Inspectorate (W.E. Insp.) Innsbruck 1 May 1943-Oct 1944 {put on trial by a French military
tribunal on war crimes charges arising out of the executions of hostages; acquitted 31 May 1949 (NYT 1 Jun 1949:4:6; ABR-H).}
Fagalde, Alfred (c. 1878-?) [French Lieutenant General] -- {put on trial by a French military tribunal 4 Feb 1949 on
collaboration charges for offering to join the Waffen-SS while a POW of the Germans in May 1944 (NYT 5 Feb 1949:5:4); convicted and
stripped of his rank, sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and forfeiture of his personal property by a French court martial 5 Feb 1949 (NYT 6
Feb 1949:58:4; LT 7 Feb 1949:3e); possibly identifiable with Fagalde, Marie-Bertrand A. (1878-1966) [French Major-General] --
French Military Attaché to London 1920-1925; commander, French 3rd Algerian Brigade, Algeria 1931; commander, French Division
Constantine, Algeria 1931-1933; Chief of Staff French Superior War Council 1933-1936; commander, French 15th Division 1936-1939;
French XVI Corps 1939-1940; commander, Normandy 1940; Prisoner of War 1940-1945 (Steen Ammentorp, "French Generals of WWII").}
Fallot, Bernard (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo official" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court for treason; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 1 Oct 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 2 Oct
1947:15:5).}
Falten, Herbert [German Marine Lieutenant] -- {put on trial by the French Permanent Military Tribunal at Dijon on charges of
executing 3 French Forces of the Interior (FFI) POWs without trial on 9 Sept 1944 near Autun; convicted and sentenced to 5 years
imprisonment 18 Oct 1945 (United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume VIII, London, HMSO, 1949).}
Farge, Marcel -- French Mayor of Alet {arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death; reprieved by
General Charles De Gaulle c. 29 Dec 1944 (NYT 30 Dec 1944:4:5); possibly identifiable with Farget, _____ -- Vichy French Mayor of
Alais {sentenced to death for collaboration by a French court; sentence commuted to 20 years imprisonment Dec 1944 (LT 30 Dec
1944:3:c).}
Farge, Paul -- French prosecutor {convicted of collaboration; sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, forfeiture of property;
national degradation (dégradation nationale) and loss of membership in the Legion of Honor 30 Dec 1949 by a French court. (NYT 31 Dec
1949:4:6).}
Farget, _____ -- Vichy French Mayor of Alais {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death; sentence commuted to 20 years imprisonment Dec 1944 (LT 30 Dec 1944:3:c); possibly identifiable with Farge,
Marcel -- French Mayor of Alet {sentenced to death by a French court; reprieved by General Charles De Gaulle c. 29 Dec 1944 (NYT 30
Dec 1944:4:5).}
Fauchet, Raoul – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder
of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8);
subsequent fate unknown.}
Faure-Pinguely, Jacques (?-1943) – Vichy French Prefect, Lyon {assassinated by French partisans of the FTP-MOI faction
(Francs-tireurs et Partisans- Main-d’Oeuvre Immigre) 12 Dec 1943 at his home in Lyon (Purge pps. 24-5).}
Fauser, Dr. med. Martha -- euthanasia physician, HuPa (Heil- und Pflegeanstalten) Grafeneck {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Tuebingen on charges of crimes against humanity; convicted and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment 5 Jul 1949 (NYT 6
Jul 1949:9:6).}
Favre, Albert -- former French Under-Secretary of State for war in Clemenceau cabinet {arrested and put on trial by the French
Court of Justice at Saintes, Charente Department, on charges of denouncing patriots to the German Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor c. 24 Nov 1944 (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:d).}
Favriot, Georges (?-1954) – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture
and murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); executed by firing squad 22 May 1954 (NYT 23 May 1954:5:1).}
Fay, Prof. Bernard (?-1978) -- Professor of American Civilization, College de France; Director, French National Library
1941-1944 {arrested by French partisans c. 27 Aug 1944 (NYT 28 Aug 1944:4:4); put on trial by a French court at Paris for "intelligence
with the enemy" and publishing documents and lists for the arrests of Freemasons; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor
5 Dec 1946 (NYT 6 Dec 1946:10:3); escaped from prison hospital at Angers 2 Oct 1951 (NYT 3 Oct 1951:19:2); died 1978
(S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Fenet, Henri-Joseph (1919-?) [Waffen-Hauptsturmführer] – French army officer; held in German POW camps to Nov 1942;
released and joined the French militia (Milice Française); volunteered for Waffen-SS service Oct 1943; company commander, 8th
SS-Sturmbrigade "Frankreich"; commander, I. Btl./ SS-Regiment 57 in 33. SS-Freiwilligen-Division "Charlemagne" 1944 [Croix de Guerre
1940; Knights Cross 1945] {severely injured in the fighting for Berlin; taken prisoner by Soviet troops c. 2 May 1945; repatriated to
France; tried by a French court for collaboration and served a "long period of confinement" (ABR-France).}
Ferdonnet, Paul (?-1945) -- French radio correspondent {sentenced to death in absentia by a French military court for treason
1940; arrested at Tuttlingen in Wuerttemburg by French authorities 11 Jun 1945 (NYT 12 Jun 1945:5:4; LT 12 Jun 1945:3:c); convicted by
the French High Court of Justice at Paris of collaboration 11 Jul 1945 (NYT 12 Jul 1945:12:8; LT 12 Jul 1945:3:c); sentenced to death;
executed by firing squad at Fort de Montrouge 4 Aug 1945 (NYT 5 Aug 1945:19:6; LT 6 Aug 1945:3:e; Purge p. 140).}
Ferrand, Paul -- director, Credit Lyonnaise; French deputy {arrested by French authorities on collaboration charges 15 Sept 1944
(NYT 17 Sept 1944:17:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Le Fevre, _____ [French Major] -- aide to Vichy French Governor of French West Africa Pierre Boisson {held by French
authorities on charges of actions against the security of the state; released on grounds of jurisdiction 28 Nov 1945 (NYT 29 Nov 1945:4:6).}
Flandin, Pierre-Etienne (c. 1889-1958) -- French Premier 1934-1935; French Foreign Minister 1936 and 13 Dec 1940-9 Feb
1941 {declared in Nov 1940 that "occult forces seeking to establish Judeo-Masonic domination" were responsible for WWII; arrested at
Algiers c. 11 Dec 1943 (Purge p. 51); impending trial announced by French authorities (NYT 10 Oct 1944:5:3); investigation concluded 23
Jan 1946 dismissed charges of treason and intelligence with the enemy (LT 24 Jan 1946:3e); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice
at Paris 23 Jul 1946 (LT 24 Jul 1946:3e; LT 26 Jul 1946:3e); convicted and sentenced to 5 years of national degradation 26 Jul 1946
(dégradation nationale); sentenced annulled the same day by the court (NYT 27 Jul 1946:5:6; LT 17 Jul 1946:4f) since M. Flandin had only
served 56 days as a Vichy minister; died 13 Jun 1958 at St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat (Obits I, p. 198; Purge pps. 179-80).}
Fonck, Rene (René) (1894-1953) -- French aviator; WWI ace (127 victories) {arrested on collaboration charges 9 Sept 1944 by
French authorities (NYT 10 Sept 1944:13:1); subsequent disposition unknown; died Jun 1953 (biography "Ace of Aces").}
Fontenoy, Jean (?-1945) – French journalist; lieutenant in the French Volunteer Legion (Légion des Volontaires Français contre
le Bolchévisme){suicide by shooting himself in the head at Berlin Apr 1945; sentenced to death in absentia by the French Court of Justice
of the Seine 28 Feb 1948 (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Fremicourt, Charles -- French Minister of Justice 15 Jun-17 Jul 1940 (arrested on collaboration charges by French authorities;
released 6 Nov 1944 (NYT 8 Nov 1944:20:4); subsequent disposition, if any, unknown.}
Frossard, Henri -- French militiaman (Milice Française) {put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by a French court at Toulouse for the murder
of Maurice Sarraut, co-publisher of the periodical Depeche de Toulouse, in Dec 1943 (NYT 10 Apr 1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced to
death 10 Apr 1945 (NYT 11 Apr 1945:17:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Frossard, Louis Oscar -- French Minister of Information {barred from holding political office by the French Court of Honor at
Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1).}
Frot, Eugene -- French Minister of the Interior {prohibited from holding public office by the French Honor Court at Paris 10 Jan
1946 (NYT 11 Jan 1946:6:6).}
Fuchs, Albert (c. 1895-?) – guard, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof {put on trial 1954 by a French
military tribunal at Metz for the mass murder of deportees; convicted and sentenced to death; trial annulled on procedural grounds; put on trial
for a second time by a French military tribunal at Metz May 1955; convicted and sentenced to death (NYT 18 May 1955:15:8); subsequent
fate unknown.}
Gabolde, Maurice (?-1972) -- French Minister of Justice 26 Mar 1943-17 Aug 1944 {fled to Spain 2 May 1945; put on trial in
absentia 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3); sentenced to death in absentia 13 or 15 Mar
1946 (NYT 14 Mar 1946:3:3; NYT 16 Mar 1946:6:2; LT 20 Mar 1946:3c); died in Spain 1972. (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk.).}
Gael, Josseline aka Janine Blanleuil -- French film star {arrested and put on trial 1946 by a French court at Lyons on
charges of consorting with Tony Saunier, "trigger man" for the French Popular Front; convicted and sentenced to national degradation
(dégradation nationale) for life 8 Apr 1946 (NYT 9 Apr 1946:5:6).}
Galliot, Armand -- French managing director of the Dynamit Nobel corporation {arrested and put on trial by a French Court of
Justice on collaboration charges; acquitted; tried for collaboration 12 Mar 1946 by the French National Interprofessional Purge Commission
(CNIE), convicted and banned from all activity as a company director; decree voided Jun 1948 for technical reasons by the French Council of
State; retried Dec 1948 by the CNIE and acquitted (Purge pps. 218-9).}
Garin, Raymond -- member, French Militia (Milice Française) {arrested and put on trial 9 Apr 1945 by a French court at
Toulouse for the political murder of Maurice Sarraut, co-publisher of the periodical Depeche de Toulouse, in Dec 1943 (NYT 10 Apr
1945:7:7); convicted and sentenced to death 10 Apr 1945 (NYT 11 Apr 1945:17:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Gaurat, Joseph (?-1945)-- suspected French informant for German authorities {hanged with his wife in his home at Hauterives,
France by unknown persons c. 9 Jun 1945 (NYT 10 Jun 1945:15:5).}
von Gemmingen-Hornberg, Hans Lothard -- director, Roechling (Röchling) industrial combine {put on trial on plunder and
spoliation charges 16 Feb 1948 at Rastatt, near Baden, by a French, Belgian and Dutch tribunal (NYT 17 Feb 1948:11:6; LT 17 Feb
1948:3e); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Georgius -- French actor {suspended 15 Nov 1945 by the French National Purge Committee from all professional activities for
appearing at German entertainments during the occupation (NYT 16 Nov 1945:17:4).}
Germain, Jose -- French novelist and lecturer {arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French authorities (NYT 11 Oct
1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Germonprez, Edouard (?-1944) -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo)
{arrested and put on trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced to death; executed 22 Nov 1944 at Rennes (NYT 23 Nov 1944:5:5).}
Gerstein, Kurt (1905-1945) [SS-Obersturmführer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz
1942; service, KL Majdanek 1942; service, KL Belzec 1942; service, KL Treblinka 1942; service, KL Ravensbrueck (Ravensbrück)
1942; Disinfectant officer with SS Hygiene Institute; supplied Zyklon B to death camps {suicide by hanging while in French custody at Paris
23 Jul 1945 (The Camp Men p. 85; Encyclopedia of the Third Reich p. 344); posthumously rehabilitated by West Germany 27 Jan 1965
(NYT 28 Jan 1965:5:3).}
Gibrat, Robert -- French Undersecretary of State for Communications {arrested Oct 1944 on collaboration charges by French
authorities (NYT 11 Oct 1944:8:2); put on trial 10 Mar 1946 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris (NYT 11 Mar 1946:9:3);
convicted and sentenced to 10 years of national degradation (dégradation nationale) 12 Mar 1946 (NYT 13 Mar 1946:12:3; LT 20 Mar
1946:3c).}
Goedecke, Walter (?-1946) – German official, Alsace {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Strasbourg for the
murders and deportations of anti-Nazis in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to death 3 May 1946 (LT 4 May 1946:3e); executed by firing squad
14 August 1946 at Fort Ney, north of Strasbourg (NYT 15 Aug 1946:4:4; LT 15 Aug 1946:3d).}
Gohier or Degoulet-Gohier, Urbain (c. 1861-1951) – French antisemitic journalist; 1920 editor of the forged "Protocols of
the Elders of Zion" {held for trial by French authorities after the war; convicted by a French Tribunal at Sancerre but judged unable to stand
imprisonment due to ill health; died 29 Jun 1951 (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Gorisse, Georges – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial 1952 by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Got, Marcel -- French radio broadcaster {arrested and put on trial 1944 by a French court at Paris; convicted of collaboration and
sentenced to 5 years imprisonment 8 Nov 1944 (NYT 9 Nov 1944:5:5).}
Goublet, Juliette (c. 1905-?) -- French attorney {arrested and put on trial 1945 by the Paris Court of Justice for acts of
collaboration and denunciation of French citizens; convicted and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at forced labor 27 Mar 1945 (NYT 28
Mar 1945:8:3).}
Graff, Paul [SS Sergeant] – service, SS 2nd Panzer Division "Das Reich" 1944 {arrested and put on trial Jan 1953 by a French
court at Bordeaux on charges of participating in the 10 Jun 1944 destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane and the massacre of over 600
inhabitants; convicted and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment 13 Feb 1953 (NYT 13 Feb 1953:6:6).}
Grandclement, _____ (?-1944) -- wife of French double agent Andre Grandclement {court-martialed, sentenced to death and
executed by an FFI (Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur) tribunal at Belin 28 Jul 1944 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 206-8).}
Grandclement, Andre (?-1944) -- chief, OCM (Organisation Civile et Militaire) Bordeaux; French double agent
{court-martialed, sentenced to death and executed by a French Forces of the Interior (Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur - FFI) tribunal at Belin
28 Jul 1944 (Set Europe Ablaze pps. 206-8).}
Grasset, Bernard -- French publisher {arrested and put on trial 1948 by a French civil court at Paris on collaboration charges;
convicted and sentenced to national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life 20 May 1948 (NYT 21 May 1948:9:4).}
Gries, Wilhelm (?-1944) – service, German Railway System in the Saarbruecken area (DRB-Bezirk Saarbrücken); head of
railway movements in the southern sector of the eastern front (Leiter von Zugleitungen im Bereich der Ostbahn im Südabschnitt der
Ostfront); German Railway System Senior Inspector (Reichsbahnoberinspektor) {KIA in combat with French resistance forces 1944
(ABR-RK d. KVK m. Schw).}
Gruener, Hugo (?-1946) – German official, Alsace {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Strasbourg for the
murders and deportations of anti-Nazis in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to death 3 May 1946 (LT 4 May 1946:3e); executed by firing squad
14 August 1946 at Fort Ney, north of Strasbourg (NYT 15 Aug 1946:4:4; LT 15 Aug 1946:3d).}
Guerard, Jacques – French secretary to Pierre Laval {fled to Spain; impending trial announced by French authorities (NYT 26
Feb 1947:12:1); sentenced to death in absentia by the French High Court of Justice at Versailles 25 Mar 1947 (NYT 26 Mar 1947:14:5);
returned to France 1955; put on trial 1958 by a French court for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 10 years of national degradation
(dégradation nationale); died 1977 (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk; Purge p. 183).}
Gueret, Marie Louise (c. 1901-?) -- French informer {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Cherbourg for betraying
Frenchmen to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei – Gestapo); convicted and sentenced to death 12 Oct 1945 (NYT 13
Oct 1945:4:7); subsequent fate unknown.}
Gueroux, Virginie -- French civilian {arrested and put on trial by a Paris purge court for stealing the apartment furnishings of a
detained Jewish woman and then denouncing the woman to the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei – Gestapo) when she
demanded the return of her property; convicted and sentenced to death 24 Apr 1945 (NYT 25 Apr 1945:4:5); subsequent fate unknown.}
Guessier, Rene (René) (?-1945) – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for "intelligence with the
enemy"; convicted and sentenced to death; hanged at Paris 18 Sept 1945 (NYT 19 Sept 1945:11:1).}
Guicciardi, Francois (François) -- {arrested and put on trial 1952 by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 22 Dec
1952 (NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8).}
Guicciardini, Adrien – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Guicciardini, Georges – French collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and
murder of hundreds of persons just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; convicted and sentenced to death 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec
1952:7:8); subsequent fate unknown.}
Guilbert, Jean (?-1953) – French collaborator, member, French Militia (Milice Française) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court on charges of treason; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad at Bordeaux 2 Jun 1953 (NYT 3 Jun 1953:6:6).}
Guilberteaux, Alfred [French Colonel] -- {arrested and put on trial 1949 by a French court of charges of willful destruction of
government property arising out of the allied invasion of Madagascar in 1942; acquitted 5 Nov 1949 (NYT 6 Nov 1949:37:5).}
Guillaume, J.P. or Maurice [French Brigadier General] -- commander, French North African Bureau (Vichy) {arrested 7 Jun
1946 by French police on charges of intelligence with the enemy (NYT 8 Jun 1946:14:4); cleared and unconditionally released 8 Jun 1946
(NYT 9 Jun 1946:26:5); possibly identifiable with Guillaume, Augustin (1895-1983) [French General] -- Chief of Staff to Commander
in Chief French North Africa 1939-1940; service, French Morocco 1940-1943; commander, French 2nd Algerian Division, Italy 1943-1944;
commander, French 3rd Algerian Division 1944-1945; French Military Attaché Morocco 1945-1946; Inspector-General of the French Army
1946-1948; Commander in Chief French Forces of Occupation in Germany 1948-1951; Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces 1951;
Resident-General French Morocco 1951-1954; Chief French General Staff Army 1954-1956 (Steen Ammentorp, "French Generals of
WWII").}
Guillemet, Alfred [French General] -- {arrested and put on trial 1949 by a French court of charges of willful destruction of
government property arising out of the allied invasion of Madagascar in 1942; acquitted 5 Nov 1949 (NYT 6 Nov 1949:37:5).}
Guitry, Sacha -- French actor and playwright {arrested c. 26 Aug 1944 at Paris by French partisans on collaboration charges
(NYT 28 Aug 1944:6:4; NYT 2 Sept 1944:3:8; NYT 25 Jan 1948:II:3:1; Purge p. 80); release for illness reported 13 Nov 1944 (NYT 14
Nov 1944:5:3); charges dismissed by presiding magistrate 4 Mar 1946 (NYT 5 Mar 1946:7:2).}
Guttman, Ernst – [German Military Field Police (Feldgendarmerie) Lieutenant] – service, SS 9th Panzer Division {put on trial
by a French military tribunal at Marseilles on charges of commanding firing squads Jun 1953, convicted and sentenced to 20 years
imprisonment 23 Jun 1953 (NYT 24 Jun 1953:6:6)
De Guyed, Alcide -- French editor, collaborationist periodical Le Figure {arrested and put on trial by a French court at Paris for
collaboration; convicted and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment 3 Jul 1946 (NYT 4 Jul 1946:4:5).}
Guyonet, Leon -- French Supreme Court prosecutor {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at Paris on
collaboration charges 5 Jun 1945 (NYT 6 Jun 1945:12:2; convicted of "intelligence with the enemy" and sentenced to 10 years solitary
confinement and forfeiture of all property 8 Jun 1945 (NYT 9 Jun 1945:4:6; LT 9 Jun 1945:3:e).}
Haagen, Dr. med. Eugen – service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Struthof-Natzweiler {put on trial by a
French military court at Metz for war crimes – medical experiments on human beings -- 16 Dec 1952 (LT 18 Dec 1952:5a); convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor 23 Dec 1952 (LT 24 Dec 1952:4g).}
Hagen, Herbert Martin – SS officer with the German Security Police and Security Service (Sipo/SD) in France {sentenced in
absentia by a French court Mar 1955 to life imprisonment at hard labor; impending trial on charges of responsibility for the deportation of
73,000 French Jews to concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz and other death camps in 1942-1944 announced 23 Jul
1979 by West German government (NYT 24 Jul 1979:8:3); put on trial by a West German court in Cologne 1980 for war crimes arising out
of the deportation of Jews to the death camps; convicted and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment 11 Feb 1980 (NYT 12 Feb 1980:3:3).
(JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.858; LG Köln 800211 [59-44/78]; S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk; "Hitler's Legacy" Biographical index).}
Hambrecht, Michael – "Gestapo chief at Perigueux" {put on trial by a French court at Bordeaux on charges of murdering at
least 166 French civilians in reprisal killings; convicted and sentenced to death 1 Mar 1953 (NYT 2 Mar 1953:4:3); subsequent fate
unknown.}
Van de Hangen, Arnold (?-1945) -- {arrested and put on trial by a French court for "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and
sentenced to death; hanged at Paris 18 Sept 1945 (NYT 19 Sept 1945:11:1).}
Hardy, Rene (René) -- suspected French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) in
the capture and torture-murder of French Resistance hero Jean Moulin {acquitted by a purge court at Algiers; acquitted 1947 by a French civil
court; acquitted 8 May 1950 of treason by a French court at Paris (NYT 9 May 1950:13:2; LT 9 May 1950:3d).}
Harrison, William -- general manager, General American Automobile Company, Paris {arrested by French authorities on
collaboration charges 13 Oct 1944 (NYT 14 Oct 1944:8:2); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Hartjenstein, Friedrich "Fritz" (1905-1954) [SS-Obersturmbannführer] -- service, concentration camp
(Konzentrationslager - KL) Sachsenhausen 1938; service, KL Niedernhagen 1939; 3rd SS Division "Totenkopf" 1941-1942;
commandant, KL Auschwitz II (Birkenau death camp) 1942-1944; commandant, KL Natzweiler slave labor camp in Alsace 1944;
commandant, KL Flossenbuerg (Flossenbürg) {arrested and put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the
executions at Natzweiler of four captured British female SOC operatives in the French resistance; convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment 1 Jun 1946 (LT 3 Jun 1946:4e ); put on trial by another British military tribunal at Wuppertal for complicity in the hanging
of an RAF pilot POW at KL Natzweiler in summer 1944; convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad 5 Jun 1946 (LT 6 Jun 1946:4e);
extradited to France; put on trial by a French military tribunal for war crimes arising out of the mass murder of prisoners at KL Natzweiler;
convicted and sentenced to death; died of a heart attack in a French prison at Metz 20 Oct 1954 while awaiting execution (Rueckerl Inv 126;
Soldiers of Destruction 327n; Camp Men p. 100; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 63).}
Hartmann, Eduard [SS-Hauptsturmführer] – {arrested by West German authorities and put on trial by a West German court at
Berlin on charges of killing a wounded French resistance fighter; acquitted 9 Jun 1964 (NYT 10 Jun 1964:2:5); probably identifiable with
"H., Eduard Richard" -- service, Reich Security Main Office Special Command H at Cannes, France (RSHA Sonderkommando H. in
Cannes) {arrested and put on trial by a West German court at Berlin on charges of shooting a severely wounded member of the French
resistance at Cannes in Sept 1943 (Erschiessung eines schwer verwundeten französischen Widerstandskämpfers, der bei seiner Verhaftung
einen SS-Mann erschossen hatte); acquitted 9 Jun 1964 (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.578; LG Berlin 640609; Veröffentlicht in Justiz und
NS-Verbrechen Band XX).}
Hauck, Walther [SS-Obersturmführer] -- {put on trial in Aug 1949 by a French military tribunal at Lille on war crimes
charges arising out of the Apr 1944 massacre of 77 French civilians in Ascq (NYT 5 Aug 1949:3:20; subsequent disposition unknown.}
De la Haye, Edmond (?-1944) -- member, "French Gestapo" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {put on trial for "intelligence
with the enemy" by the Paris Court of Justice; collapsed in the courtroom and died of cancerous diabetes at Fresnes prison 12 Dec 1944
(NYT 13 Dec 1944:8:1; LT 13 Dec 1944:3:c).}
Heinrichsohn, Ernst (c. 1921-?) – German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) operative; participant in the
deportation of Jews from France {elected postwar mayor of Burgstadt; impending trial on charges of responsibility for the deportation of
73,000 French Jews to concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Auschwitz and other death camps in 1942-1944 announced 23 Jul
1979 by West German government (NYT 24 Jul 1979:8:3); put on trial 1979 by a West German court at Cologne on war crimes charges
arising out of the deportation of French Jews to the death camps; convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 11 Feb 1980 (NYT 12
Feb 1980:3:3; NYT 9 Mar 1980:6:3). (JuNSV Verfahren Lfd.Nr.858; LG Köln 800211 [59-44/78]; "Hitler's Legacy" Biographical index;
S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Heissmeyer (Heißmeyer), August (1897-1979) [SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS und Polizei] -- SA
leader (SA-Führer), Göttingen 1925–1928; deputy Gauleiter of South Hannover and Brunswick (Stellvertreter Gauleiter
Süd-Hannover-Braunschweig) Oct 1928-1930; commander (Führer) SS Sturm 55 1930-Apr 1931; commander, III Battalion of the 12th SS
Regiment (Führer III./12.SS-Standarte) Aug-Sept 1931; commander, 12th SS Regiment (Führer 12.SS-Standarte) 16 Nov 1931-9 Nov
1932; commander, SS District XVII (Führer SS-Abschnitt XVII) (Münster) 6 Oct 1932-16 Nov 1933; commander, SS Region "Elbe"
(Führer SS-Oberabschnitt "Elbe") (Dresden) 16 Nov 1933-1 May 1934; commander, SS Region "Rhine" (Führer SS-Oberabschnitt
"Rhein") (Koblenz) 1 Jan 1934-22 May 1935; chief of the Guidance Office in the SS Main Office (Chef Amt I [Führungsamt] in
SS-Hauptamt) Nov 1935-30 Jan 1936; chief of the SS Main Office (Chef SS-Hauptamt) 22 May 1935-1 Apr 1940; Inspector of
Concentration Camps and Death Head Units (Inspekteur der Konzentrationslager & Totenkopfstandarten) Nov 1939-Aug 1940; Senior SS
and Police Commander (HSSPF) "Spree" (Berlin) 2 Sept 1939-8 May 1945; Head of Reich Association of Child-Abundant Families
(Reichsbund für Kinderreiche) from Apr 1938; Inspector (Inspekteur), of Adolf Hitler Schools (Adolf Hitler Schulen) and
Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt - NPEA Feb 1936-May 1945; Ministerialdirektor from 1940; chief of Main Office for Service
Heissmeyer (Chef Hauptamt Dienststelle Heissmeyer) Aug 1940-May 1945; commander of Battle Group (Kdr. Kampfgruppe)
"Heissmeyer" made up of People's Storm militia (Volkssturm) and Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) in defense of Spandau airfield at Berlin Apr
1945; Reichstag deputy for Wahlkreis Westfalen-Nord from 5 Mar 1933 {arrested 29 Feb 1948 by French authorities near Tübingen and held
for trial (NYT 2 Mar 1948:5:3); served 18 months imprisonment; released 1949; sentenced by the denazification appeals court at Tübingen to
3 years imprisonment as a "major Nazi offender" and forfeiture of property 4 May 1950 (NYT 5 May 1950:6:3); director of Coca-Cola
manufacturing plant in West Germany; died at Schwabish Hall 16 Jan 1979 (Allgemeine-SS p. 33; ABR-SS; Encyclopedia of the Third
Reich p. 394; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 66).}
Henriot, Philippe (?-1944) — French Minister of Propaganda {assassinated by French partisans 28 Jun 1944 at his Paris
apartment (NYT 29 Jun 1944:1:2; NYT 30 Jun 1944:5:2).}
Henry-Haye, Gaston -- Vichy French Ambassador to the United States {barred from holding political office by the French Court
of Honor at Paris 26 Jan 1946 (NYT 27 Jan 1947:15:1).}
Henry-Robert, Henri aka "Henri Petit" -- Secretary-General of the Anti-Jewish Committee of France 1937; collaborator and
propagandist {fled France in 1944 and went to Germany; put on trial in absentia before a French court; convicted and sentenced 7 to 20 years
imprisonment and national degradation (dégradation nationale) 18 Nov 1947; amnestied 1959; died 1985 (S.K.Kitson@bham.ac.uk).}
Herman, Abel (c. 1862-?) -- member, French Academy {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted
and sentenced to life imprisonment 15 Dec 1945 (LT 6 Dec 1944:4:d; NYT 16 Dec 1945:8:4).}
Hilaire, Georges -- State Secretary, Vichy Ministry of the Interior, French Prefect {sentenced in absentia 7 Mar 1947 by the
French High Court of Justice at Versailles to 5 years imprisonment, national degradation (dégradation nationale) for life and forfeiture of all
property (NYT 8 Mar 1947:5:1); surrendered to French authorities 4 Nov 1952 (NYT 5 Nov 1952:8:7); put on trial by the French High court
of Justice at Paris Jan 1955 on charges of collaboration; acquitted 25 Jan 1955 (NYT 26 Jan 1955:12:4).}
Hillenbrand, _____ [Navy commander] -- leader, firing squad {arrested and put on trial for war crimes by a French court at
Rennes; convicted and sentenced to death 13 Jul 1945 (NYT 13 Jul 1945:4:7; NYT 14 Jul 1945:4:7; NYT 17 Jul 1945:3:8; LT 14 Jul
1945:3:d); subsequent fate unknown.}
Hirt, Dr. med. August (1898-1945) [SS-Sturmbannführer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL)
Natzweiler; service, Ancestral Heritage Society (Ahnerhebe) {suicide at Schoenbach, in the Neustadt district of the Black Forest, Germany 2
Jun 1945 (The Camp Men p. 110; SS: Roll of Infamy p. 76); put on trial in absentia for war crimes – medical experiments on human
beings -- by a French military court at Metz 16 Dec 1952 (LT 18 Dec 1952:5a); disposition unknown.}
Holstein, Franz Otto -- service, German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst - SD) or Secret State Police (Geheime
Staatspolizei - Gestapo) at Dijon (France) [arrested and put on trial with 23 other members of the SD and the Gestapo of Dijon by a
Permanent French military tribunal at Dijon for complicity in murders and pillage; convicted and sentenced to death (History of the United
Nations War CrimesCommission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 531, United Nations War Crimes Commission, London:
HMSO, 1948); subsequent fate unknown.}
Homolle, Michel -- director, Air France; director, Suez Canal company {arrested 23 Nov 1944 by French authorities on
collaboration charges (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Hornius, Jean (c. 1907-?) -- French chief of police, Toulouse {arrested and put on trial by the French Court of Justice at
Toulouse for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 4 Dec 1944 (NYT 5 Dec 1944:9:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Huettig, Hans (1894-?) [SS-Sturmbannführer] -- service, concentration camp (Konzentrationslager - KL) Lichtenburg
1936; service, KL Sachsenburg 1937; service, KL Buchenwald 1938; service, KL Flossenbuerg (Flossenbürg) 1939-1942; commandant,
KL Natzweiler 1942; commandant, KL Herzogenbosch 1943-1944 {put on trial by a French military court at Metz Jun 1954 on charges of
brutality and murder in connection with the administration (as commandant) of KL Struthof in Alsace; convicted and sentenced to life
imprisonment in solitary confinement 2 Jul 1954 (NYT 3 Jul 1954:2:5); released from French custody 1956 (Camp Men p. 116).}
Hulot, Francois -- French journalist and collaborator {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death 15 Jan 1949 (NYT 16 Jan 1949:3:2); subsequent fate unknown.}
el Husseini, Haj Amin (1900-1974) -- Palestinian Grand Mufti of Jerusalem; assisted German to recruit Moslem battalions in
Bosnia spring 1943 (Holo Ency. 705); established Arab Institute for Research into the Jewish Question at Berlin (Holo. Ency. 706) {arrested
and returned to Paris 20 May 1945 for extradition to British authorities (NYT 21 May 1945:4:7); sought by Yugoslavia as war criminal 1946
(Holo. Ency. 707); escape from French custody announced 8 Jun 1946 (NYT 9 Jun 1946:26:2; NYT 11 Jun 1946:1:4); arrived in Alexandria,
Egypt c. 5 Jul 1946 (LT 6 Jul 1946:3d); formed an All-Palestine government at Gaza autumn 1948 (Holo. Ency. 707); denied aiding or
meeting Eichmann 4 Mar 1961 (NYT 5 Mar 1961:16:5); died at Beirut 4 Jul 1974 (Obits I, p. 288; Who Was Who in WWII p. 116).}
Isselhorst, Dr. Erich (1906-1948) [SS-Standartenführer] -- commander, 8th Action Command (Einsatzkommando 8)
Sept-Nov 1942; commander, Action Command 1b (Einsatzkommando 1b) 30 Jun -Oct 1943; service, German Security Service
(Sicherheitsdienst - SD) Strasbourg; service, SD Stuttgart {put on trial 17 Jun 1946 by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal on charges
of complicity in the 1944 murders of British POWs of the 2nd Special Air Services Regiment, parachuted into the Vosges mountains in
France (LT 18 Jun 1946:3c); put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal for participation in the execution of 60 captured British
airmen; convicted and sentenced to death 11 Jul 1946 (NYT 12 Jul 1946:3:3); sentenced to death by a French military court 17 May 1947 for
activities with German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst - SD) in Strasbourg; executed 23 February 1948 (Field Men p. 75). (History of
the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 532, United Nations War Crimes Commission,
London: HMSO, 1948).}
Jacquet, _____ (?-1944) -- French industrialist {arrested and put on trial by a French court for collaboration; convicted and
sentenced to death; pardoned by French authorities but lynched by FFI (Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur) partisans at Maubeuge Oct 1944
before release (NYT 14 Nov 1944:5:3).}
Jardel, Jean -- chief of Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain's office {indicted 23 Jan 1947 by the French High Court of Justice at Paris
(NYT 24 Jan 1947:13:2); impending trial announced 25 Feb 1947 (NYT 26 Feb 1947:12:1); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Jauneaud or Jauneaux, Jean-Henri [French General] -- {arrest warrant issued by French government on collaboration charges
15 Oct 1944 (NYT 16 Oct 1944:5:7); put on trial by the French High Court of Justice at Paris; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment
15 Mar 1945 (NYT 16 Mar 1945:10:2).}
Jeantet, Claude -- editor of collaborationist periodical Petit Parisien {arrested and put on trial by a French court of justice for
collaboration and "intelligence with the enemy"; convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, national degradation
(dégradation nationale) and confiscation of property 23 Nov 1946 (NYT 24 Nov 1946:27:6). (Purge pps. 140-1).}
Joanovici, Joseph (c. 1905-?)—Bessarabian-born French "millionaire ragpicker" {warrant for arrest on collaboration charges
issued Mar 1947; arrested 27 Nov 1947 by French police at Epernay and charged by the public prosecutor at Paris 28 Nov 1947 with
communicating with the enemy and currency violations (LT 29 Nov 1947:3c); convicted of being a Nazi occupation profiteer by the Paris
Court of Justice and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment, loss of civil rights for life, forfeiture of his property and a fine 20 Jul 1949 (NYT 21
Jul 1949:10:5); released 23 Aug 1951 (NYT 24 Aug 1951:3:2).}
Jouaire, Ferdinand (?-1947) -- "French Gestapo agent" (Corps d'Autoprotection français) {arrested and put on trial by a French
court; convicted and sentenced to death; executed by firing squad 14 Aug 1947 at Fort de Montrouge outside Paris (NYT 15 Aug 1947:6:6).}
ouffret, Claude -- French informant for the German Secret State Police (Geheime Staatspolizei - Gestapo) {arrested and put on
trial by a French court; convicted and sentenced "to a long term in prison" 16 Dec 1949 (To Set Europe Ablaze p. 85).}
Kaempfe, Helmut (1919-1944) [SS-Obersturmbannführer der Reserve] -- commander, IIIrd Battalion of 4th SS Panzer Grenadier
Regiment "Der Fuehrer" 1943; service, SS Division “Das Reich” [Knights Cross 1943] {taken prisoner by French partisans (maquisards)
near Limoges 9 Jun 1944; shot in French captivity near Limoges 10 Jun 1944; the village of Ouradour-sur-Glane was destroyed in reprisal by
the SS. (ABR-Knights Cross; SS: Roll of Infamy pps. 86-87).}
Kane, Allioume Mamadou "Prince of Zombie" -- {put on trial for collaboration at Paris by a French court (NYT 12 Dec
1945:4:3); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Keller, Georges Eugene -- French director, Air France; director, Bank of French West Africa {arrested 23 Nov 1944 by French
authorities on collaboration charges (LT 25 Nov 1944:3:c); subsequent disposition unknown.}
Keller, M. -- Vichy militiaman (Milice Française); bodyguard of militia leader Joseph Darnand {arrested and put on trial by a
French court at Tarbes for collaboration; convicted and sentenced to death 11 Apr 1945 (NYT 12 Apr 1945:6:4); subsequent fate unknown.}
Kitz, Joseph (c. 1905-?) -- {put on trial by a French court at Bordeaux on charges of murdering at least 166 French civilians in
reprisal killings; convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at hard labor 1 Mar 1953 (NYT 2 Mar 1953:4:3).}
Kley, Walter -- {arrested and put on trial by a French military tribunal at Paris for the torture and murder of hundreds of persons
just before the liberation of Paris in 1944; acquitted 22 Dec 1952 (NYT 23 Dec 1952:7:8).}
Knipping, Max -- French militia leader (Milice Française) {arrested and put on trial by a special French court for participation
in the wartime murder of former Minister Georges Mandel; convicted and sentenced to death 5 Feb 1947 (NYT 6 Feb 1947:3:8; LT 6 Feb
1947:3c); subsequent fate unknown.}
Knochen, Dr. Helmut (1910-?) [SS-Standartenführer] – commander, German Security Police and Security Service
(Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolzei und des Sicherheitsdienstes) France 1940-1944 {convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment Jun 1946
for the execution of captured Allied airmen; put on trial by a British military tribunal at Wuppertal on charges of participating in the murder
of captured British paratroopers; convicted and sentenced to death by hanging 12 Mar 1947; sentence confirmed by British military authorities
13 Apr 1947 (History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission and the Development of the Laws of War p. 532, United Nations War
Crimes Commission, London: HMSO, 1948); extradited to France 10 Oct 1946; put on