• Normandy Massacres

Nationality:

Polish

Jan Jesionek was a Pole who served (under duress) as an SS officer in the Waffen-SS (12th SS Panzer Division "HitlerJugend") during World War II. Before his military service, Jesionek worked in a steel mill. He spoke fluent German. His father was imprisoned for a time under the German occupation forces.

He witnessed the massacre of Canadian prisoners of war up close in June 1944 and was a key witness in the case against Kurt Meyer after the war.

Jesionek was wounded on June 8–9, 1944, and recovered in a reinforcement center, from which he deserted in March 1945.

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• - LUTHER, C.W.H., Blood and honor, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2012.
  - MADSEN, C. & LACKENBAUER, P.W., Kurt Meyer on Trial, Canadian Defence Academy Press, 2007.
  - MARGOLIAN, H., Conduct Unbecoming.
  

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