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Albers, Heinrich

Nationality:
German

Biography

Waffen-SS soldier Heinrich Albers was one of four defendants held responsible for the murder of Canadian prisoners of war in Le Mesnil Patry. He was tried in Hamburg.

Four former members of the 2nd Battalion, 26th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, were tried for the murder of Canadian POWs Harold Angel, Frederick Holness, and Ernest Baskerville at battalion HQ on 9 June 1944. After a nearly three-week trial, evidence confirmed all four were involved. On 9 November 1948, the court acquitted Albers and Bundschuh, who had acted under orders, while Siebken and Schnabel were convicted for issuing and executing the command.

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