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Herbert Kappler (23 September 1907 – 9 February 1978) was a key German SS functionary and war criminal during the Nazi era. He served as head of German police and security services ( Sicherheitspolizei and SD ) in Rome during the Second World War and was responsible for the Ardeatine massacre .
Feb 10, 1978 · SOLTAU, West Germany, Feb. 9 (Reuters)—Herbert Kappler; a_convicted Nazi war criminal, died of stomach cancer here today, six months after- a daring escape from a Rome military hospital. iie was...
Gustav Adolf Herbert Kappler war in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD in Rom. Als Verantwortlicher für das Massaker in den Ardeatinischen Höhlen am 24. März 1944 wurde er 1948 zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt und wurde zur Symbolfigur deutscher Kriegsverbrechen in Italien während des ...
Herbert Kappler was born on September 23, 1907, to a middle-class family in Stuttgart in the German Empire. Kappler joined the Nazi Party on August 1, 1931 and the SS in 1933. In January 1936, he was assigned to duty at the Gestapo central office of Stuttgart.
After receiving permission from Hitler himself, Herbert Kappler, the SD (Security Service of the SS) Chief in Rome, immediately ordered massive retaliation. The reprisal he called for entailed the execution of ten Italians for every policemen killed.
Nov 21, 2018 · By 2 p.m., SS Commander Herbert Kappler’s anti-Jewish operation was complete. After being held for 30 hours, the 1,022 Jews who were arrested in the raid were sent from Rome’s Tiburtina train...
The German police attaché and commander of the Security Police in Rome, SS Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler was on the scene soon afterwards to supervise the investigation.
May 8, 1996 · Priebke’s commanding officer, Col. Herbert Kappler, was put on trial in postwar Rome; in 1948 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Ardeatine Caves atrocity, but his wife eventually ...
Herbert Kappler was a lieutenant colonel of the SS and Chief of Police in Rome during World War II. Kappler was arrested by British authorities and turned over to the Italian government in 1947. Kappler was put on trial charged with murder and extortion against the Jewish community, related to two particular incidents in Rome.
In 1948, an Italian military tribunal also sentenced Herbert Kappler to life imprisonment for his role in the murders. In 1977, Kappler's wife succeeded in smuggling her husband, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, from a prison hospital in Rome back to Germany.
