Gerhard Sommer
Gerhard Sommer (24 June 1921 – 2019) was a SS-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS. He was involved in the massacre of 560 civilians on 12 August 1944 in the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema. He is on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals.
| Gerhard Sommer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 June 1921 Hamburg, Weimar Republic |
| Died | 2019 (aged 97–98) Hamburg, Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Hitlerjugend (Deutsche Jungvolk) Schutzstaffel (SS) |
| Rank | Jungzugführer (in Hitler Youth) Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant, in SS) |
| Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
As of May 2006 Sommer was living in a nursing home in Hamburg-Volksdorf, Germany.[1] In May 2015 Sommer was declared unfit for trial by prosecutors in Germany[2] In He died in 2019.[3]
References
- ↑ Das Massaker von Sant’Anna di Stazzema am 12. August 1944. Materialiensammlung 1 Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, May 2006, pp. 32-34 (Pdf 880 KB).
- ↑ Most-wanted German Nazi Sommer 'unfit for trial' 28 May, 2015
- ↑ After killing hundreds of Italian civilians, a brutal SS division evaded justice
Other websites
- (in German) „Die NS-Mörder sind noch unter uns. SS-Kriegsverbrecher Gerhard Sommer lebt bis heute unbehelligt in Hamburg.“ Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- (in German) Rechtspolitische Initiative zum Fall Gerhard Sommer aus dem Forschungsansatz „Systemkritik: Deutsche Justizverbrechen“
- (in German) Das Massaker von Sant’Anna di Stazzema am 12. August 1944 - Materialiensammlung 1 für eine bundesweite Kampagne zur Anklageerhebung in Deutschland Archived 2018-10-30 at the Wayback Machine