Horst Trebes

Horst Trebes
Trebes (right) with Walter Gericke (left), 1941
Born	(1916-10-22)22 October 1916 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Empire
Died	29 July 1944(1944-07-29) (aged 27) Normandy, Occupied France
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Major
Unit	Fallschirmjäger
Known for	Massacre of Kondomari and Kandanos massacre
Conflicts	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Crete Battle of Normandy   †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Trebes (22 October 1916 – 29 July 1944) was a Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjäger of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Trebes participated in the Massacre of Kondomari and the Kandanos massacre, both war crimes directed by Fallschirmjäger commander Kurt Student. He was killed in action in Normandy on 29 July 1944.

Trebes giving the command to open fire during the Massacre of Kondomari

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (13 October 1939) ^[1]
  • 1st Class (23 May 1940) ^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and leader of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment ^[2]

References

Citations

1. Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 326.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 749.

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives[The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN   978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1986). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger[The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN   978-3-7648-1461-8.

External links

• "Aussage von Franz Peter Weixler" [Franz Peter Weixler testimony](PDF). Donovan Nuremberg Trial Collection, Vol XII, Section 25.02 (Weixler information, 11 Nov. 1945) (in German). Retrieved 21 October 2014.