Max Wielen
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Max Ernst Gustav Friedrich Wielen {b.March 3, 1883} was the Kripo police chief at Breslau. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the War Trials Commission but served only a few years of his sentence. Wielen is significant in that he was directly implicated in the Stalag Luft III murders
, in which members of the RAF
who were involved in the "Great Escape" were killed.
Stalag Luft III murders
The Stalag Luft III murders was a war crime perpetrated by members of the Gestapo following the "Great Escape" of Allied prisoners of war from the German Air Force prison camp known as Stalag Luft III on March 25, 1944. Of a total of 76 successful escapees, 73 were recaptured, mostly within days of...
, in which members of the RAF
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
who were involved in the "Great Escape" were killed.