Gerhard sommer biography

Gerhard Sommer (24 June 1921 – 2019) was a German SS-Untersturmführer (second lieutenant) in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS who was....

Gerhard Sommer was a German SS-Untersturmführer in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS who was involved in the massacre of 560 civilians on 12 August 1944 in the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema.

  • Gerhard Sommer (14 September 1919 – 12 May 1944) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.
  • Gerhard Sommer (24 June 1921 – 2019) was a German SS-Untersturmführer (second lieutenant) in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS who was.
  • In 2005, Gerhard Sommer was sentenced by an Italian military court to life imprisonment for participation in the massacre at Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
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    • Gerhard Sommer (1921 - 2019)

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    Born in Steinpleis, Saxony, Deutschland

    Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

    [sibling(s) unknown]

    [spouse(s) unknown]

    [children unknown]

    Died at about age 97 [location unknown]

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    Gerhard Sommer is Notable.

    As of November 12, 2015 Gerhard Sommer is listed as Number 1 of the "World's Most Wanted Nazis", with the following description:[1]

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    1 on the list of most-wanted Nazis, Gerhard Sommer was declared unfit to stand trial because of his age. Now 93, Sommer was tried in absentia and found guilty of the murders of 560 civilians in the Italian village of Sant’Anna di Stazzema.

    The massacre was one of the country’s worst during World War II. The Nazis were retreating out of Italy while being chased by Allied troops. They surrounded an Italian village and exterminated 560 people. Among the civil