Horst Trebes

Horst Trebes
Trebes (right) with Walter Gericke (left), 1941
Born(1916-10-22)22 October 1916
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, German Empire
Died29 July 1944(1944-07-29) (aged 27)
Normandy, Occupied France
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Branch Luftwaffe
RankMajor
UnitFallschirmjäger
Known forMassacre of Kondomari and Kandanos massacre
Conflicts
AwardsKnight'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.

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