Willi Herold

Willi Herold
Born(1925-09-11)11 September 1925
Lunzenau, Saxony, Weimar Republic
Died14 November 1946(1946-11-14) (aged 21)
Wolfenbüttel Prison, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchLuftwaffe
Reich Labour Service
Service years1943-1945
RankObergefreiter
Unit6. Fallschirmjäger-Division
Known forOrdering the execution of approximately 200 prisoners while impersonating a Luftwaffe Hauptmann (Captain).

Willi Herold (11 September 1925 – 14 November 1946), also known as the Executioner of Emsland, was a Nazi German war criminal. Near the end of the Second World War in Europe, Herold deserted from the Luftwaffe and, posing as a captain, organized the mass execution of German deserters held at a prison camp. He was arrested by British forces and executed for war crimes on 14 November 1946 at Wolfenbüttel Prison.

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