Created by Tom Horn on 21 May 2010, Last Update on 21 May 2010

Le Paradis massacre - 27 May 1940

99 POWs from the Royal Norfolk Regiment are massacred by German troops from 14th Company, 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. Two men survive to testify against SS Hauptsturmfhrer Fritz Knchlein at trial. He is executed.

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Tags : Germany,Britain,France,Attrocity,Massacre,Europe

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