Heinz Barth

Deceased Person

1920 – 2007

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Who was Heinz Barth?

Heinz Barth was an Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS and war criminal.

He was dubbed "Murderer of Oradour-sur-Glane" for his involvement in the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre of 1944. Barth was the only Nazi officer involved in the Oradour massacre to have been judged, in 1983 in East Germany. Awarded a "war victim" pension in 1991 by the reunified German government, he was released in 1997 and died in 2007.

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Born
Oct 15, 1920
Gransee
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Aug 6, 2007
Gransee

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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