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Herbert Kappler (23 September 1907 – 9 February 1978) was a key German SS functionary and war criminal during the Nazi era. He served as head of German police and security services ( Sicherheitspolizei and SD ) in Rome during the Second World War and was responsible for the Ardeatine massacre .
Feb 10, 1978 · SOLTAU, West Germany, Feb. 9 (Reuters)—Herbert Kappler; a_convicted Nazi war criminal, died of stomach cancer here today, six months after- a daring escape from a Rome military hospital. iie was...
Nov 21, 2018 · Di Segni was one of the 16 Jews who returned from Auschwitz after being deported by SS Commander Herbert Kappler in 1943. He shared his testimony with students and wrote a book about his ordeal.
Herbert Kappler was a lieutenant colonel of the SS and Chief of Police in Rome during World War II. Kappler was arrested by British authorities and turned over to the Italian government in 1947. Kappler was put on trial charged with murder and extortion against the Jewish community, related to two particular incidents in Rome.
Herbert Kappler was a Nazi SS officer who deported and killed thousands of Jews and Italians during World War II. He escaped from prison in 1977 and died in West Germany in 1978.
Herbert Kappler was a Gestapo colonel who ruled Rome during the German occupation and persecuted Jews and Italians. He converted to Catholicism after being imprisoned and befriended by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, who rescued many victims of the Holocaust.
German troops and Italian soldiers of the Decima Flottiglia MAS round up civilians in front of the Palazzo Barberini, Rome, in March 1944. The German police attaché and commander of the Security Police in Rome, SS Obersturmbannführer Herbert Kappler was on the scene soon afterwards to supervise the investigation.
