Dr. Werner brown (* 11 April 1909 in Mehrstedt in Thuringia "† 7. June 1951 in Landsberg to Lech) be boss the Gestapo in flow, lead the command 11b the group D.

Life

Born on 11 April 1909 in Mehrstedt in Thuringia. It completed its law studies in Jena, Bonn and Munich. it attained a doctorate to 1933 in jurisprudence.

Already in July 1931 it occurred the NSDAP and 1934 became it member of the SS. In the year 1940 he became a boss of the Gestapo for the range Weser-flows. By October 1941 to at the beginning of of September 1942 he was leader of the special command 11b the part of the group of employments of D was. Brown younger brother Fritz brown one was leader of the special command 4b.

Under Werner brown command took place the massacre of Simferopol on the Krim. There within 3 days (11 December - 13.Dezember 1941) 14,300 Jews were murdered by the special command 11b.

After 1945

During the process of group of employments brown one stated to the massacre: "The leader instruction was there and the armed forces said "we wants the thing before Christmas to have settled ". "Â… The armed forces probably feared a hunger emergency with hundredthousands of dead ones."

(Commander of the armed forces and responsible person officer for this front section were at this time a general Erich von Manstein, that 11. Army befehligte.)

On the question of the public prosecutor, which happened with the Jews, those with raids answered brown ones were arrested: "You were shot, like all other Jews. "

Brown one was condemned on 10 April 1948 to death and executed on 7 June 1951 in Landsberg.

Its widow received a war victim pension. For the damage, which the "rightful one" suffered.

50 years after the execution, before 7 June 2001, the institute line of Landsberg the Grabkreuze on the cemetery (on that brown ones are among other things bestattet) provided overhaul to let short, with a copper roof provide and for a uniform flower decoration.

Related links

• Biography and pictures of brown one (Italian)
• http://www.ns-archiv.de/einsatzgruppen/jonas/eid1.shtml - testimony to the Simferopol massacre

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