In addition, again in his own words, Kent about the early morning of the 19th: "Midnight to dawn: the orders were: shoot anything and everything...
Here´s what Kent had to say about this. Note that it matches my description of the events of December 18 like a glove: "The 1st Battalion...
True, but the 117th and their support units occupied the northern half of the town upto the market square (Place du Marché) but did not dare to...
Well, given the fact that the platoon from 3rd Co led by Gieseke was at the bridge that afternoon and took cover in the houses near the bridge...
The photographer was SS-Unterscharführer Max Büschel (of Kursk fame) and the cameraman an SS-Unterscharführer Schäfer. Picture 1, 2, 3 and 4 are...
I´ve researched Knittel and his Kampfgruppe for close to two decades and exchanged a lot of information with Leidreiter upto a few weeks before...
