Max Täubner-punished for killing jews

"Unworthy Behavior": The Case of SS Officer Max Taubner -- Büchler 17 (3): 409 -- Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Project MUSE - Holocaust and Genocide Studies - "Unworthy Behavior": The Case of SS Officer Max Taubner

The only known case in which an SS officer was punished for killing Jews is discussed below. Max Täubner and his men carried out thousands of killings without orders and in a particularly savage way. Their rogue actions, however, might have gone unimpeded had the perpetrators not boasted and sent photographs to friends and relatives. The potential for publicity and embarrassment, as well as other considerations, formed the crux of the legal case.

 

Oh, but I bet his uniform was lovely!

 

http://ww2today.com/6th-november-1942-ss-untersturmfuhrer-taubners-private-killing-spree


Taubner was sentenced to imprisonment and served two years before being pardoned by Himmler and resuming his duties in 1945. After the war the German authorities declined to prosecute him because of ‘double jeopardy’ rules – he could not be prosecuted twice for the same offence. Although he had been prosecuted by the Nazi regime for disobeying orders and not for mass murder, it was considered to be the same matter.