THE MASSACRE AT LE PARADIS - HELL IN PARADISE - MAY, 1940.
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The Trial of Fritz Knoecklein - The Charge

​ At his trial Knoechlein pleaded not guilty to the following charge:

"The accused Fritz Knoechlein, a German national, in the charge of the Hamburg Garrison Unit, pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Regulations for the Trial of War Criminals, is charged with committing a war crime in that he in the vicinity of Paradis, Pas-de-Calais, France, on or about 27 May 1940, in violation of the laws and usages of war, was concerned in the killing of about ninety prisoners-of-war, members of The Royal Norfolk Regiment and other British Units."
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