Four of them are known by name: Edwin Franz (German Gypsy), Rudolf Knabke, Hermann Giesen (former boxer), and Hans Wittling.This book was the first indication that French prisoners were at Schillstrasse, since no pertinent documents had been preserved. Georges Salan, Prisons de France et bagnes allemandes (Nîmes: Impremerie L’Ouvriére, 1946), p.Karl Liedke, Gesichter der Zwangsarbeit – Polen in Braunschweig 1939-1945 (Braunschweig: Arbeitskreis Andere Geschichte, 1997), p.However, exploitation of concentration-camp prisoners in the German private sector economy began earlier. Testimony of WVHA employee, Karl Sommer, October 4, 1946, before the Allied investigating officer, quoted in Fritz Blaich, Wirtschaft und Rüstung im “Dritten Reich” (Düsseldorf: Schwann, 1987), p.He died on 3 October 2004 after several years of deteriorating health. Hetzenauer was captured by Soviet troops the following month, and served 5 years in routinely appalling conditions in a Soviet prison camp. This recommendation was approved by General der Gebirgstruppe Karl von Le Suire and General der Panzertruppe Walter Nehring. Generalleutnant and Divisions commander Paul Klatt had recommended Hetzenauer because of his numerous sniper kills, which totalled two enemy companies, without fear for his own safety under artillery fire and enemy attacks. Gefreiter Hetzenauer received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 April 1945. They were able to inflict heavy casualties on Soviet infantry. On multiple occasions he served with fellow sniper Josef Allerberger. On 6 November 1944 he suffered head trauma from artillery fire, and was awarded the Verwundeten-Abzeichen three days later. He saw action against Soviet forces in the Carpathians, Hungary and Slovakia. He utilised both a Karabiner 98k sniper variant with 6x telescopic sight and a Gewehr 43 with ZF4 4x telescopic sight. That made their combined total 602 confirmed kills.Īfter spending most of 1943 in basic training, Hetzenauer trained as a sniper during March – July 1944 at the Truppenübungsplatz Seetaler-Alpe in Steiermark, before being assigned as Gefreiter to the 3rd Gebirgsjäger Division. Allerberger would rack up a total of 257 confirmed kills, while Matthäus Hetzenauer racked up 345 all on the Eastern Front. He died on 1 March 2010 in Wals-Siezenheim.ĭuring the war he met a fellow Austrian, Matthäus Hetzenauer. However, this was not uncommon at this late point in the war.Īfter the war, Allerberger worked, like his father, as a carpenter. According to his memoirs, Allerberger was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross by Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner, the commander of Army Group Centre, on 20 April 1945, although no official documentation ever recorded the award.
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