Lot 214

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OBERSTURMBANNFUHRER HEINZ MACHER IS COURT-MARTIALED FOR THE DEATHS OF TWO OF HIS MEN
HEINZ MACHER (1919–2001) Waffen-SS officer and Nazi official, awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, served as the second personal assistant to Heinrich Himmler. Typed D.S., 3pp. large 4to., Berlin, Oct. 21, 1942, court martial finding signed by an unidentified SS officer. Macher is found guilty and ordered imprisoned for five month for his military disobedience and manslaughter in the deaths of two of his men in a live fire exercise he had supervised. Macher and another officer were observing the exercise as two other men were throwing explosives from a bunker. The officer beside Macher decided to throw an explosive outside as well, but it bounced off a wall and ignited 86 kilos of explosives, killing two men. Macher is also paroled while he is sent to the "Wiking" Division or another front line unit...units where he would would earn a German Cross in Gold and two Knights Crosses!

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September 13, 2017 11:00 AM EDT
Chesapeake City, MD, US

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