Fortean
08-15-2007, 07:18 PM
Rather than post this in the One-on-One forum, (which is restricted in its access), I would note, (for those readers of Harbinger's "The Dying Song," in a past exercise, concerning the massacre at Oradour), that Heinz Barth has recently died.
"Heinz Barth, a Nazi war criminal convicted for World War II atrocities, has died in Germany. He was 86.
"Barth's SS division killed 642 people on 10 June 1944 at Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, France.
"In 1942, Barth served as an officer in a Nazi armoured regiment responsible for the deaths of 91 people in what was then Czechoslovakia.
"In 1983, Barth was sentenced to life imprisonment in East Germany. In 1997, he was released on health grounds.
"Barth - who died at Gransee, north of Berlin - took part in one of the most notorious Nazi atrocities in Oradour-sur-Glane.
"In 1944, 642 people - including several hundred children - were killed by SS troops in the village.
"The men were rounded up and shot dead in barns while women and children were locked into the village church, which was set on fire.
"Barth was described as a 'murderous rifleman' during his trial, mainly for his role in the massacre at Oradour." ~ BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6946159.stm) (August 14, 2007)
"Heinz Barth, a Nazi war criminal convicted for World War II atrocities, has died in Germany. He was 86.
"Barth's SS division killed 642 people on 10 June 1944 at Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, France.
"In 1942, Barth served as an officer in a Nazi armoured regiment responsible for the deaths of 91 people in what was then Czechoslovakia.
"In 1983, Barth was sentenced to life imprisonment in East Germany. In 1997, he was released on health grounds.
"Barth - who died at Gransee, north of Berlin - took part in one of the most notorious Nazi atrocities in Oradour-sur-Glane.
"In 1944, 642 people - including several hundred children - were killed by SS troops in the village.
"The men were rounded up and shot dead in barns while women and children were locked into the village church, which was set on fire.
"Barth was described as a 'murderous rifleman' during his trial, mainly for his role in the massacre at Oradour." ~ BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6946159.stm) (August 14, 2007)