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Heinz Barth (15 October 1920, Gransee, Brandenburg, Germany – 6 August 2007, Gransee, Brandenburg, Germany) was an ''Obersturmführer'' (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen-SS and war criminal. He was dubbed "Murderer of Oradour-sur-Glane" for his involvement in the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre of 1944. Barth was the only Nazi officer involved in the Oradour massacre to have been judged, in 1983 in East Germany.〔(Le maire d'Oradour-sur-Glane : « Il était dénué de toute humanité » ), ''Le Parisien'', 14 August 2007 〕 Awarded a "war victim" pension in 1991 (which would later become a wide-ranging controversy and would lead to changes in German law regarding war or disability pensions for World War II war criminals) by the reunified German government, he was released in 1997 and died in 2007.〔(L'"assassin d'Oradour-sur-Glane" est mort à l'âge de 86 ans ), ''Le Monde'' (with AFP), 14 August 2007 〕 ==Under Nazi Germany== Barth entered the ''Hitler Youth'' in 1932, earning the Gold Badge of the organisation during his attendance. In 1938, he joined the National Socialist Motor Corps, taking motorised para-military training. He joined the NSDAP on 9 November 1939, on the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch with Party #7,844,901. Barth enlisted in the military police, where he was made an officer. The 1983 East German court found that Barth participated, as a member of security police battalion, in execution of 92 Czech civilians during martial law in summer of 1942〔〔 in Klatovy and Pardubice. He was also one of those who, in June 1942, shot 32 citizens of Ležáky according to the historian Eduard Stehlík from the Military History Institute.〔(Czech notice of Barth's death )〕 Barth joined the SS on 10 February 1943 (n°458037) with the rank of ''Untersturmführer''(Second Lieutenant) and was assigned to the SS-Kraft Pioneers detachment. On 15 January 1943, he was moved to the 10th SS Panzer Division ''Frundsberg'', later to the 3rd SS Division ''Totenkopf'', and then, in October 1943, to the Eastern Front in the 2nd SS Division ''Das Reich''〔Michael Williams, ''In a Ruined State'', (Chapter III ) 〕 He led a section in the 3rd company, 1st battalion of the 4th ''Panzergrenadier'' regiment ''Der Führer'' of the division. In 1944, he became part of Adolf Diekmann's brigade, being under the direct command of Otto Erich Kahn. He then took part in the June 1944 Oradour-sur-Glane massacre by leading the group which led the men of the village into a barn and commanding the fire. During his 1983 trial, he testified to having personally shot roughly fifteen times into the crowd.〔〔 He also confirmed that the massacre of 642 civilians (the whole village, including more than 200 children) had no military objective.〔〔 In August 1944, Barth was severely wounded in Normandy, losing part of his leg. He was reassigned to the 2nd Training Battalion of the SS-Panzer Grenadier, and promoted to ''Obersturmführer'' (First Lieutenant) on 9 November 1944. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heinz Barth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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