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Cathrein, Moritz

Date of birth:
March 2nd, 1924 (Sankt Gallen/Sankt Gallen, Switzerland)
Nationality:
Suisse

Biography

Career :

09.03.1942-00.00.1942 : SS-Ausbildungslager Sennheim
00.00.1942-00.00.1942 : SS-Gebirgsjäger Ersatz Bataillon « Nord », Trautenau
00.00.1942-00.03.1943 : Works as a clerk in the SS-und Polizeigericht Königsberg
00.03.1943 : Sent to Berlin to take a KriegsskelIner-Prüfung
00.03.1943-00.00.1943 : Persönlicher Ordonnanz to Obergruppeführer und General der Waffen-SS Hans Jüttner in the SS-Führungshauptamt
00.00.1943-20.06.1944 : Chef-Ordonnanz of the « SS-Führer-Casino »
02.10.1944 : WIA in Finland
30.01.1945 : Arrested near Pirmasens (Rheinland-Pfalz, DE) by american troops
30.01.1945-09.03.1945 : detained in US POW Camps
09.03.1945-19.10.1946 : detained in French POW Camps
20.10.1945 : Handed over to swiss police in Geneva (CH)
26.11.1946 : Sentenced to 8 months in jail because of his foreign military service
15.04.1947 : Released on parole from Lohhof prison

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