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Dosse, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 80)

Date of birth:
March 22nd, 1909 (Fürstenberg)
Date of death:
2003 (Wedel, Hamburg)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Gerhard Dosse was held responsible for the death of at least 59 partizans and civilians killed between December 1944 and March 1945 in Albenga on the banks of the river Centa in Italy. As the local military commander he also was the chairman of the military court which sentenced many of the people to death.
21.02.2006: condemned in abstencia for the murder of 12 women and men the 12.01.1945 in Albenga, Liguria, Italy

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Chef, 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 80, 34. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
January 16th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 80, 34. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 5th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

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