Martin Antonenko
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A German War Crime!
On June 27, 1918, the German submarine S.M.U 86 sunk ...
... west of the small rock island Fastnet Rock off the southern Irish coast, the Canadian hospital ship HMHS "Llandovery Castle" ...:
That alone is a war crime, because the "Llandovery Castle" sails with full lighting - and is clearly recognizable as a hospital ship by its paintwork ...:
But the commander of the German submarine, Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Brümmer-Patzig ...
... does not shy away from further criminal actions either:
He has the hastily launched lifeboats of the Canadian ship, which has no wounded (but medical personnel) on board and is on its way to France, rammed and sunk - and the few survivors who are still floating on the water surface with on-board cannons and from his own Target the crew with handguns!
Presumably, Brümmer-Patzig wanted to eliminate unwanted witnesses through the slaughter for the fact that he had sunk a ship that was actually protected by the Red Cross, against every rule and every war custom!
Only 24 people in a lifeboat that happened to be intact survived the murders ordered by Brümmer-Patzig, 164 people died, including 80 members of the Army Medical Corps and 14 nurses.
Despite being one of the worst German war crimes of World War I, two of his officers (the Leutnants zur See Ludwig Dithmar und John Boldton) from U 86 (who shot at castaways themselves) were sentenced to prison terms, but were released early after a few months.
In 1921 Brümmer-Patzig was supposed to be brought to justice before the Reichsgericht for the war crimes he had committed, but escaped the proceedings. He was initially sentenced in absentia to four years in prison, which he did not serve.
The war criminal also served in the Nazi Navy during the Second World War, mostly in various staff activities on land, but between May 14, 1940 and October 15, 1941, he was also in command of the boat U D4...
... the former Duch O 26, which fell during the occupation of the country into German hands.
Brümmer-Patzig survived the Second World War as well as the First and died on March 11, 1984 at the age of 94.
On June 27, 1918, the German submarine S.M.U 86 sunk ...
... west of the small rock island Fastnet Rock off the southern Irish coast, the Canadian hospital ship HMHS "Llandovery Castle" ...:
That alone is a war crime, because the "Llandovery Castle" sails with full lighting - and is clearly recognizable as a hospital ship by its paintwork ...:
But the commander of the German submarine, Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Brümmer-Patzig ...
... does not shy away from further criminal actions either:
He has the hastily launched lifeboats of the Canadian ship, which has no wounded (but medical personnel) on board and is on its way to France, rammed and sunk - and the few survivors who are still floating on the water surface with on-board cannons and from his own Target the crew with handguns!
Presumably, Brümmer-Patzig wanted to eliminate unwanted witnesses through the slaughter for the fact that he had sunk a ship that was actually protected by the Red Cross, against every rule and every war custom!
Only 24 people in a lifeboat that happened to be intact survived the murders ordered by Brümmer-Patzig, 164 people died, including 80 members of the Army Medical Corps and 14 nurses.
Despite being one of the worst German war crimes of World War I, two of his officers (the Leutnants zur See Ludwig Dithmar und John Boldton) from U 86 (who shot at castaways themselves) were sentenced to prison terms, but were released early after a few months.
In 1921 Brümmer-Patzig was supposed to be brought to justice before the Reichsgericht for the war crimes he had committed, but escaped the proceedings. He was initially sentenced in absentia to four years in prison, which he did not serve.
The war criminal also served in the Nazi Navy during the Second World War, mostly in various staff activities on land, but between May 14, 1940 and October 15, 1941, he was also in command of the boat U D4...
... the former Duch O 26, which fell during the occupation of the country into German hands.
Brümmer-Patzig survived the Second World War as well as the First and died on March 11, 1984 at the age of 94.
