German youths die for espionage.
German youths die for espionage. Heinz Petry, 16-year-old German, lies face down as he fell after execution June 1, 1945, by a Ninth U.S. Army firing squad for spying on American forces. He claimed he was offered a chance to clear his own record at a Hitler Youth detention camp where he was being held by spying on the Americans. He was one of the German youths convicted and executed near Braunschweig, ...
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NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies