German youths die for espionage.
German youths die for espionage. Heinz Petry, 16-year-old youth from Alsdorf, Germany, stands by the stake before being executed by a Ninth U.S. Army firing squad for espionage activity against American forces. He was one of two members of the Hitler Youth organization found spying on American forces and executed June 1, 1945, near Braunschweig, Germany. Petry's espionage was made in an attempt to ...
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NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies