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Kharkov Mass Public Execution in Ukraine: Nazi War Criminals Hanged in 1943
The Kharkov public execution in 1943 saw Nazi perpetrators and a collaborator hanged for mass atrocities committed during the German occupation of Soviet Ukraine. In December 1943, the city of Kharkov in Soviet Ukraine became the site of the first Allied war crimes trial against German personnel. Four men—Wilhelm Langheld, Hans Ritz, Reinhard Retzlaff, and Soviet collaborator Mikhail Petrovich Bulanov—were found guilty of participating in mass atrocities committed during the German occupation. The crimes included mass shootings, the use of gas vans, the burning of civilians alive, and the…
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