Diekmann, Adolf Otto 'Otto' b. December 18, 1914 d. June 29, 1944 Military figure / infamous War Criminal. Adolf Otto Diekmann, the commander of the 1st Battalion, 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Der Führer), of the Das Reich Division of the Waffen-SS, was the highest ranking officer present at Oradour-sur-Glane, France, on June 10, 1944. It was on this day that 642 men, women and children were murdered and the whole town was destroyed by fire. Some records show his name as Otto Dickmann but the official SS records show that his name was Adolf Otto...[Read More] (Bio by: Rick Lawrence) La Cambe, La Cambe, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
b. December 18, 1914 d. June 29, 1944