Willi Herold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willi Herold

German military personnel and chimney sweep (1925-1946)

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1925

Place of Birth: Chemnitz, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1946

Profession: military personnel, war criminal

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Willi Herold (11 September 1925 – 14 November 1946), also known as "the Executioner of Emsland," was a German war criminal.
At the end of World War II, Herold deserted from the German Army and posed as a Luftwaffe captain and subsequently organized the mass execution of deserters held at a German prison camp.
Herold was later arrested by British forces and executed for war crimes on 14 November 1946 at Wolfenbüttel prison.