Helmut Kämpfe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Sturmbannführer, in the Waffen SS during World War II
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Place of Birth: Jena, Thuringia, Germany
About Helmut Kämpfe
- Helmut Kämpfe (31 July 1909 – 10 June 1944) was a highly decorated Waffen SS Sturmbannführer who was killed by the French Resistance just before the Oradour massacre in occupied France on 10 June 1944.
- In total 642 men, women and children were murdered in Oradour-sur-Glane by troops from the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich.
- The SS commander who ordered the massacre said the death of Kämpfe was the reason for the killings. Kämpfe, who was a commander in 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, was said to be a "pleasant and likeable man." A highly respected combat veteran who had been awarded Nazi Germany's extremely rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold (making him one of only 631 military personnel - out of 18–20 million soldiers of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS - to earn the clasp during World War II).
- He was also one of the very few to receive both this bravery award and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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