Human Game: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen
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execution of Stalag Luft escapees, 17, 34, 36, 47, 176–179, 185–186, 187–188, 189, 222
Hagamann (alias), 55–56
Hansel and, 176–179
Kah and, 61–62
Lonsky and, 50–51
Russians and, 51, 55–56, 57, 58, 61–62, 100, 180, 184, 185, 186–187, 188, 219, 222, 230
Schröder and, 186, 189–190
Schumacher and, 174–175
Wieczorek and, 188
Wielen and, 185
Zembrodt and, 55–57
Schauschütz, Franz (Brno Gestapo), xiv, 74–76, 77
Scheidhauer, Bernard (Lieutenant), ix
background of, 148
murder of, 98, 149, 150–151, 152–153, 153–156, 157–160, 218, 224
Schermer, Martin (Munich Gestapo), xvi
death of, 114
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 115–117, 122, 123–124, 125, 126, 127
Schimmel, Alfred (Strasbourg Gestapo), xvi
Hayter murder, 195–199, 224
Sagan Case trial, 224, 229–230
Schmid, Anny (Müller’s mistress), 182, 183–184
Schmidt, Ernst, 157. See also Schulz, Emil
Schmidt, Franz (Kiel Gestapo), xv, 22, 24, 209–210, 211, 212, 219
Schmidt, Friedrich “Fritz” (Kiel Gestapo), xv, 20n
Baumann and, 214–215, 218
Catanach, Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 19, 20, 209, 210, 211, 213, 222, 232–233
Schmundt (alias), 214, 215
Schmidt, Maria (Fritz’s mother), 218–219
Schmidt, Oskar (Kiel Gestapo), xv, 20n
Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26–27, 208, 209, 210–211, 212, 213, 224, 230
Schmoll (Police Inspector), 152–153, 155
Schmundt, 215. See also Schmidt, Friedrich “Fritz” (Kiel Gestapo)
Schneider, Johann (Munich Gestapo), xvi
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 115, 116–117, 118, 121–124, 125, 126, 127, 224, 230
Schröder, Robert (Scharpwinkel’s driver), xiv, 186, 189–190
Schulz, Angela (Emil’s wife), 156, 157, 159–160
Schulz, Emil (Saarbrücken Kripo)
Bushell and Scheidhauer murders, 157–160, 218, 224
Schumacher, Hans (Breslau Kripo), xiv, 174–175
Schwarzer, Fritz (Roemer’s driver), xv, 76, 79–80, 162
Scotland, A. O. (Lieutenant Colonel)
background of, 91, 92
London Cage and, 91, 92, 93, 94, 185, 192–193, 212, 227–228
Sagan Case trial, 227–228, 229
Second World War (WWII), 91, 235. See also Great Escape, The
Seetzen, Heinrich (Breslau Security Police), xiv, 53–54, 58, 219
sentences, Sagan Case trial, 230, 231, 233
Serbian POWs, 120
Shand, M. M. (Flight Lieutenant), 245, 246
“Sherlock Holmes,” 33. See also McKenna, Francis P. (Squadron Leader)
SIB. See Special Investigating Branch
Sicherheitsdienst (SD), 53
Siedwidski (General), 106
Skanziklas, Sortiros “Nick” (Pilot Officer), ix, 188, 242
Smit, Wilhelm (Sergeant), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
Absalon and, 43, 44, 45
background of, 42
Courtney and, 62
McKenna and, 47, 57, 58, 59
solitary confinement for POWs, 144, 145, 146
South Africa, 100, 108, 111
South African murdered escapees, 31. See also specific murdered escapees
South African Territories, Ltd., 91
Soviet Union. See Russia/Russians
Spain, 17, 34
Spann, Leopold (Saarbrücken Gestapo)
Bushell and Scheidhauer murders, 98, 149, 150–151, 152–153, 153–156, 157, 158
death of, 162
“spasmodic” quality of investigation, 219
Special Air Service (SAS), 130, 131, 199
Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF. See also Bowes, Wilfred “Freddie” (Wing Commander); Courtney, Stephen (Flight Lieutenant); Great Escape, The; Lyon, A. R. (Flight Lieutenant); McKenna, Francis P. (Squadron Leader); Smit, Wilhelm (Sergeant); Williams, H. J. (Flight Sergeant); specific murdered escapees and team members
final report on Sagan Case, 222
headquarters, 33
obstacles to investigation, 34, 35, 38, 40, 42, 46–47, 63, 96, 99–100, 180, 187, 188, 189
reconstruction of Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 82, 82
Royal Air Force Investigation Team, xiii, 163, 219, 233
success of, 233
Spires (Lieutenant), 247
Spitfire fighters, 2, 3, 204, 205
Stalag Luft I, 147, 247
Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luft III), 1–2, 106–107, 147, 191, 234, 234, 235. See also Great Escape, The
Stalag VIII-B, 144
Stege, Inge, 216
Stevens, Rupert (Lieutenant), ix, 242
background of, 108–109
escape from Stalag Luft III, 108, 109
murder of, 109, 113, 114, 115–118, 121–127, 224, 229, 230, 232
recapture of, 111
Stewart, Robert (Flying Officer), ix, 41, 189, 242
Stirling fighters, 27
“stooges” (prisoner lookouts), 5
Stower, John (Flying Officer), ix, 100–101, 101–103, 104, 242
Strasbourg (Gestapo and Kripo), xvi, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198
Street, Denys (Flying Officer), ix, 243
Struve, Wilhelm (Kiel Gestapo driver), xv
Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 24, 209, 212–213, 224
Stufe Römisch III order, 15
Sturmbannführers, 104, 105
Stuttgart, Germany, 38, 99, 138
Sunday Times, 95
superior orders plea, 224, 225–226, 228, 229, 230
survivor escapees (three), 17, 33–34
Swain, Cyril (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 172, 189, 243
Sweden, 17, 20, 21, 33
Swedish Mission Hostel, 52
Swiss Protecting Power, 30–31
Switzerland, 31, 109, 130, 146
Tate, Tom, 143–144
Taylor (Sergeant), 52–54, 58
theater and Post, 23, 27
Third Army (U.S.), 73, 119–121, 140
Thomas, W. P. (Squadron Leader), xiii, 61
Thompson, Alfred (Flight Lieutenant), 173
Tischendorf, Wilhelm (Russian undertaker), 25, 27, 206–207
Tobolski, Pawel (Flying Officer), ix, 243
Tomahawk fighters, 108
Tom tunnel, 4, 8–9
Tonder, I. P. (Flight Lieutenant), 101–103
torture allegations, London Cage, 227–228, 229
Tunisia, 119
tunneling difficulty, 1–2, 4–6, 7, 8
Ukrainians, 168, 169, 231
underground microphones, 2, 4, 8
University of Breslau, 49
Urbanek (Brno Gestapo), 81
urns of murdered escapees, 27, 31, 40, 41, 84, 96, 101, 103, 104, 109, 112, 130, 136, 150, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 199, 201, 206, 209
USSR. See Russia/Russians
Vaca (Captain), 76–77
Valenta, Ernst “Wally” (Flying Officer), ix, 11, 65, 172, 189, 243
van der Bijil, F. V. (Czech lawyer), 64, 65–67, 72
Van der Stok, Bram (Flight Lieutenant, Dutch), 33–34
Van Giessen, J. (Sergeant), xiii, 137, 140, 156, 205, 207
Vasilievich, Gershkov Michael, 187
Venediger, Günther (Danzig Gestapo), xv, 97–98, 163, 168, 169–170, 219, 232
victory (symbolic), Great Escape as, 234–235
Volkssturm (Home Guard), 174
Vosges Mountains, 130, 132, 135
Vreugdenhil (Lieutenant Colonel), 86
Wacker, Ferdinand (Home Guard), 193–194
Walde, Ernst Richard (Colonel), 63
Walenn,
Gilbert (Flight Lieutenant), 96, 162–170, 231, 243
Walenn, Tim (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 6–7
Walker, D. J. (Flying Officer), xiii, 163
“war crime,” 226
war crime charges, Sagan Case trial, 224, 225, 230
War Criminals Holding Centre, Minden, 40, 87, 88, 90, 117, 124, 137, 140, 141, 153, 158, 161, 168, 200, 209, 220
War Office, 91, 92, 95
waste sacks escapes, 247
Waters, John (Lieutenant Colonel), 120
Wehrmacht, 49, 56, 149, 150
Weil, Emil (Munich Gestapo), xvi
Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 115–117, 122, 123–124, 125, 126, 127, 224, 230
Weissmann, Robert (Liberec Gestapo), xvi, 104, 104n
Wellington bombers, 68, 70, 192
Welter (Mülhausen Gendarmerie), 193–194
Wernham, James (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 188, 243
Wesermünde, Germany, 81, 87, 88, 216
Weyland, Robert (Liberec Gestapo), xvi, 104, 104n
Whitley bombers, 129
Wieczorek, Erwin (Breslau SS), xiv, 188, 231
Wielen, Max (Breslau Kripo), xiv
Grossfahndung order, 14, 36, 176, 225
Müller and, 230
Nebe and, 16–17, 34, 230
Sagan Case trial, 225, 230, 233
Scharpwinkel and, 185
Wiley, George (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 186, 243
Williams, H. J. (Flight Sergeant), xiii. See also Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF
cremation receipts, 115
Gassner interrogation, 110–112
McKenna and, 35, 36–37, 38, 39–40, 42, 44, 45
Peters interrogation, 197–199
Schulz interrogation, 156, 157, 158
Williams, John E. (Squadron Leader), ix, 100–101, 102, 103, 104, 243
Williams, John F. (Flight Lieutenant), ix, 243
Wilson, D.E.L. (Group Captain), 30, 31
winter of 1946-1947 (Germany), 213–214
Winter Olympics (1936), 110
Wochner, Magnus (camp registrar at Natzweiler), xv, 137, 138
World War I (First World War), 27, 91, 206, 226
World War II (Second World War), 91, 235. See also Great Escape, The
X-Organization, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 204
Zacharias, Erich (Zlín Frontier Police), xv
Czech girl raped and murdered by, 93–94
escapes by, 87–88, 93, 94–95, 152, 152
Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 66–67, 75, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82–83, 84, 85, 86–89, 90, 93–94, 152, 224
Kiowsky and, 88, 89
Sagan Case trial, 224, 227, 228, 230
Zafouk, Jack, 147
Zembrodt, Hubertus, 51, 55–57
Ziegler, Hans (Zlín Frontier Police), xiv
death of, 223
Kidder and Kirby-Green murders, 67, 72, 73–74, 77, 78–79, 80–81, 82–83, 84, 88, 89, 162, 219–220, 227
Zlín. See also Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and Kripo)
Frontier Police interrogations, 77–81
Gestapo headquarters, 81–83
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Simon Read is the author of five previous works of nonfiction, including War of Words, On the House, and In the Dark. He lives in Northern California with his wife and son. You can reach him through his website at www.simon-read.com.