Julius Hans Christian Nielson (26 October 1898 – July 10, 1948) was a German SS officer attached to the

Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of F ...

. He was stationed in Norway during

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and worked as the Commander of the

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and the SD in

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. He was promoted to

Obersturmführer __NOTOC__ (, ; short: ''Ostuf'') was a Nazi Germany paramilitary ranks, Nazi Germany paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the Sturmabteilung, SA, Schutzstaffel, SS, National Socialist Motor Corps, NSKK and the ...

. During his time in Trondheim, he tortured and murdered Norwegian prisoners.

Execution

Nielson was convicted of murdering and torturing prisoners by the

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. He was executed by an 11 man firing squad from 5 meters away at

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on July 10, 1948. Neilson was among 12 others who were convicted and executed for war crimes as a result of the legal purge in Norway.

References

1898 births 1948 deaths SS-Obersturmführer Gestapo personnel German people convicted of torture German police officers convicted of murder {{Germany-mil-bio-stub People convicted of murder by Norway Police officers executed for murder Nazis executed in Norway