__NOTOC__ Jürgen Wagner (9 September 1901 in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

– 27 June 1947 in

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) was a '' Brigadeführer'' in the Waffen-SS during

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, the commander of the SS Division Nederland and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. In April 1944 Wagner was promoted to SS-'' Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS'' and given command of the

4th SS Polizei Division The 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division (4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division) or SS Division Polizei was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formation The division was formed in October ...

. In August 1944, Wagner was given command of a ''

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'' (battle group), against the Tartu Offensive of the Soviet

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.Hiio 2006, pp. 1035–1094. After the war ended, Wagner was extradited to

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in 1947. There, he was put on trial before the military tribunal of the 3rd Yugoslav Army from 29 May to 6 June 1947 in

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

. It is not precisely known for what he was indicted. However, his orders for the mass executions of civilians in 1941 and later on reportedly played a role in his conviction. Found guilty of the charges, he was sentenced to

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and executed on 27 June 1947.

Awards

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

(1939) 2nd Class (16 May 1940) & 1st Class (1 July 1940)Thomas 1998, p. 407. * German Cross in Gold on 8 December 1942 as SS-''Standartenführer'' in SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Germania"Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 492. * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 24 July 1943 as SS-''Oberführer'' and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania".Scherzer 2007, p. 764. ** 680th Oak Leaves on 11 December 1944 as SS-''Brigadeführer'' and ''Generalmajor'' of the Waffen-SS and commander of the 4. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland"

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* Böhme, Kurt W. (1964). ''Zur Geschichte der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Die deutschen Kriegsgefangenen in Jugoslawien 1949-1953.'' Vol. I/2, Gieseking, Ernst und Werner, GmbH, Verlag. . * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Jurgen 1901 births 1947 deaths Military personnel from Strasbourg German mass murderers People from Alsace-Lorraine SS-Brigadeführer Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Recipients of the Gold German Cross Nazis executed in Yugoslavia People extradited from Germany People extradited to Yugoslavia Waffen-SS personnel Executed German people 20th-century Freikorps personnel Executed mass murderers

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