Max Ernst Gustav Friedrich Wielen (born 3 March 1883) was the
Kripo police chief at
Breslau. After the war, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British military court for his complicity in the
Stalag Luft III murders. However, Wielen's sentence was later reduced to 15 years, and he was released 24 October 1952, after having served about 7.5 years in custody.
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1883 births
Year of death missing
German perpetrators of World War II prisoner of war massacres
German police officers convicted of murder
German prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
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People convicted in the Curiohaus trials
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the British military