Wilhelm Ruppert
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Friedrich Wilhelm Ruppert (2 Feb 1905 - 29 May 1946). SS trooper in charge of executions at Dachau concentration camp. Among others, he was responsible for the executions of British SOE agents Noor Inayat Khan
, Madeleine Damerment
, Eliane Plewman
, and Yolande Beekman
.
Wilhelm Ruppert was tried for war crimes by the American occupying forces. He was subsequently convicted and executed by hanging
on May 29, 1946.
Noor Inayat Khan
Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan / Nora Baker, GC, MBE , usually known as Noor Inayat Khan was of Indian Muslim origin...
, Madeleine Damerment
Madeleine Damerment
Madeleine Zoe Damerment was a World War II spy.-Biography:...
, Eliane Plewman
Eliane Plewman
Eliane Plewman was a French SOE agent and member of French resistance.Plewman was born Eliane Browne-Bartroli in Marseille. The daughter of an English father and Spanish mother, she was educated in England and in Spain...
, and Yolande Beekman
Yolande Beekman
Yolande Beekman was a World War II spy.-Early life:...
.
Wilhelm Ruppert was tried for war crimes by the American occupying forces. He was subsequently convicted and executed by hanging
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
on May 29, 1946.