Oscar Hans (born 6 February 1910, date of death unknown) was a German war criminal, leader of a SS-Sonderkommando during the

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. He was born in Volmeringen, Lorraine,

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. Hans led the execution of more than 300 persons during the war years, including 195 persons executed at

Trandumskogen Trandumskogen is a forest located in Ullensaker, Akershus county, Norway. It was the site of one of the first discoveries in May 1945 of Nazi Germany, German mass graves in Norway. The German executioner Oskar Hans was the officer in command of t ...

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. His first job was the executions of Viggo Hansteen and

Rolf Wickstrøm Rolf Wickstrøm (9 December 1912 in Oslo, Norway – 10 September 1941) was a Norwegian labour activist and a victim of the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Wickstrøm grew up in a working-class family. In 1935 he was hired as ...

in September 1941, following a court-martial after the milk strike in Oslo. After the war he was initially sentenced to death, but he successfully appealed his sentence. The Supreme Court of Norway concluded that he could not have known he was acting in violation of certain treaties. The Supreme Court also expelled him from Norway, and he was later sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a British court, for the execution of six British citizens. His trial by a British Military Court in

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was held on 18–22 August 1948. He was released in April 1954.Bohn, Robert (editor), ''Deutschland, Europa und der Norden''. HMRG, Beihefte, vol. 6, Stuttgart 1993, p. 121, footnote 48.

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''. Oslo: Cappelen. , p. 158 . * ''Penn State International Law Review''. Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, 2001, p. 209. 1910 births Year of death missing German executioners SS-Hauptsturmführer German people of World War II People from Alsace-Lorraine German prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Norway People deported from Norway Prisoners and detainees of the British military Nazis convicted of war crimes Reich Security Main Office personnel {{Germany-crime-bio-stub

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