Oskar Klingelhöfer

[LuckyStrike23]

more prison docs:

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in 1951 the sentence was again reduced to 15 years:

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in 1953 - after 8 years - he was finally released on parole:

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that must have been the first or one of the first pics in freedom:

[DeMil]

I really like all the papers you post.
What a history

[LuckyStrike23]

somewhen earlier someone asked the question what he was doing after he was released. Then I didnt know but now I can answer that question.

One would of course expect that after 5 years of hard fighting, several wounds and 8 years in prison (1 year in death cell) he was a broken man - but the opposite is true. But the start was indeed difficult.

His first plan was to work together wis his wife in their photoshop. The following pic must be taken somewhen in the mid 1950s - he looks still relatively young in his face:

[Jochen S.]

Thank you for posting. Most interesting!

[Jochen S.]

The article mentions that two accused of the Malmedy trial - Klingelhofer and Gruhle - were prevented from escaping during the night of the 16th of May 1946. Inmates of the SS-Prisonercamp assisted them with sawing of the (prison-)bars...

[markus]

"Lucky" -

Instead of posting all this beautiful material on the web I'd rather like to see it written up in a large article or book of some sort. On the web the info is basically lost and forgotten overnight.

The experience of elaborating a book like on "Teddy" Wisch and now Sepp Dietrich have been the most rewarding experiences for me in this hobby. (I collect other areas as well)

I've got so much great stuff here in the collection many would kill for, yet believe me, the items mean absolutely NOTHING to me in comparison to the study, research and learning process going into these books.

Oftenly it's a painstaking porcess to put a book or article together, but you will get so much more out of it than medal, uniforms, documents, etc. can give you. Through vet interviews, digging into the material, you will actually dive into and live history to a certain degree.

Enough said, think about it. It'll be a blissful experience.

Cheers,
Markus

[LuckyStrike23]

I have read about that escape. His wife wrote about it in one of her letters. Well - in may 46 he was sentenced to death - he had nothing to loose.

[LuckyStrike23]

"Lucky" -

Instead of posting all this beautiful material on the web I'd rather like to see it written up in a large article or book of some sort. On the web the info is basically lost and forgotten overnight.

The experience of elaborating a book like on "Teddy" Wisch and now Sepp Dietrich have been the most rewarding experiences for me in this hobby. (I collect other areas as well)

I've got so much great stuff here in the collection many would kill for, yet believe me, the items mean absolutely NOTHING to me in comparison to the study, research and learning process going into these books.

Oftenly it's a painstaking porcess to put a book or article together, but you will get so much more out of it than medal, uniforms, documents, etc. can give you. Through vet interviews, digging into the material, you will actually dive into and live history to a certain degree.

Enough said, think about it. It'll be a blissful experience.

Cheers,
Markus

I have already written two books within my Bundeswehr time. At the moment I am not keen on writing a third one. But you can be sure all the history will be thoroughly preserved.

[LuckyStrike23]

the final release document:

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beeing "on parole" was a big restriction for one´s life. He was not allowed to leave "Niedersachsen" and had to report once per month to his parole officer.

He was even not allowed to talk about Malmedy and the imprisonment.

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the first 2 parole reports:

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in that time they tried to buy their own photo-shop - but were not sucessful: