Adolf Diekmann

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Adolf Diekmann
Diekmann wearing a pre-war Allgemeine SS uniform c. 1936
Nickname(s)	“Otto”
Born	(1914-12-08)8 December 1914 Magdeburg, Prussia, German Empire
Died	29 June 1944(1944-06-29) (aged 29) Noyers-Bocage, Normandy, German-occupied France
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1933–44
Rank	Sturmbannführer
Service number	SS: 309,894
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Commands	First Battalion, 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Der Führer)
Known for	Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Battles / wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Operation Overlord †
Awards	Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Golden Party Badge Wound Badge in black War Merit Cross (2nd class with swords)
Children	1 (Unconfirmed)

Adolf Rudolf Reinhold Diekmann (18 December 1914 – 29 June 1944) was a Nazi officer in the Waffen SS during World War II who orchestrated the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre in France on 10 June 1944. Under Diekmann's command, troops from the SS Division Das Reich killed 643 inhabitants in the village, most of whom were women and children. He said he committed the war crime in retaliation for the killing of a fellow SS officer named Helmut Kämpfe by the French Resistance.