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Ardenne Abbey-Kurt Meyer-Crop-Trial in Aurich Germany. Photo via Library and Archives Canada.
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Ardenne Abbey massacre
Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Kurt “Panzer” Meyer's WWI War Crimes.
Victim(s)
[North Nova Scotia Highlanders] Private Ivan Crowe, Private Charles Doucette, Corporal Joseph MacIntyre, Private Reginald Keeping, Private Walter Doherty, Private Hollis McKeil, Private Hugh MacDonald, Private George McNaughton, Private George Millar, Private Thomas Mont, Private Raymond Moore [The Sherbrooke Fusiliers 27th Armoured Regiment] Private James Moss, Trooper James Bolt, Trooper George Gill, Trooper Thomas Henry, Trooper Roger Lockhead, Trooper Harold Philp, Lieutenant Thomas Windsor
perpetrator(s)
Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Kurt “Panzer” Meyer
Case Status
Closed Case
Case Years
June, 1944
Location(s)
Abbaye d’Aredene, Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France
Synopsis
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The Ardenne Abbey massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division during the early days of the Normandy invasion in June 1944. Following the D-Day landings, Canadian soldiers from the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and other units were captured near Caen, France. Between June 7 and 17, at least 20 Canadian prisoners of war were taken to the grounds of the Ardenne Abbey and executed by SS troops under the command of Kurt Meyer. The massacre violated the Geneva Convention and became one of the most infamous atrocities committed against Canadian forces during World War II. Meyer was later tried and convicted for his role in the killings.
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