Michael Hans Lippert was a mid-level paramilitary commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
10 Facts About Michael Lippert
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Michael Lippert commanded several concentration camps, including Sachsenhausen, before becoming a commander of the SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern and the SS Division Frundsberg.
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Michael Lippert became the adjutant for Theodor Eicke, who was appointed the commandant of Dachau concentration camp in 1933.
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Finally, Eicke and Michael Lippert drew their pistols and re-entered Rohm's cell.
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Michael Lippert became the first commanding officer of the Flemish Legion and commanded the unit in heavy fighting around the besieged city of Leningrad.
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Michael Lippert was relieved of his command after being severely wounded in fighting in April 1942.
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Michael Lippert was later handed over to the Dutch authorities as a suspected war criminal.
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On 12 May 1950, Michael Lippert was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his complicity in the executions of Dutch civilians who were found in a "restricted area" without identity papers.
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Michael Lippert asserted that he had remained outside Rohm's cell, and only Theodor Eicke had gone in.
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Michael Lippert described Lippert as "filled with a dangerous and unrepentant fanaticism".