The German Infantrymen who Faked being a Captain to Commit WAR CRIMES - How Did he Get Away With it?

Does the man make the uniform, or the uniform make the man? In this video, we tell the story of Willi Herold—the deserter who found a captain’s uniform and took charge of over a hundred German soldiers in the last weeks of WWII.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:46 Young Willi Herold
3:05 The Collapsing Reich
4:11 “Detachment Herold”
7:36 The Executioner of Elmsland
9:30 Wanted War Criminal
10:55 Conclusion