Hitler Youth Gets American Mercy
Karl Arno Punzeller, 16, of Monschau, Germany, a Hitler youth leader who was sentenced to death in a German civil court for reporting American troop movements to the enemy, hears Sgt. Eric Hartmann of Albany, N.Y. read an order from Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges commuting the sentence to life imprisonment. Witnessing the occasion in an Aachen prison is Maj. James. D. Clemens (left) of Birmingham, Ala.
- The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) February 13th 1945
- The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) February 13th 1945
Date & Place:
in Aachen, Cologne County, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany