Johannes Kunze

Following a trial before a kangaroo court on November 4, 1943, he was beaten to death by his fellow POWs since he had been spying for the Americans.

[2] The unmasking of Kunze happened by accident; he had been in the habit of passing notes to the American doctor at the camp during sick call.

[1] News of this discovery spread quickly and soon afterwards Kunze was killed inside the camp by his fellow POWs.

[3] All five defendants were found guilty of premeditated murder, sentenced to death, and subsequently executed by hanging at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 10, 1945.

[3] Although the death sentences were confirmed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in October 1944, the executions were delayed until after the end of the war in Europe due to the fear of reprisals against Allied prisoners held by Germany.