Timo Worst
@timoworst.bsky.social
www.knittelbooks.com
Author of "Career, Crimes and Trial of SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel", "A Week of Horror in the Ardennes: an investigation into the war crimes of Schnelle Gruppe Knittel" and "The SS in the Ambléve Valley".
Author of "Career, Crimes and Trial of SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel", "A Week of Horror in the Ardennes: an investigation into the war crimes of Schnelle Gruppe Knittel" and "The SS in the Ambléve Valley".
The Prince-Demaret family lived next door to the Legaye-Crismer family on the Route de Trois-Ponts in Stavelot. 42-year-old Marie and her children, 14-year-old Yvon, 12-year-old Elisa and 4-year-old Pol, were all shot by the SS on the 19th of December 1944.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Prince-Demaret family lived next door to the Legaye-Crismer family on the Route de Trois-Ponts in Stavelot. 42-year-old Marie and her children, 14-year-old Yvon, 12-year-old Elisa and 4-year-old Pol, were all shot by the SS on the 19th of December 1944.
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The Legaye and Prince houses photographed shortly after the battle. The SS murdered 23 people in the garden, 14 of them children, the youngest 4 years old.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Legaye and Prince houses photographed shortly after the battle. The SS murdered 23 people in the garden, 14 of them children, the youngest 4 years old.
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#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #historybook #ww2 #ardennes
The Legaye-Crismer family, from left to right:
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Legaye-Crismer family, from left to right:
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
Alice Legaye (39)
Marie Legaye-Crismer (63)
Marcel Legaye
Jeanne Legaye-Tigny
Fernand Legaye
Marie-Jeanne Legaye (8)
Jeanne Legaye (40)
Prosper Legaye (65)
Prosper, Marie, Jeanne, Alice and Marie-Jeanne were among the 23 people murdered by the SS.
[1/2] Robert Pflüger was born on the 11th of January 1923 in Degerfelden (today a suburb of Rheinfelden). In December 1944 he was the commander of Panther tank ‘112’. Even before the offensive started his tank broke down in the village of Friesheim. It suffered from engine and battery problems.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
[1/2] Robert Pflüger was born on the 11th of January 1923 in Degerfelden (today a suburb of Rheinfelden). In December 1944 he was the commander of Panther tank ‘112’. Even before the offensive started his tank broke down in the village of Friesheim. It suffered from engine and battery problems.
19-year-old Georg Kotzur, one of the prime suspects in the Wanne murders. He joined Panzer-Regiment 1 LSSAH in October 1944 and the Ardennes was the first time he saw combat.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
19-year-old Georg Kotzur, one of the prime suspects in the Wanne murders. He joined Panzer-Regiment 1 LSSAH in October 1944 and the Ardennes was the first time he saw combat.
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The Hemroulle brothers were both born in Wanne: Emile on the 1st of December 1885 and his brother Léon on the 22nd of November 1891. They were both murdered by the SS on the 20th of December 1944.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Hemroulle brothers were both born in Wanne: Emile on the 1st of December 1885 and his brother Léon on the 22nd of November 1891. They were both murdered by the SS on the 20th of December 1944.
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"Ben Ali Libi" voorgedragen door Joost Prinsen
YouTube video by Jacco Toma
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November 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The monument for the victims in Wanne with in the background the Chateau de Wanne and the farm of Emile Counet.
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The monument for the victims in Wanne with in the background the Chateau de Wanne and the farm of Emile Counet.
Commemorating the thirty villagers murdered in Renardmont at the monument in front of the Legrand farm.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Commemorating the thirty villagers murdered in Renardmont at the monument in front of the Legrand farm.
35-year-old Josépha Legrand-Sonveau and her sons, 7-year-old Freddy and 4-year-old Roger, were murdered in their farm in Renardmont on the afternoon of the 19th of December 1944 by members of the Pionierzug of the SS-PzAA1.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
35-year-old Josépha Legrand-Sonveau and her sons, 7-year-old Freddy and 4-year-old Roger, were murdered in their farm in Renardmont on the afternoon of the 19th of December 1944 by members of the Pionierzug of the SS-PzAA1.
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José Lucien Jean Gengoux, was born on the 23rd of March 1930. He was killed on the morning of the 18th of December 1944 when a passing armoured car from the gepanzerte Gruppe Peiper machine gunned the kitchen of the Gengoux family home in Stavelot.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
José Lucien Jean Gengoux, was born on the 23rd of March 1930. He was killed on the morning of the 18th of December 1944 when a passing armoured car from the gepanzerte Gruppe Peiper machine gunned the kitchen of the Gengoux family home in Stavelot.
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I try to keep this page as free as possible from political content. But still, my voting advice for today's Dutch elections: vote the fascists out...
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Bella Ciao Palermo Protest
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October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I try to keep this page as free as possible from political content. But still, my voting advice for today's Dutch elections: vote the fascists out...
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Kilat only became a prisoner of war on the 25th of June 1945, was extradited to Belgium and tried for war crimes together with nine captured members of schnelle Gruppe Knittel. His young age was considered a mitigating factor and he was sentenced to twelve years hard labour.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Kilat only became a prisoner of war on the 25th of June 1945, was extradited to Belgium and tried for war crimes together with nine captured members of schnelle Gruppe Knittel. His young age was considered a mitigating factor and he was sentenced to twelve years hard labour.
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Edmond Georgin with his wife Irma and his mother Pauline. In the middle: Louis Nicolay with Georges and Alexandrine Warnier. On the right: Marie-Thérèse and Jean Burnotte. Apart from Edmond Georgin, all members of the ‘Anti-Neurasthenic Club’ were murdered on 19.12.1944.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Edmond Georgin with his wife Irma and his mother Pauline. In the middle: Louis Nicolay with Georges and Alexandrine Warnier. On the right: Marie-Thérèse and Jean Burnotte. Apart from Edmond Georgin, all members of the ‘Anti-Neurasthenic Club’ were murdered on 19.12.1944.
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The Gonay house in the chemin du Chateau in Stavelot.
October 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Gonay house in the chemin du Chateau in Stavelot.
Edouard and Louise Gonay with their children in happier times. On the 18th of December 1944 the crew of an SS Panther tank shot 56-year-old mailman Edouard Gonay in front of his house in Stavelot after accusing him of "shooting at their tank".
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October 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Edouard and Louise Gonay with their children in happier times. On the 18th of December 1944 the crew of an SS Panther tank shot 56-year-old mailman Edouard Gonay in front of his house in Stavelot after accusing him of "shooting at their tank".
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SS-Untersturmführer Kroißl, leader of the 4th platoon, 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1, was killed in action on the 23.12.1944 when the heavy machine guns from his platoon covered the retreat of the company from Coo. He is buried at the German war cemetery in Lommel: Block 18, Grave 444.
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
SS-Untersturmführer Kroißl, leader of the 4th platoon, 9. Kompanie, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1, was killed in action on the 23.12.1944 when the heavy machine guns from his platoon covered the retreat of the company from Coo. He is buried at the German war cemetery in Lommel: Block 18, Grave 444.
The dramatic events that took place in Wanne on the afternoon of 20 December 1944, in which five villagers were murdered, most likely began with a stupid misunderstanding about Emile Hemroulle's forest ranger uniform.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The dramatic events that took place in Wanne on the afternoon of 20 December 1944, in which five villagers were murdered, most likely began with a stupid misunderstanding about Emile Hemroulle's forest ranger uniform.
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#battleofthebulge #historybook #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2
Photo of Suzanne Bréda and her statement to Major Henry H. Moore and his interpreter Staff Sergeant Rene G. Capdevert, dated the 4th of January 1945. On the 31st of January 1948 she also gave a statement to Auditeur Militaire Jules Closon and his assistant Françis Albert.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Photo of Suzanne Bréda and her statement to Major Henry H. Moore and his interpreter Staff Sergeant Rene G. Capdevert, dated the 4th of January 1945. On the 31st of January 1948 she also gave a statement to Auditeur Militaire Jules Closon and his assistant Françis Albert.
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#battleofthebulge #ww2
Dachau, the 16th of July 1946: defendants Gustav Knittel (no. 31) and Georg Kotzur (no. 32) anxiously await the verdicts. Georg Kotzur was implicated in the murders in Wanne. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died in Landsberg prison at the age of 22 due to cardial problems
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October 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dachau, the 16th of July 1946: defendants Gustav Knittel (no. 31) and Georg Kotzur (no. 32) anxiously await the verdicts. Georg Kotzur was implicated in the murders in Wanne. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and died in Landsberg prison at the age of 22 due to cardial problems
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#battleofthebulge
The last pictures Büschel took at the ‘ambush scene’ provide us with a final look at a group of Panzergrenadiers as they set off on foot towards Poteau. Their carbines indicate that they belonged to the 1. or 2. Kompanie and not to the ‘Sturmkompanie’.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The last pictures Büschel took at the ‘ambush scene’ provide us with a final look at a group of Panzergrenadiers as they set off on foot towards Poteau. Their carbines indicate that they belonged to the 1. or 2. Kompanie and not to the ‘Sturmkompanie’.
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2
#battleofthebulge #worldwartwo #worldwar2 #ww2