Helmut Kämpfe ( 31 July 1909 – 10 June 1944 ) was a highly decorated Waffen SS '' Sturmbannführer '' who was killed by the French Resistance just before the Oradour massacre in occupied France on 10 June 1944 . In total 642 men , women and children were murdered in Oradour-sur-Glane by troops from the 2nd SS Panzer Division '' Das Reich '' . The SS commander who ordered the massacre said the death of Kämpfe was the reason for the killings
Oradour massacre
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Helmut Kämpfe