[PAR] [TLE] Kurt Student [SEP] Kurt Student (12 May 1890 – 1 July 1978) was a German paratroop general in the Luftwaffe during World War II.  He launched the first major airborne operation of the war, the Battle for The Hague in May 1940.  The highest-ranking member of Germany's parachute infantry, Student commanded the Fallschirmjäger throughout World War II.  In 1947, Student was tried and convicted of war crimes committed while in command on Crete. [PAR] [TLE] Massacre of Kondomari [SEP] The Massacre of Kondomari (Greek: Σφαγή στο Κοντομαρί ) refers to the execution of male civilians from the village of Kondomari in Crete by an firing squad consisting of German paratroopers on 2 June 1941 during World War II.  The shooting was the first of a series of reprisals in Crete.  It was orchestrated by Generaloberst Kurt Student, in retaliation for the participation of Cretans in the Battle of Crete which had ended with the surrender of the island two days earlier.  The massacre was photographed by a German army war propaganda correspondent whose negatives were discovered 39 years later in the federal German archives by a Greek journalist.
[PAR] [TLE] Kurt Student [ SEP ] Kurt Student ( 12 May 1890 – 1 July 1978 ) was a German paratroop general in the Luftwaffe during World War II . He launched the first major airborne operation of the war , the Battle for The Hague in May 1940 . The highest - ranking member of Germany 's parachute infantry , Student commanded the Fallschirmjäger throughout World War II . In 1947 , Student was tried and convicted of war crimes committed while in command on Crete . [PAR] [TLE] Massacre of Kondomari [ SEP ] The Massacre of Kondomari ( Greek : Σφαγή στο Κοντομαρί ) refers to the execution of male civilians from the village of Kondomari in Crete by an firing squad consisting of German paratroopers on 2 June 1941 during World War II . The shooting was the first of a series of reprisals in Crete . It was orchestrated by Generaloberst Kurt Student , in retaliation for the participation of Cretans in the Battle of Crete which had ended with the surrender of the island two days earlier . The massacre was photographed by a German army war propaganda correspondent whose negatives were discovered 39 years later in the federal German archives by a Greek journalist .
What Luftwaffe general who was responsible for the murder of the male civilians of a Greek village was later convicted for war crimes?
What Luftwaffe general who was responsible for the murder of the male civilians of a Greek village was later convicted for war crimes ?
Kurt Student
Kurt Student