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173: 167: 53:. They were buried in the prison cemetery. Straub is alleged to have said just before his execution: "What I did was done as a German soldier under orders. If I had not done so, I would have been punished when I returned to Germany." 246: 256: 241: 62: 251: 212: 276: 286: 271: 130: 91: 49:, who hung his body from a tree in order to make it seem that Günther had killed himself. Gauss, 32, and Staub, 39, were hanged on 14 July 1945 at 266: 261: 38:, he was "captured on 9 May 1943 in Tunisia murdered in Camp Aiken prisoner-of-war camp, South Carolina" United States, by fellow prisoners. 281: 148: 205: 50: 92:"Original German text: "Gefangennahme am 09.05.1943 in Tunesien. Er wurde im Kriegsgefangenenlager Aiken, South Carolina, ermordet."" 198: 41:
He was suspected of collaborating with the American authorities and was strangled by two fellow prisoners-of-war,
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