Curt Bruns

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Curt Bruns (March 12, 1915 – June 15, 1945) was a Wehrmacht captain and war criminal. During the Battle of the Bulge, he ordered the executions of two U.S. prisoners of war after learning that the two men were German-born Jews. When giving the order, he said, "The Jews have no right to live in Germany." Bruns was executed for the crime six months later, becoming the first German war criminal to be executed by the United States Army for war crimes after World War II.

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