Hannes Trautloft
Hannes Trautloft, Luftwaffe Colonel, born March 3, 1912 in Grossobringen/Thuringia, commander of Jagdgeschwader 54, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, shot down 57 enemy aircraft, served as Inspector-General of the German Air Force in the 1960s, died on January 11, 1995 in Bad Wiessee, on Luftwaffe General Erhard Milch: “[He was] the only general director we had – the only senior officer who understood the problems of modern industry.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)
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Execution of Clemens Wiegand
On Friday, January 11, 1946 at the Bruchsal Prison, Germany, Master Sergeant John C. Woods, assisted by Vincent J. Martino, hanged Clemens Wiegand, previously a a Nazi Party district leader in Frankfurt-Ginnheim, who had murdered a downed American airman in 1944. (American Hangman: MSgt. John C. Woods, The United States Army’s Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg.)
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Chicago Crime Calendar
January 11, 2012 – Augustin Zambrano – a ranking “Corona” within the Latin Kings was convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) of racketeering conspiracy and related charges involving narcotics trafficking and violence. He was sentenced to sixty years in prison.