Talk:Hermann Schaper

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Does anyone know when Schaper died? The information here is completely lacking on that point. --Uosux (talk) 20:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The point is that no one knows. He simply disappeared, just vanished. Obviously this is due to his genocidal war time massacres in nazi occupied Poland.--83.12.91.242 (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Count van der Groeben
There is no such family name existing. It is Count von der Groeben. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:490E:23A:54CA:C2EE:7057:B30E (talk) 22:23, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Death
In April 2002, Schaper had been questioned by Polish prosecutors about the Jedwabne massacre. At least at this time he was still alive and supposedly lived in Hamburg's Blankenese district. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:45:490E:23A:54CA:C2EE:7057:B30E (talk) 22:42, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

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I content that this version of the article is more compliant with NPOV & other guidelines. It contains only one non-free portrait, and I believe that "infobox criminal" is more applicable. The portrait of Schaper as an SS man was uploaded by a used who had been blocked as a sock puppet.

The article also avoids the inadvertent "partisan equals Jew" discourse, which I did not find appropriate; see "due to reports of Soviet guerrilla activity in the area with Jews being of course immediately suspected of helping them out". It's pretty clear from current literature that "Jewish-Bolsheviks" were to be "eliminated" under a far-reaching genocidal program, and "guerrilla" activity (real or imagined) was just a pretext.

Feedback? K.e.coffman (talk) 18:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Let's take it step by step, please. I truly appreciate the will to improve and streamline this bio of an SS man – notable only for his participation in atrocities committed during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. This is a stable article. Meanwhile, much has been changed in today's edits, for example: the sentence which used to read that he "was promoted to the rank of SS-Untersturmführer on 20 April 1935" was changed to "Schaper joined the SS on 20 April 1935." This is not a cosmetic change. I would really appreciate some feedback regarding the most appropriate infobox use in here. Thanks,  Poeticbent  talk 18:42, 1 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree on the 1935 date; I was too hasty. Is it known when he joined the SS? This could be simplified as: "S. joined the SS in [193?] and reached the rank of [X] by 1939" (if known). I.e. the rank that he started his EK activities with.


 * On the infobox, I do not find the use of "Infobox military person" suitable for two reasons: (1) The activities of the EKs were clearly criminal -- these people were not "soldering"; (2) S. is mostly noted for having been investigated post-war, tried (twice) and convicted. If this had not happened, there probably would not have been sources, and then a Wiki article, on a relatively low-level SS commander.


 * Does this make sense? K.e.coffman (talk) 19:04, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Please remember also, User:Bossanoven has been blocked indefinitely as suspected sockpuppet of TyrusThomas4lyf, but not for his contributions to the Holocaust-related articles which were in most cases valuable and quite extensive. He created the page Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp, among other things; and made 297 edits at Sobibór extermination camp, 222 edits at Treblinka extermination camp and 186 edits at The Holocaust.  Poeticbent  talk 19:21, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
 * All individuals in Category:Einsatzgruppen personnel who have "infoboxes", such as (starting with the letter "B") Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Walter Blume (SS officer), Horst Böhme (SS officer), Hans Bothmann, Ernst Biberstein, and Josef Blösche, are being ascribed to "Template:Infobox military person".  Poeticbent  talk 19:35, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Two non-free portraits
I don't believe that both are needed; I suggest using the later one in the infobox. Feedback? K.e.coffman (talk) 01:31, 3 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree. Two photographs are not needed for such a short bio. However, the one of an SS functionary currently in the infobox is far more relevant to his career. The one in civilian clothing is not telling the full story, and the postwar source is equally vague.  Poeticbent  talk 02:39, 3 November 2017 (UTC)