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Bruno Müller (Nazi)

 * ... that SS-Obersturmbannführer Bruno Müller (pictured) having led his Einsatzkommando across southern Ukraine and Bessarabia, was never charged with any specific war crimes for lack of documentation ?
 * ... that SS-Obersturmbannführer Bruno Müller was sentenced to 20 years of hard labor for his role in the attrocities committed in Nordmark, but was released 5 years later due to amnesty laws?
 * ALT ... that Bruno Müller (pictured) was implicated in Nazi atrocities against Polish academics, Ukrainian Jews, and prisoners in a slave labor camp, but died a free man? --Orlady (talk) 04:31, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Great hook, Orlady. Thanks. Poeticbent  talk  13:30, 24 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Milonguero.

Created/expanded by Poeticbent (talk). Self nom at 20:31, 8 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg All DYK criteria met. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:14, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Poeticbent  talk  12:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg  I pulled this one out of the queue because I couldn't find clear support for the hook fact. I investigated it because the logic of the hook wasn't obvious -- how is leading an Einsatzkommando a war crime? (I wanted more details.) However, I found no support for the "lack of documentation". The Italian biography suggests that the lack of prosecution might have been due to lack of documents, but this is not clearly documented as a fact. I hope this can be sorted out... --Orlady (talk) 17:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * For me, the article and sources establish a number of elements that could be used in a good hook:
 * that he was responsible for Sonderaktion Krakau (rounding up Polish academics and sending them to concentration camps)
 * that he was commander of the unit responsible for the massacre at Bender, Moldova
 * that for approximately 3 months he was commander of one of four units in Einsatzgruppe D, which collectively was responsible for the killing of more than 90,000 people over a period of roughly 2 years
 * that he was never charged for a war crime
 * The point about "lack of documentation" is likely true, but I did not find it in the source cited, nor in other sources I was able to check. --Orlady (talk) 17:39, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Wow, that's quite a review, Orlady, I'm truly impressed. You're correct about the fact that leading a killing unit (i.e. Nazi era Einsatzkommando) by itself cannot be considered a war crime without proof of committed atrocities? – More sources would have to be found to explain what happened to him later. The German wiki claims that after the war, Müller was convicted by the British for his role in the crimes committed in Nordmark at the Hassee-Kiel slave labor camp where 500 persons perished between May 1944 and the end of the war, and that he was released after 5 years in September 1953 due to amnesty. The only problem with that sort of claim is that – in German wiki, the entire section lacks a single inline source and therefore cannot be used here. Also, the reference section there has no external links whatsoever, only the list of some off-line publications. BTW, thanks for your great new hook ideas. Any preference? Poeticbent  talk  18:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Update: see major corrections at Bruno Müller (Nazi) based on new-found reference book by Jan S. Prybyla in Google books preview. Thanks. Poeticbent  talk  22:22, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * To you, the terms Einsatzgruppe and Einsatzkommando have particular meaning, but to most readers of the English Wikipedia these are merely German words. Also, the German term "Einsatz" is not fraught with evil meaning; Einsatzgruppen translates to something like "Special Action Squads". Accordingly, to be effective the hook needs to say something about what he did, or was accused of. The term "mobile killing squads" seems to be a nickname given to these units by modern chroniclers of the Holocaust; it's probably at apt term, but because it's POV-ish, it's not something that should be tossed around lightly.
 * I found an additional source that describes his cruelty: https://books.google.com/books?id=dR4oWYjtmBEC&pg=PT121 . I'm adding that to the article. --Orlady (talk) 23:10, 21 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help. I added a bit more background based on what you found out from your research. Poeticbent  talk  15:45, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I took out some of that content due to a variety of concerns. Pictogram voting keep.svg After all the above fuss, I feel ready to suggest a new hook that I believe is fully supported by sources -- and should be effective:
 * ALT2 ... that Bruno Müller (pictured) was implicated in Nazi atrocities against Polish academics, Ukrainian Jews, and prisoners in a slave labor camp, but died a free man? --Orlady (talk) 04:31, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Copied your ALT to top of page. Thanks again. Poeticbent  talk  13:30, 24 May 2012 (UTC)