Major Wilhelm Trapp or Papa Trapp (Nitzow, 4 September 1889 – executed 18 December 1948, Siedlce) was a career policeman, the commander of the Reserve Police Battalion 101 formation of Nazi German Ordnungspolizei (Order Police). He was a World War I veteran – an "old Party fighter" – who joined the NSDAP in December 1932, awarded the Iron Cross First Class. Trapp served in occupied Poland during World War II, subsequently leading his battalion of 500 middle-aged men on genocidal missions against the Polish Jews. He was captured after the war by the Allies and handed over to the British authorities. After investigation by the Polish Military Mission he was extradited to Poland in 1946, and charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Trapp was pronounced guilty and sentenced to death by the Siedlce District Court on 6 July 1948, and executed on 18 December 1948.
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