Editing Hans Kieffer (section)

===Noailles Wood Massacre===
On 5 July 1944, Kieffer sent a team of Waffen-SS troops led by his lieutenant [[Karl Haug]] to intercept what he believed to be a routine supply drop in the Forest of Fontainebleau. However, it was in fact a covert parachute drop by the elite SABU-70 SAS team, eight of whom were apprehended. On Kieffer's watch, the prisoners were tortured by [[Richard Schnur]] and [[Alfred von Kapri]] except for Lieutenant Rex Wiehe, who was in hospital with bullet wounds, although he was threatened with having surgery performed without anaesthetic if he did not give up any information.

After an escape attempt, Kieffer and Knochen were ordered by [[Horst Kopkow]] to execute the prisoners in line with the [[Commando Order]]. On 8 August, all the prisoners except for Lieutenant Wiehe were dressed as Resistance captives and taken out into Noailles Wood under the guise of a prisoner transfer. Their firing squad consisted of Haug, Schnur, von Kapri, [[Julius Schmidt]] and two others. However, just before they were shot Captain Garstin ran towards the firing squad, giving the other prisoners the opportunity to run away while he was shot down. Five of the prisoners, including Garstin, were shot, but two, Serge Vaculik and Thomas Jones, escaped.