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|crimes=Hostage taking Mass [[murder]] Deportation [[War crimes]] Evasion [[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|Image=HK.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty (precedently) Jewish people The Vatican Anti-fascists The Allies Partisans}}

{{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}

{{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on doing the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}

'''Herbert Kappler''' was the [[Gestapo]] chief [[SS]]-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) of Rome who committed [[War crimes|war crimes]].

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== Quotes ==

{{Quote|As long as I'm not in Germany I don't want to delude myself or despair. Too many times my dreams of freedom have been disappointed.|Herbert Kappler on wanting to return to Germany.}}{{Quote|I was forced to order that no chaplain attend the execution. It is, in fact, terrible for a dying person to be separated from the priest.|Herbert Kappler}}{{Quote|I felt the responsibility of execution terrible on me. I feverishly studied the modalities. I called my officers to report and briefed them on the situation and gave them orders. Each commander had to participate in the execution by firing a shot from a machine gun. This was a symbolic necessity.|Herbert Kappler on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}

{{Quote|As long as I'm not in Germany, I don't want to delude myself or despair. Too many times my dreams of freedom have been disappointed.|Herbert Kappler on wanting to return to Germany.}}{{Quote|I was forced to order that no chaplain attend the execution. It is, in fact, terrible for a dying person to be separated from the priest.|Herbert Kappler}}{{Quote|I felt the responsibility of execution terrible on me. I feverishly studied the modalities. I called my officers to report and briefed them on the situation and gave them orders. Each commander had to participate in the execution by firing a shot from a machine gun. This was a symbolic necessity.|Herbert Kappler on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}

== Trivia ==

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 |crimes=Hostage taking<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Deportation<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Evasion<br>[[Torture]]|alias=Obersturmbannführer Kappler|type of villain=Nazi colonel|Image=HK.jpg|enemies=Hugh O'Flaherty (precedently)<br>Jewish people<br>The Vatican <br>Anti-fascists<br>The Allies<br>Partisans}}
-{{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}
+{{Quote|Only I know how much I suffered from that terrible experience.|Herbert Kappler expressing his regret on doing the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}
 '''Herbert Kappler''' was the [[Gestapo]] chief [[SS]]-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) of Rome who committed [[War crimes|war crimes]].
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 == Quotes ==
-{{Quote|As long as I'm not in Germany I don't want to delude myself or despair. Too many times my dreams of freedom have been disappointed.|Herbert Kappler on wanting to return to Germany.}}{{Quote|I was forced to order that no chaplain attend the execution. It is, in fact, terrible for a dying person to be separated from the priest.|Herbert Kappler}}{{Quote|I felt the responsibility of execution terrible on me. I feverishly studied the modalities. I called my officers to report and briefed them on the situation and gave them orders. Each commander had to participate in the execution by firing a shot from a machine gun. This was a symbolic necessity.|Herbert Kappler on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}
+{{Quote|As long as I'm not in Germany, I don't want to delude myself or despair. Too many times my dreams of freedom have been disappointed.|Herbert Kappler on wanting to return to Germany.}}{{Quote|I was forced to order that no chaplain attend the execution. It is, in fact, terrible for a dying person to be separated from the priest.|Herbert Kappler}}{{Quote|I felt the responsibility of execution terrible on me. I feverishly studied the modalities. I called my officers to report and briefed them on the situation and gave them orders. Each commander had to participate in the execution by firing a shot from a machine gun. This was a symbolic necessity.|Herbert Kappler on the [[Ardeatine massacre]]}}
 == Trivia ==