00:00Rather than uphold the rules of war, Fenn implemented and enforced Hitler's brutal directives for bandit fighting, which treated civilians
00:08and partisans as one and the same.
00:11In doing so, he transformed the German withdrawal from the Balkans into a scorched-earth campaign that left behind a
00:18trail of destruction, death, and lasting trauma.
00:22In May 1945, with the German surrender, Fenn was taken prisoner by the British.
00:29Like many captured officers, he expected to face interrogation and internment, perhaps even a formal war crimes trial.
00:36Instead, on the 4th of June 1945, the British handed him over to the Yugoslav partisans, who accused him of
00:44responsibility for the atrocities committed by the German troops in the Balkans.
00:48There was no formal trial, no written sentence.
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