Sergeant-Major Bruno Perzonowsky^{[1, 2]}

1911 - 1946  (34 years)

• Name	Bruno Perzonowsky
  Prefix	Sergeant-Major
  Born	31 Dec 1911	Johannesburg, , East Prussia, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Crime	10 Oct 1944	Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada
  	murder of Karl Lehman
  Military	WW2 - German prisoner
  	Bruno Perzonowsky Age: 34 Occupation: German soldier Crime: Murder of fellow POW Date: Oct. 10, 1944 Location: Medicine Hat POW camp Victim(s): Karl Lehmann Method: Assault Trial: June 24-29, 1946 Recommendation for mercy: Unknown Hanged: Dec. 18, 1946 at Provincial Gaol, Lethbridge
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-165034
  Died	18 Dec 1946	Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I165034	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

• Photos

  Bruno Perzonowky National Archives of Canada

  
  

• Notes

  Sergeant-Major Bruno Perzonowsky, the ringleader, was born in Johannesburg, East Prussia. He was captured on 14 April 1941 when his bomber went down in Wales; his sixty completed flights earned him the Iron Cross, First Class. Before joining the Luftwaffe in 1935, he was a policeman in Elbing, East Prussia. His wife and daughter lived in Kragemfurt, Austria during the war. He arrived in Canada on 1 January 1942 and was interned in Montieth, Medicine Hat and Neys. Homefront in Alberta - Ideological Battles in Medicine Hat: The deaths of August Plaszek and Karl Lehmann. (2019). Wayback.archive-it.org. Retrieved 9 December 2019, from https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208171324/https://www.albertasource.ca/homefront/feature_articles/ideological2.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41565941. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Ofeldw./ Bruno Perzonowsky/ 31.12.11 + 18.12.46/ Feldw./ Werner Schwalb/ 11.6.15 + 26.6.46

  
  

• Event Map

  Crime - murder of Karl Lehman - 10 Oct 1944 - Medicine Hat, , Alberta, Canada Died - 18 Dec 1946 - Lethbridge, , Alberta, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth