Henri Fenet

Henri Fenet
Born(1919-07-11)11 July 1919
Ceyzériat, France
Died14 September 2002(2002-09-14) (aged 83)
Paris, France
Conviction(s)Treason
Criminal penalty20 years imprisonment with hard labour
Military career
AllegianceFrance France
Vichy France Vichy France
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchFranceFrench Army
Milice française
Waffen-SS
Years of service1940–45
RankHauptsturmführer
UnitSS Division Charlemagne
Battles / warsWorld War II
Awards

Henri Joseph Fenet (11 July 1919 – 14 September 2002) was a French collaborator who served in the Milice française before joining the Waffen-SS during World War II. As the surviving battalion commander of SS Charlemagne, Fenet was part of the last defenders in the area of the Reich Chancellery and Hitler's Führerbunker in April-May 1945.[1] After the war, he was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour in 1949. He was released in 1959 and died on 14 September 2002.