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Friedrich Ritter

Case from Salina, UT dated Jul 08, 1945

Victim Details

Friedrich Ritter

Male

White / Caucasian

Salina

UT

1945-07-08

48

Friedrich

Ritter

07/10/2026

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In the quiet, early hours of a summer night in Salina, Utah, a tragedy unfolded that shattered the post-war calm. Among the German prisoners of war held at a camp just outside the small town was Friedrich Ritter, a 48-year-old man. The date was July 8, 1945, and for the sleeping prisoners, the war in Europe was over. They were thousands of miles from the battlefields, awaiting their eventual return home. But for Ritter and dozens of others, the war's violence was not yet finished.

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  • Intermountain Histories: The P.O.W. Camp at Salina, Utah | Intermountain Histories
  • WAR HISTORY ONLINE: War Crime? Utah Camp Guard Opened Fire on German POWs After War was Over
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