 They claimed that a Waffen-SS officer was being held prisoner by the Resistance in Oradour-sur-Vayres, a nearby village.The captured officer was claimed to be SS-"Sturmbannführer" Helmut Kämpfe, commander of the 2nd SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (also part of the Das Reich division).He may have been captured by the Maquis du Limousin the day before.