In 1953, Lammerding was tried in France for war crimes, for ordering two massacres in 1944: at
Tulle and at
Oradour-sur-Glane. The 2024 PBS documentary "Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944" describes Lammerding holding a meeting in June 1944 in Limoges where he discussed wanting to inflict brutal retribution on a French village in order to teach a lesson to the French resistance. It is described in the documentary that French collaborator, Jean Fiyol, suggested Oradour-sur-Glane because it was a quiet village that would not attract outside attention. The massacre was carried out by SS Officer
Adolf Diekmann. The documentary does not delve into the specifics of Lammerding's order and whether Diekmann's actions may have exceeded what Lammerding had intended with his order. Lammerding was sentenced to death in absentia by the court of Bordeaux, but he was never extradited from
West Germany nor was he ever sentenced by a German court. According to Danny S. Parker, Lammerding had already been tried in West Germany, convicted of war crimes and had served a prison sentence. He, therefore, was not subject to extradition under the Bonn constitution, much to the consternation of the French. They threatened to send in a commando unit to seize him, as the Israelis did in the case of
Adolf Eichmann. However, before this could occur, Lammerding died in 1971 from
cancer. == Funeral ==