On 14 March , German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler ordered Request Schutzstaffel ( SS ) General Hans Kammler to fire Use_firearm V2 rockets to destroy Destroying the bridge .

On 9 June 1944 , after arresting Arrest all men between the ages of sixteen and sixty , the `` Schutzstaffel '' ( SS ) and `` Sicherheitsdienst '' ( SD ) men ordered Request 120 of the prisoners to be hanged , of whom 99 were actually hanged .