List of the Dachau trials
Here you can find the 284 Dachau trials with the respective defendants.
Each process was given its own file number, which is also listed here. This order is therefore not identical to the order according to the ascending date. Each process is also briefly commented on.
US001
The trial began: January 22, 1947
The accused were the mistreatment of 15 American prisoners of war on March 20, 1945 near Amstetten , when they were deported from Hungary to Germany in a cattle wagon . The order was issued by an officer of the Waffen SS .
- The defendants and their verdicts
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US002
Start of the trial: October 18, 1945
The accused, a member of the Waffen SS , shot and killed a GI who had been shot down and was already slightly injured on the afternoon of November 16, 1944 near Innerfurth , ( Austria ) .
- The defendant and his verdict
- Josef Hangobl , (life sentence, downgraded to ten years on appeal)
US003
Start of the trial: October 30, 1947
The two accused, members of the Volkssturm , shot and killed an unarmed American shot on March 23, 1945 in Hieflau, Styria, and tortured another.
- The defendants and their verdicts
- Mathias Kapeller , (30 years old, downgraded to 28½ years in the revision process)
- Adolph Karl Maria Krause , (5 years, downgraded to 2½ years in the revision process)
US004
Start of the trial: June 26, 1946
The defendant, a doctor and at the same time the local health officer, injected an American shot down near Molln on July 26, 1944 into a syringe in order to carry out a medical experiment on him. The victim died that same day as a result of the injection.
- The defendant and his verdict
- Alois Grisl , (life imprisonment, downgraded to 15 years in the appeal proceedings )
US005
The trial began: July 15, 1947
The accused, a member of the SS , shot and killed three captured American pilots on October 14, 1944 after they had been shot down with their planes in Bleiburg .
- The defendant and his verdict
- Erich Wandrey , ( death penalty , downgraded to life imprisonment on appeal)
US006
Start of the trial: June 7, 1946
The accused, members of Kampfgruppe Ney and the Hungarian SS , shot dead five Americans near Sur on March 5, 1945 after they had jumped off with their parachutes .
- The defendants and their verdicts
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US007
The trial began: February 26, 1947
The defendants Taurer and Winkler shot an American in Greifenburg on November 16, 1944 , after they had received orders from a gendarmerie officer and the local group leader.
- The defendants and their verdicts
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US008
Start of the trial: January 30, 1947
The two defendants, members of the Reich Labor Service in Eisenstadt , captured four US soldiers with riflemen in the mountains , interrogated them, tortured them and killed them on the pretext that they had planned an attempt to escape. These four murders occurred between February 13 and February 14, 1945.
- The defendants and their verdicts
- Franz Hofbauer , (25 years)
- Oswald Rath , (25 years)
US009
The trial began: July 24, 1947
On August 23, 1944, the defendants captured a shot down American in Frein an der Mürz in Styria and killed him on the way to the headquarters in Mürzsteg . On the way to their base, they also murdered an American at Taschl after they had interrogated him.
- The defendants and their verdicts
- Walter Bockhorni , (acquittal)
- Fritz Thaler , (25 years old, downgraded to 13 years in the 1st revision procedure, increased to 23 years in the 2nd revision procedure)
US010
Start of the trial: November 6, 1947
On April 25, 1945, the defendant shot and killed an American who had to make an emergency landing with his parachute near Linz .
- The defendant and his verdict
- Johann Stieblaichinger (20 years, downgraded to 18 years 9 months in the revision procedure)
US011
Start of the trial: July 16, 1946
Between December 16, 1944 and January 13, 1945, the defendants shot and killed hundreds of prisoners of war during the Ardennes offensive .
- The defendants and their verdicts
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Note: None of the death sentences was carried out, none of the convicts were in prison for more than ten years (up to a maximum of 1956).
US 012
The trial began: June 24, 1947
On May 25, 1944, the defendant shot and killed an unarmed American who had parachuted to the ground near Hamburg .
- The defendant and his verdict
- Ludwig Johann Michael Engelhard , (acquittal)
US 013
Start of the trial: April 7, 1945
The accused, a member of the Armed Forces (2nd Battalion , 293rd Regiment , 18th People's gendarmerie - Division ) shot on April 20, 1945, two US soldiers with hundreds of other prisoners on the march to a POW camp near Bleialf were. The two soldiers were chosen at random because they looked "Jewish". After the execution, the defendant is said to have shouted “ Jews have no right to live in Germany ”.
- The defendant and his verdict
- Curt Bruns , ( death penalty )
US 014
The trial began on August 18, 1947
Between October 1944 and January 1945, the defendants, members of the 105th SS Panzer Brigade, are said to have used stolen uniforms , emblems and documents to gain access to US bases in the Ardennes , and thus hundreds of US as part of the so-called " gripping action " -Soldiers shot dead.
- The defendants and their verdicts
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US 015
The trial began: June 24, 1947
The accused, a member of the Deutsche Reichsbahn , is said to have shot a dead US pilot who wanted to surrender on June 5, 1944 near Mons ( Belgium ) .
- The defendant and his verdict
- Gustav Karl Wilhelm Ruester , (death penalty, downgraded to acquittal on appeal because there was not enough evidence)
US 016
Start of the trial: October 20, 1947
The accused were principals of the Volkssturm School in Sava , Yugoslavia , who shot two US pilots in front of the assembled student body on November 22, 1944 after they had to jump off due to a machine failure.
- The defendants and their verdicts
- Harras Kieslinger , (acquittal)
- Roman Wintschnig , (25 years)
US 415
The trial began: July 16, 1947
The defendants were members of the staff of the Mauthausen concentration camp and its satellite camps.
The defendants and their verdicts
- Eduard Dlouhy , (3 years)
- Wilhelm Dulovits , ( served but not tried)
- Rudolf Fleischhacker , ( served but not tried)
- Wilhelm Glissmann , (3 years)
- Fritz Miroff , (death penalty)
- Paul Ricken , (life imprisonment)
- Karl Stumfol , (2.5 years)
- Ladislaus Turzer , ( served but not tried)
Individual evidence
- ↑ muelle4x_a: USA (Dachau) - Philipps University of Marburg - ICWC. Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
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