Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of the
June 1944
to
July 1948
This r e p o r t was submitted by t h e Deputy gJudge Advocate f o r War
Crimes, European Command, L t , Colonel C, E. S t r a i g h t , t o t h e Judge
Advocate, European Command, Colonel James Lo Hwbaugh, Jr., pursum.t,
t o t h e requirement of l e t t e r , Head.qu~;rters,United States Forces,
European Theater, t o Theater Judge Advocate, f f le AG. 322 JAG-,GO,
subject: " ~ n a c t i v a t i o nof Wax. Crimes Ac;-f;iv%ties," 7 March
The r e p o r t covers t h e p r e - t r i a l and trial, phases of that portion of
the w a r crimes program, dealing with t h e so-called conventional w a r
crimes cases, conducted by t h e United S t a t e s M f l i t m y Forces i n
Europe between t h e dates June 1944 and J u l y 1948, D~sof'aras t h e
p o s t - t r i a l phase of t h e program is concerned it covers only t h e
i n i t i a l reviews and recommendations prepared directby u d e r the
Deputy Judge Advocate f o r Was GrSmes which smre submitted t o the
Judge Advocate, United S t a t e s Forces, European Theater, f o r h i s
f u r t h e r consideration and action,
11. AD1INISTRATION.
A. First Phase
. .. .. .. . , . .. 5
5
B Second Phase 6
C. Third Phase 5'
111. PHASES. .... ............ ....
A. Prelimlmy
, , 13
13
1. Exploration of Legal Problems 13
2. Mission Directives 14
a. Reports and Investigations 14
b. Apprehension and Detention 1.5
c. Trials 16
d. Extradition 16
3. Operational Responsibility 17
a, Reports and Investigations 17
b. Apprehension and Detention 17
B. First Phase
1. Mission Directives
a. Reports and Investigations
b. Apprehension and Detention
c. Trials
2 Operational Responsibillty
a. Judge Advocate.-Sections
b. War Crimes Investigating Teams
3. Coordination with Other United Rations
C. Second Phase
1. Trial of Leaders of European Axis
2. Mission Directives
a. Scope
b. Operational Responsibility
c. Reports and Investigations
d. Apprehension and Detention
e. Trials
3. Coordination with Other United Nations
4. Extradition
D. Third Phase
1, Operational Responsibility
2. Was Crimes Installations
3. Completion of Mission
Table of Contents (contd)
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Paxt
IT, COIJX@rION AND DEVELOPMENT OF EVIJEJYCE:. 0 e 0 0 e 32
A. Collection of Documents 32
B, Investigations 35
V. APP~SIONANDD~WTION.,
A. Apprehension
..... ..... 40
40
B. Detention 42
E, Jurisdiction 57
1, Offenses Committed Prior to Entry in W a r 57
2. Offenses Committed Outside US Zones of
Oacupation 58
3 Status of Victim 58
4. Double Jeopardy 59
5. civilians ae W a r Criminals 61
P, common ~ e s i g n 61
1, General 61
2, Separate Substantive Offense 62
3, German Tiationals $8 Victims 62 -
L
Go Superior Orders 63
1, General 63
2. Administrative Regulations 64
H, Certain Questions of Responsibility 64
1, Admfnistratlve Determination of Guilt ' 64
2, Military Necessity 65
30 Participation in Mob Action 65
4, Intervening Killer 66
I1
Table of 'Contents (contd)
I. Evidence 66
1. General 66
2, Best Evidence Rule 67
3. Reasonable Doubt and Presumption of
. Innocence
J u d i c i a l Xot:ca
5 . Extrajud5cial Sworn Statements
67
zi
/-
J. Conduct of T r i a l
1, Plea of Guilty
2, Absence of Accused During T r i a l
3. sentences
VIII, 2GVIEW OF RECORD3 OF T R U L , ,
A. Reviewing Authority
, .. ....., . .. 71
71
B. Reviews and Reeomnda,-bions 71.
IX. EXTRADITION.
A.
... .. .... ..... .. .,
Scope of Mission
a a 73
73
B. Furnishing Leads t o Othsr mations 74
C. Procedure 74
1, Clearances 74
2 . Clearances r e lndivf duals of Diplomatic
Level I n t e r e s t 75
3. Individuals Located i n Austria 76
4. Extradition t o Mon-United Mations 77
D. Operatic~s 77
A, Conclusions '19
1. Central Recording Agaxey 79 ,
2. Prompf Development of Cases 79
3* b t e ; ~ t i o n 80
4. C e a t r a l i z a t ion of 0peraZ:ioml Responsibility 80
5., Type of" Unit 8%
B . Recommendations 8s
APPENDICES. , , . . . . . . .. ,. .. ., . . .. .. .. . .. .. ..
TABL;EOFF0OTNO2EREi?~CESe
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a ,
,
83
90
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LIST OF mmmICES
NUMBER IXESCRIPT ION PAGE -=-.
I
T Table of" Allowanoaa no, 1119 f o r 7708 W a r Crimes 94
Group, 28 October 1946,
United Statas Amed Forcee Ixl Europe was known as "%uropean Theater
Ir
t h e "War Crimes GroupOgrThe Dcsputy Judge Advocate f o r War Crimes
Group.
Because of change3 i n t h e apposite mission directives, i n the
" t h i r d phase," July 1946 t h r o ~ hJune 1948, These dates only form
of cases remained decsntrallzed and rested. with tlh? Third aaad Sevenkh
cmdfml impedimnt,
11. m4nJ
'IaT
' IATION_
A. F i r s t Pha*sq:
Investigating Teams.
number of war crimes which had been and were being committed, the
April 1945.
Simllm d i f f i c u l t i e s continued m%ilthe eessat ion of
B, Second Phase:
d ~ a t yn t h khs W a r a f r p w t m ~ ~during
t; the l%&carp a r t of $he *as@
-
, aa,tegorlea and, corasequen-bly, could not fm&sh w a r crl%@a agencies
i
quark er s ,
of centralized eonGrol,
C, -
T h i r d-
Phase:
Meas the ouxset of t h i s phase, efSorGs on t h e par% of %he
stcsffmg of' the w m crimes agenclss, which had always been w-uer-
f o r t h e work,
The Seuenth United S t a t e s Army had been inactivated i n
Group ( ~ p p ,111),
Vera
~eg2c"rie ~ organized fn%o a separcz-ba n.umbered wit eommagdsd by
The move was made by rail follcwing tqhe middle of November, However,
t o be imperakive t h a t H e a d q u ~ ~ e r s7708
, War C r i m e s Group, m c v e t o
F r e i s i n g , Germany. The undemnaaned bJunfe.h M i l i t x r y Post cotc~ldnot
discipline,
111. =s
A, PreliIrli~~ay.~:
--
1. E x p l ~ r a t ~ i oof
n Legal &ob1.em0 Aa r e p o r t s of w a r
4
of an m l y s i s 0% regulations f o r Military Commissions,
2, Mission Directives,
a, Reports and Investigations, In November 194k
the Secretary of War directed The Judge Advocate Gsntiral t o es-
r i
t o %he COW^ 02 Inquiry %or 1raveetiga%ion,
11
provided tha*, i r ~ e s ~ e c t i of
v ~vhe%her
? thsy 5rmt-s prl scmeru of w a r
or c i v i l i a n s , they were t o be g r m t e d the privileges afforded by
7
the Geneva (Prisoners of war) Convention t o prisoners of w a r .
l i
a6 armed forces w a l l not be punished.for w a r crimas " a o d t t e d
under the orders or sanction of the* goverms9nt or commandera,
and which adclad paragraph. 3k5,1 providing that the fact t h a t war
ment. ''
d o Exiradition. Similarly, the p o l i c i e s of t h e
. Operational Xesponsibillty.
implemen-t t h e diracti.ves.
agent i e s .
b. Apprel~ensionand Detention. Similarly, in t h e
c r f m s committed aga5m-k m t i o ~ of
s other United Nations,"
Thls d f r a s t i v s was implemn.ad by t h e European Theater on
2k Februaxy 1945,17318 It vsa directed t h a t t h e army groupa e s t a b l i s h
war crimes branahas In t h e Judge advocate saeBlons of t h e i r head-
quartera; that those branches funstion under t h e supervision of the
hospitals as w e l l as a l l US m i l i t m y o r c i v i l i a n personnel a r r i v i n g
t h e command conctsrned. n 20
of the evidence i n war crimes cases, The removaj, of" war criminal
2. OperatIomE R s ~ p o m i b i b i t g ,
Ruesia,
a%roof$fss and ww C P ~ a
Bgtx9.1u-kBUD^ of %he Ldd.ers3 of the European
AXIR poversagand. %heir prWPfpkL agen%s a d ~ecEubgsorIcssa~ %he Uni%ed
before m ln~ier-aa%%onal
mIBSt8,wy% r % b m l , .In ~o&ormf%ywith $h%
..
bc%aratftm of 30 O6%abbr 1 ~ 4 Mro
MQBCOFT 3 ~ ckaxstioe Jmkaon em-
pleted Sn. A w t 19451 .@he r8g31;la%Xon of the I;andon Agreemnt vfkh
Great BrX%ImS f i , m ~ eand Rwsia re%a%%m
t o %he proseou-bion andl
2
"--
Dfrectivtae.
Mission ,-...- ....-.. .>-.
" .,. -*..
a, f ~ dl.re@tiva
Se opeo The f l . s ~ comprc%h@-%q
t e iseued
directive was much broader and necessitated a plan for the trial of
..
religious or political grounds, com-
25
~ o ~ d e take
r s sueh steps las might be n6esssary t o assure t h a t
,in l J ~ ~2945
l y under t h e Joint cl;ontso2 of t h e Deputy Judge Advooate
abd t h e Chief" of" the Ma- Crimes Group, B r i t i s h Oec".upa%ionForces, 38
BoW@r)9s, it w a s abandoned i n x August L9b5 bssawe operational
6Xpaxibace demonstixa%adtAiatt:aqy service such l i b r a r y could render
would be s.uba%antJXalbyin duplica%fon. of that being rendered by t h e
3 3l-,,,-*-
e t h . r ~of' blfse9~n, h w ~ c : ~ r d a mwTbh
e recow
rnmbttm, %he Thsat@r C?-d:ax djlrested %ha% %he trtw.1, of wax
A, Collection of Documents:
to t h o criniclti
documonto ,and t h o i:worSn..tent,lruony of oyew.it~:~m.:lnc..t-~
languages and soms of" t,hnt vhich eventually provoll. L,o b@ tho most
.
by such accurate explo-itat Ion could the parts of t h e Inbumarable
r e d e p l o p w t t,f~
@'%her %Ileatea's c;f w a r or the Zone of k t e r i o r made
t o try all WEE crimes cases, even those involving American nationals
as victima and mass atrocity cmes aggregating; several. thousands.
Furthermore, in view of the f a c t that no useful purpose would have
been served by trydng cases other than those of camparative;i&jor
importance, the adoption of such system f o r c l a s s i f y i n g each
.
=,
mpmsta
c;ri&~al aui wsrienilly vitnaasos ho var crime8 5x1 %he
1% w a s e a ~ e ~ % d Lo
. a l snzppl@m~nS;f i e l d inv@stiga%ions w i t h rsintdrrs-
cl.osed, %siar,"%c.
docketed, adrninlstratf'(~dLy on a quarterly k a s l s
effect a screening program outlined by the War Crimes Group, which pro-
posed t h a t investigative personnel, assigned t o those branches or War
Crimes h v e s t i g a t i n g Teams m s i w d f o r duty with those branches,
would temporarily suspend investigations and supervise and a a s i s t i n the
screening of individuals detained i n t h e i r areas and in effecting the
movement of individuals wanted f o r w a r crimes purposes t o the Central
Suspect and Witness Enclosure of t h e i r area. As an incident of t h i s
appeared on Wwfaed L i s t s
g ~ e ~ n s ~ i &3 being wanted by %heir governments,
qumtepa mentioned- Included no% only those i n %he War Crines Cnr3csjure
viola%ions of' the Red Cross Convention, the Gmzeva (Prisoners of Fdm)
n . eutl;m.esia b ~ . t : L % ~ c ;
application of" terrorism. i n warfare; ~ p s r a t ~ i o of
t i o m ; and the exeelat-ion of common des i@s e.onttempl.~tingthe operation
Weiss, eL ax,, op:lnion MAFbG, March. 1946, @s,sa No, 000-39-2; Unlte&
S t a t e s v, A%-tafuldiaeh, e-G ,
d.,opinion WMC, February 1947, Cma NG,
009-50-5; U ~ . i t s dStates v, Backer, at aX,, ~ p l o i o1X.TAV6,
~ May 194'7,
Came moo OQO-50-46; United. State8 v, Ma.ldi%ick,-,et do,
opfnlon lXA.Fd6!,
Prince zu kJakdeck and 30 other a.ce.used, m.uz.qy 02' wham xere pr3:ficl.paI
members of the staff" operzting BuahenwaLd and its soores sf' s%eboamps,
Ab% conceivab1.e forms of killings were ~xt.f%izsd,5xxlr~dfng s 3 0 ~ t f z g ~
hangin.%, inJse%%az, sRrajcl&ak1m2 beaking, kiekfng, 4 a 9 p ~ ~ s s s m , "
,
~urgicaloperat icn, stmattiong medical emhrixl91bt Laclr ~f'm@hic?aL
!ae;?.
c a p s were @a% s 5- 9%approxi.moately 1Q03
OOG, ?~J:OB k rr cmsl..tresbLs %;pe8
exper5men r x r?8Z1Btl:z;,Ged
~ ~ 1matt8~
on w a r crimes tribunals,
However, many operational d i f f i c u l t i e s were encountered, e.g.,
the f a c i l i t i e s at Dachau did not permit of appropriate segregation of
auspects and witnesses. The technical b e r r i e r s and r e s t r i c t i o n s on
moving t o and from other Occupation Zones and countries oreated by
regulatiom imposed by United S t a t e s and other k e u p a t i o n Forces con-
s t i t u t e d a vary severe impediment t o t h e procurement of witnesses from
countries of western Europe and t h e i r movement t o Dackrau. Paathetical-
witnesses therefrom,
Set fort;h i n Appendix XXII are. data as t o the eases t r f ed ahowing
t o each, the case number, the date the trial wm completed, %he
340,
Some general. aspects regarding procedure i n MiLitary Goaerment
c m 8 s [See%iam5-390 $0
sam hnr%m~ 5-351h8 ~ ~ ~ l k l s i fTpiet ,l e 51,
B, Conven-bions:
1, Ck*,mm~,)3Pr-x cir~e-r r j l ~ The
~ ,
B of~g:~@$~~?;;~~ignt-a~~~.,~,2,~,23;~~4,4r
vSe.tad, 5 0
--
Hague3 Conmxation No, I
-T-
o- 18 Qatsbar 1907. Following
f -
B E L . ~ O ~a
B% w a r ,
55
was held that accused wbcr rafaased the Rad &orus e m b l b ~%?as gnf 2 % ~
z g d i a l e , 52
of ~ - f o l a % ~tbts
(2, ----- Part.fcuS.m% 1.
Cslar~'%a
-
Ths p r i n e i p k of lesser 9mlu.ded ~ffsnssw m app1%(~1? the fa
an moused p a t i c f p a t e d in Gh9 k f L 1 i a ~ f ',mi h e r i c m f l y e r after h~
had beem t&n in%o ~ % ~ t oas
d ya prfs0~09"QP TEC, The evidence e~5t;etbc-
lished that t h e accused shot the f l y e r three times with a, small
c a l i b e r piatol, but other events intervened p r i o r t o t h e victim's
death. %Thef l y e r l a t e r met h i s death I-6-r probably discon-
nected with t h e ahooting:,and under c i r c m t a n c e s where the proof
f a i l e d t o e s t a b l i s h t h a t death would have r e s u l t e d from t h e gunshot
wounds alone. The accused w a s convicted under t h e cKrnge 'and partieu-
lars as alleged, In conformity with the Review and Recommendations
only s o much of t h e findings were approved as involved a finding of
g u i l t y oS.icm-assadt with i n t e n t t o k i l l . 54
Some accused who participated in t h e operation of concentration
camps were not t r i e d with a ntrmber of other accused under c h a s g e ~
bottomed upon t h e theory of common design, discussed i n VII,P, post,
but separately under s p e c i f i c charges alleging t h e i l l e g a l k i l l i n g of
a s t a t e d number of concentration camp inmates i n or about a s t a t e d
D, ---
courts:
the record of the proceedings had during h i s aben-e, The view was
% O the a e ~ m e d .5, 7
l e g a l l y t r a i n e d of$isar d i d not1 result -in inJw,Gh~".d
2, -----
Offenses Committed Outside US Zones of Oecu.a%fc3n0 A --
similar theory was applied t o o f f e m e s @ o m I L t e d~ ~ ~ sUi~ d~ iet eSta%es
d
60
4, Double tT5opardy.
-a-------
d a
Withcu% deaildfag %hat UEQ a c ~ ~ u s eof
ww eyimc -,?.s e~.titLedt , the
~ b s ~ - e f i t . $12f-k;ke Cas.st$$w$:f(n;r;c ~f tiha ?Jr!lj,ad
64
In mother ease t h e accused had been on t r i a l f o r participation
65
Camp Case, but t h e ease had been dismissed as t o him under a noble
covereblt*b.f3y;an4i+ke
c h e g e $n the previous case, t h e acewad antered a .plea
i n bsr on t h e ground t h a t he was being placed i n double jeopwdy. Vbth-
out conceding t h a t t h e benefits of the Conatitutlon of the United State8
were applicable, it wap, pointed out that there w a s considerable author-
ity i n American municipal criminal l a w i n support of t h e s i s w that an
i9gsg beatsl~asg
et6 a Tb@ opinion was expressed fn rsv1evln.g the case
pens1 code mil ( 2 ) the chmga In the inatan-1; case? alleged partP,sl pa*.S 13~-
F, Ccxrmon ---
%al.gc::
-
1
0 Ck2sra1. Most p a ~ i?e fparf,,s fn the opera-kicx~of oc~xi,ar~-
-t;rs~%fan
eaanps were triad vnder chmges and p a r t i c x ~ l m sa l l ; a g ? ~ gpmL%c;i-
t o killings, beatings, tortures, e t c ,
~ i p a t i o n ',,
2. --
Separate Substanti.ve W i e m e , In several c:or~~antra:tion
53$ 67
camp cases the charge and par%icul$;rs were ehl%e.n@;edon *;he gro'b;~n,ds
July 1
947, that cornon d6>lrpT:i s sot a sepma%(+~
~ u b s t ~ a n t i voffense,
e
objectives of t h e operation.
G. Superior Orders:
orders of a superior,
72
committed under the orders or a m ~ t i o nof t h e i r government or eo-d.ara,
This provision w a s merely an atitempt t o make a s t a h m e n t of the law az~.d
i n so f a r as sueh statement was at variance with %he Law it vae of as
48
led signifieaaee, A% moat., t h e provision merol.7 sonstftuted a t~9rnpou--
m y self imposed policy of the 'IJnitsd S t a t e s scnaerning the imposftic:n
vi%h t h e - p r Z ] ~ ~ ~ i pof
l e s i n t e r n 2 t f onal law, TJnder Int,emtl.omE I.au &a
m i l i t a r y necessiky as a J u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r B i l l i n g prfsonera of w a x , In
76
reaching a conclusion i n t h e negative, it w . 3 ~stated t8hat., if m.il-i%ay
m i l i t a r y convenisn@e,
attaehed t o those who incit+edmob action by shout9s and other forms of'
encouragement as well as t o those who did the actual beating and BII.1-
4, I n t e r v e n i w Killer,
-- The princjiple w a s applied %hati one
who i&PioLs a wow-d o r ~mundsOD a vf otlm of such e h m a c t e r thak it i s
clear that; deatjh woula ha.v@resulted., 3n that absence of m g fn-barvenln~
f ~ r e e ,I s r e s p o m i b l s for %he dsa%,h such vir;t,Xtn, even tthougl~t h e
of m o t h e r person,78
I, Evidence:
I, General, Neither tnhdrules o.P @vi.dencea s kn,own i n
a. ~ % shall In general a h i t
A M i l i t a r y G o ~ ? ~ r n e rCourt
avail a b Te .
c, Hewsay, or other ev3dene.s deemed t o be of prsba-bive
admisslbls bef ore findings only when t h e accused has f ctrodrxeed svf d@ncLie
that an meused be presumed iar \lee...$ .,intil. proven guilty a d th3.t proof
53
crime,
5, 3o
Ur~derthe apglic,a'B1e ruLas
46
the COW$ .to d e % s d a e ,
Je -
Gondu~t
- - = -
of T r i a l :
I't
pax? ic,ipa%fon by having beat,tm I ~ m i a swith h4.s $ads, TnT2,S h e l d -that
aecwad.
53, 83
2, Absence of k c w e d D u r l g T = a , 1% w a s held t h a t
parmLtted of a trial i n absentia and that Martic Bormann %?as tried '-.
tim t o a ~ e n ? ~ m cimposed
e a prior case: the rule, 07ss ~ : p pi le d %bfih.F
a sbr~i~ence
no pk-@sumptian w i l l be Indulged i n favor af ~us%aTnfrg
75
c~xmul.a%ive,
0
A, Rev3 w i n g Authoritry::
ad.voea%es .
35
Seriteneeeainvolvj.ng death required ar~~imatri.r3n
'og %he
A. Scope of Mission:
effected p r i o r t o 1946,
sd f ~ ? " h 9 ~ l ~ i z id.iplomatie
ng c h m ~ b s ,the applicable procedims contem-
. . . . ... , . . . . . , . . . . . .
C, Procedure:
%he &si~-Gm%
Chief of' Staff', G-2, These f o r m , developed over a
perlad of" t i m e , oou%d be used far two pwposese, 4,6,, %or e'i6mance
enDtspor a a % e l p b i t e ~ , which
~~r T ~ D ~ wmt%~d.
~ T P O ~ L..di~f&mL~ 3y %. W:J 02
LdveL
75
concerning high personages. The Legal Division w a s responsible f o r
Tribunal, Nurnberg.
be - f -
i n g general o f f i c e r s and members of t h e German General S t a f f were not
3.
$7 3ut& i ~ d i vduals.
i
of Occupation, Germany,
&, Extradi%%mt o Nos-United ha ti or^, JktraditSm-i and
srmrndder rsq&mta in appreciable numbm. ware received from H u n g a r y
In so f a r as western Ewopedn r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
m et ~~ ro i~ a~ se r n e d - ~
, tPfectivss cenb-ral a g m c y
@oardinatad, there, fs a dh-8 need for m
indf vf &uals m e det,afned, and the d.f asemlmkf SX:. af" such det5~siazl
3 a Type of --
Unit, The cajntrlzllzed operational. direction c m
best be carried out through a unit similar t o 7708 War Crimes Group
commanded by the officer having initial responsibility for the Legal
aspects of the operation and the preparatfon of t h e basic reviews as
to recoras of trial. The administrative and legal responsibilities
thus concentrated are euscep-bible of efficient performance, providing
his principal legal assistant and his principal administrative assis-
tant are officers of proven ability.
29 June 1948
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1
I n r e Yamashita, 66 Supreme Court Reporter 340.
Item 1 l . l j .
8
Latter, Ee88d~l~a;rSb5rs, F m ~ p e . 3Theater
,~ of Operat&ons, UnltsG
S t a t e s Army, tz Base Ssctic,..~, 2mm.1micakions Zone, f i Z e AG
000 ,,5 OpJA, szb Jectc "Proc,eu?-~l-e 01.1 Reports Concemfng Ml,sg5d
Violations of the Geneva Convsnt.'ic~~s, " 21 October 2944,
9
Letter, IIea,dquart3~rs, T w e l f t h h y Group, t o F i r s t U a i t d ~
,
Stlates Army, e t al, f i l e O92,2 { ~ - lsubject
), : "Viclatioi~s
of Provisions of *he Geceva Cori~ent~ions and Laws slnd Uswes
" 7 No~cm3er 1944,
of War by CLJC:~~;;.?:~~C~S~
Allied
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Naval Commander, Expeditionary Force, e t al., f i l e AG
jjc
19 November 1944.
10 October 1945,
11 J u l y 19450
11J u l y 1946.
L e t t e r , H e a d q ~ a r t ~ e r sUnitmd
, Stakes Forces, Eusopaan Thaa%ar,
t o Third United S t a t e s Army, f i l e AG 013.37 GQ-AGO8
s u b j e c t : " b ~ f g n a t ~ i oofn Prison f o r W a r Criminals, '' 1.1 July
.1946,
United S t a t e s a G L I : P P F ~
a t~a,L , , oplnion DJAWG, Pebsumg
70 United S t a t e s v. H ~ e$ a l e , opinion
~ , January
DJAWC,
1948, Case Nos, 12-1368 and 12-1369,
88
Unitad S t a t e s v, HARG
' m, e t a l , , opinion DJAWC, Septembbr
1945, Case No, 12-1497,
THIRD ARMY
SEVENTH ARMY
-- EXECUTIVE
1-- : 1
WCIT'S
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UNITED NATIONS LIAISON DETACHMENT
LIAISON AT
DETACHMENTS B AOR
ADMINISTRATIVE EVIDENCE
BRANCH BRANCH
I I I
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RECORDS PROCESSING APPREHENSION
SECTION I I SECTION I I SECTION
IOPERATIONS SECTION
I IINVESTIGATION
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War Crimes Group - 2nd Phase - July 1945
WAR CRIMES
DfilCfiLI 4 EXECUTIVE I=---------- P L 4 - I --.C. ,*c-
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Section US Zone Berlin (CROWCASS) I Section C
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r rimes Group - 3rd Phase - July 1946
TABU OF ) HmDQUAKI!ERs
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EURogEAN T'Hu!TW
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26 October 1946
BY O m\.iiP~rq 'P Q
- MCTT~BVEY:
8 / George F o Ber%ert
GEORGE F, liEWTR2
Colxma%, m,
Ad jut a t Ge'J~era.1,
IEPUTY TBEbWER JURZ aDTTOCH'EOS OlQ'IGE
APO 178
1 Nove;nabex 1 9 6
ASSIGMMEMfF 03' O R G m ~ I m A L
FUNCTIONS
I, Gen@ra.l, R e ~ o m promlga%2on
~ n ~ d procedures f o r co1l.eetim aria per-
~7;9;aa%ba,yl or mr crims avf dence and r u l e s of procedure f o r t h e trial, sf w a r
crimes fn%~olv3ng American m%fona.ls &~svI~%bPmaBaad maas a t r o c i t i e s c a m i t t ~ d
f n the Amr%sanZones of Occupa%fonin (2e-v and Austria, Operakea %he
.
Ma* Crime8 Xvldence m d Invsstiga%ion Center, Directs d l f i e l d invdstiga-
t.im and spee9ed apprehension work by W a r C r i t ts kvestiga%ing htmhmenSs
and @oord.%mtesthe Bane: with st%ffsectfone 0% Thesatear Heal~umters,CROWCASS,
and appropriate agemies of sther t m d q u w t e r s m d of other United 1 8 ~ t i o m ,
&&nss repor ha of invest3gatioris proawes additional evidence, prepares
c m s e for %r-Ealg mwe9s f o r appointment of tribmaJ.8, r e f e r s eases f o r
tr.%wl., .4aLBr%es nthsr United IVa%%onst o send observers, assigna prosecutors
md defem~eB O ~ S Qmafntaina~ ~ I f atson f o r apprehens f on, detent ioncg~ ; u s t o Q --
1 Tllstiaspg and presence a%trials ~f suspects and witnesses, Prsseautes
%be ewesp p r d y m e ~reooz-cb of tsietb, and Rsvims and Reaomenda,tfm far
%he rsvfewiq-j authority and mfntafnru l i a i s o n w3th execution authoritiaa,
ALds tr&b-s as requested by them in %he trial of the war crimes cases
above mnt%os.edo Grants olemmees on b e h a 0% Theatex C a m d a r for
sx-bradition and rendition of a u s p e t s and witneaees,
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~ and routes a l l & f % c f d c m -
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eatf a s 6 Opra%ssGroup M a % Roan, message center, and nm-exidenti my
k3nta.h~ ffl e s at" md
effect e etpprsprf ate des%r%butionof axmy pubabf oat3ma and scbaguh%ims,
3gubPfahes d P g r o q dtree+.Emeo F 1 w courier serv3ees and operatea the s a w
B maintdxm 0ff104 euppllle~f o r Czoupo
when neaseaary, B @ q x i ~ f * f ~ nand
1
mcbm amnm
Recefrss, reosrdrs, &yzas, twd sorrehtebs a1 testimony, d w m n t s , records
,
trial, p t f %%om, e t e , m d rou%es ~ a m ewithfn Group, Serae,s aa !l%ea%ear
depoaitoq fw tom, apra%es W a r Crime M b m e and hvestiga%fola C@n%@ro
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operatee Group evident%- reproduetfa equipen%,
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sfo any,
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beb2mp8d t n be .mcessary by B ~ @ ~ t 9 , g a %Saction
fo~ fn ~om$a%ion-with %nve[rtS-
ga%,iona, and pric>x0j:t1 . e ~beU.@~md ,
%abe m.eesssmx, if any b,y AppreBsmf on
106
Go Do 3, 1 ROT 46,
Bes~tfon, f e ~ e e t i m
with special apprehensicm wnd body mommnt actionsD
and main.%a-es of a)latistfes ~ E I t o work laad of nunbered d e t w w n t s and
fn.l%%a%fonof change of s t a t i o n thereof when desirable,
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Exercises technical supervision over the operation of the War grimes Enelosur~,
Arranges f o r safeguarding suspects and witnesses and f a c i l i t i e s f o r setgrega-
tion thereof. Mrects segregation and screening of such individuals and
prepares Dstention Reports and IPQathereon,
BY m m OF COLONEL SrRAIm:
C, A, Hileman,
L t , Gol., AGD,
Adjut ant.
m1cm:
/S/C A Bileman.
/tic. C. Hilsmaa,
aajutant,
DEPUTY GROUP
EXECUTIVE
~r persona acting wit h %hem, o f the 3,aws and usages of war of general 9.pplfoa-
ventfom dealfng wf%h the omduct of' war, as wall as other offensea against
the
be. . O ~ B ~o O B
The tern '$War Criminals9'm q be mders%oad t o inclkde
persons who ( E ) have oonnn%ttedwar crimes, or ( i f ) have ccjtded, abetted or
o ~ b e,
enemaged tB
4.
l k 1945, ~
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a. A%%enticm is directed t o C f r 256, h ~ 22
sufaJeots '4iepsrtlng of W a r Crfm~and Xden%fflea%,i~n
,
of" Smpes$sPB,
Pursuant t o the d.3.xectim referred to therein, a War C r i e s &m:h w -
a
e~tablfshtadin the JU&& A ~ B O Q B ~See B tion, this headquarters, operaking under
the general sprper~fefcmsf TLd Judge A~ooa-bsGeneral,, W a x Depa3.%m-t;,
b. Likewias, the C-61- &nesals of' %he W @ S % ~ Z T m~ d Emtern M i l f % ~ y
Bia-briete and of the US Foress in A u s t r i a heevs eatabliehsd, and = w i l l maintain,
W m Cri-a Branches i n %he Judlgd Advoeake Seatlow of th%rraeps@td.v-ehead-
qamtera t o assure, %he efiinfent lnmstigation ox reportp fn accordeb~1~~ with
the priaeiples set forbh herein, of a l l war crtmss which a c e w e d w%%Mn %he
arsaa of' t h e i r r e a p e ~ t f v erssponsfbflitiaa,
a. Slmel;Ewl*ly, ee&an ether maJar commands in the theater have found f t
necrssemy t o establish War Crimes Ermchee i n the Judge Adarosa%eSac$fom of
their heaQ&ars LQorder more @ffa@%imly t o c a r r y out t h e k raspomibll-
i2;fas In t h i s f i e l d ,
Be W a r Crimes Iramstlgg$5ng T e a m have beem sspeefdly organized a d equipped
f o r the purpoae of' bx~eatfgatisgw a r ar3mso They ares 4,saYg:;:lasd to mricrws
GO-& t o supp1omnt war ~ r h mperaom@l
~ therein a8 needs e x i s t ,
a, m e of the prlrnary f ~ m ~ t i mofs M a r Crimes &&aches, an8 the sale %met%on
of W a r Crimes lhvg,stiga%fngTeame, is the a o l l s s t f s n a d psrpet~e3,timof
evidence rsla%em ts war crimes, The procedures govertl.1~the Grfal of
persom accvrred of war erims i a comrsd by other anoeftie dfreotf-~csa,
Rsspmtin,~~of War
.--- CrAms, a,, In order '%ha% n i % f % q~ s a u m n1q y
m ~ k emore effao,tim ~0n+i3~ibt%:aG~m
%RJO%he ,ax&% --he p r o ~ s c u t ~ i oma
n pmi m e n %
of w a r criminals and i n order that ww sr.dl.m@s ~ s m . f s mqy e sstab1.fsh,the
bast possible c m a s , : t. f a ~%?~bb8&38;Xr %h;t,al,% pmm1.Ek(9l,h a e z g (9kn.~~ledp;a of
an f n.~l.dsa% o r an &t ,thou&% ts ba a 'FELT" c ~ E m ebe aw~,.r~- of the need
f o r prmptry s?xbanft%>:Lag a s*nm% gar @ ~ ~ e n % l a fEact9a to t h ~ war crj.mes
.
a g e n e l ~ s Personn.e% perf ox?'; g 8,xxms'tlga,%3.
p;hetograpb.io, or m@df.oa%fuz~c,%fon~
.os, intoel,%,9gen.ssa,
wlbXI, d.wfw %hs no.mal~omsa4of Chafr
pcrlfcpe,
~ " the
Advoca%s Sae%im,, of" ths haaclqom-t~ersesrfP -bhd9r . ~ I X t w ~
I)f etrlcti, and
re$a%ing $0 TRY cr?meas b w been m ~ r g a d%&dh, cad $8 FJad-ng spsraGed by, the
War (lirimew Bran,ch, J D QAd'c~ofa~
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t ~ ~ con==
~
csnt,ra%KcmQ%"ah1 raeords a d e s s l d . d ~ ~rslatJrse,
e '$0 w a r c r i m ~
is uf prfme
n
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, all eimrsmdera v%Xlt8+;lR@ R W G ~3.8tbp8 a~ a8.y be n@c.,essaxy %o
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T--%mrgW p ~ r t ? m at ~
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%hg f3am84?.{;? ' 100 of' vcwes:im@aand not' $0 %he reportls.;; of the @rlstanoe
of w m 'exim3B
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9, The . 9 r k v @ a t i g a t oI lf ~ ~ ( B S m ~ e 2 Y &!;&?hadim
BB &mex B hereto vfall
be used 'by f nws%dga%~ra,
g . ~ - ?,?.E:~BB%.Q~{~+~~.~~TRB
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p ~ s ~ cabbe,
kf ti0 P F Z ' P B X &XI, t i ~ % % ~ %?3'btTj.&:!1r'
~.@ 2@ Bi3 etfij %Q -J-% 'the
%me&i
ate perpetra%or
perrrnm~dn:tlP .~u.dza~&r, I ,
,,a , T.i.'ve~~;o "a % p ~ ; sI
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pe.+:,&crl-&r.f.-th, r n q @ .ior dl,~~%:!;*is ,)
s , Rat:la.e ~f o f f e x ~ ~ hQkS111.q2
? wc~u~%d:E:ng
E3BJEms k~&9etiga%ion
o f W a r &im,
TO:
,C%B
l JEm: bl,iarexy to Ot;h@xUnited Na%ime and I t a l y of Persons h e w a d
Trial of W a r Crimes
R, B, L o r n
Brigadfer General, USA
DISTRI3UTION: AdJu%an-bW e r d
---
20 Addressee
LO U.S. Forces i n Austria
10 U,S, Air Forces i n Europe
-
20 Theater Service Forces ear)
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-+,
--
10 Theater Service Forces ( P r o v ~ a tMwwhd)
-
10 Deputy Military Governor
--
5 U.Si Group Control Council, Germmy ( ~ o ltical, f Ad.aisor)
-
10 U,S, Group Contirol Council, Germany (Legal ~ i v i a f o n ]
1 - G-1
1 - G-2
1- G-3
10 - G-5
1 - I.G.
20 - Dewty ~ h e ' a t e rJudge Advocate, W a r Crime8 R r w h
1-AGOpas
1 - AG M i 1 Pers
1 - AG Records
T:
-(?I! r i a l of"W a r 6xfm8 C ~ ~ E I
2, Ref assmsa :
Crr%m@ s
6mewv, 18 Augus% X945,
--
c , UnSted Na$ions Observers. A t %hetime of' r e f e r r i n g such
ohargea f o r trial the Deputy Thea%@rJudge Advooate %or War C r i m e s a23
determine %has8United nations, ff any, which %n h i s judgment should be
invited to send obeemexa to the, %ria% and w i l l extend. such i . n ~ % a t i o non
s
behalf of the Theater C-dar,
m ER mms
L t C01) AGD
Assistapt Adjutant Generat
Telephw t Wiesbaden 7 4 6
-- UGffice
DISTXlgmt ION:
20 CG, Third US Army Area
3 S - ~ o r o eAustria
~,
3 -- of Military Gova~lmnntfor
--- Western
German$ (US)
3 Base Section
3 Foroee
3
3
-- European
US Air in Europe
Continental Base Section
Division, Transport Command
3
3
-- Amsrican
Headquartere C-d,
Air
US Foroes, European Theater
500 - War Crims Group Judge Advocate Division
2 -
LLG Records
2-AGOpsas
rnADQ,UARTERS
E U R O P ~c o m I
-,
1, Rescission, -
Lekter, Hq USEXT, f i l e AG 386.6 JAG-AGO, subJect:
"Designation f o r Central Swpect etnd Witness Enclosure," 27 Rovember 15,bhc
APPENDIX XI
6, Securityp including:
/a/. Peter C d z a
/t!, PEEEX C U A
Lt Col, AGD
Asaistazzt Adjubant General
3 - HQ Comd, ECTCOM LO - JA
g - vaw 3 - AGRC, E U C W 3 - PM
3 - onax 200 - 7708 W a x Crimes G2 1 - AG Record
3
3
-- uUSs Comtabulmy
m
3 - D i r Para & A h
3 - D f r atell
1 - AG O-pm
3 - Second M i l Dfst 3 - Dir OPCE
3 - CBS 3 - D i r SS&P
3 - m, mc bO - Dir Civ Affaira
.'
C O ~ I Q A
MND RECORDrnG smm
deno%es victim, "A" denotes "Accused, " and "P" denotes *Place "
0% w a r @rim.
DATE 3 Dec194S
SOURCE : HQTRS., 3rd h y 15 Sept . 1945
PLACE OF OFFENSE: FREISING, Germany DATE : 1NOV 1944
OFFENSES r Killing of surrendered American A h a n
;IRGANIZATION OF ACCUSED:
ROE, Richard A m s r i c an
..,
S. Main S t
~ / ~ ~ t . 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 020
Junction, V t
White River
Searched 4 Dec. L W
s/s@.
Address -
21~t0010
20 S. bkLn S t . , White River
Junction, V t .
German Army Officer-
Obersturmfuehrer
Present Status or Location Unknown
Address -
S e e 31201547
895 Main St ,,
Richard ROE, was murdered at
Hartford, Con., FREISING, Germany, by German guards
under the direction of aberstunn-
fuehrer Hans SCHMIDT.
Exhibit 5
DATE RECORD m E I V E D - 26 Oct 1946 PLACE ..W DATE OF TRIAL DACHAU, Germany
DATE ASSIGNED REVIEmR 30 k t 1946 12-22 Oct 1946
NAME OF REVfEPlER Capt JONES
.
DATE ROUGH DRAFT TO EXEC. OFFICE 20 Nov 1940
DATE ROUGH DRAFT RTD 30 Nov 1946
DATE FINAL DRAFT TO EXEC. OFF'ICE 15 Dec 1946
DATE F"WDED HIGHER HQTRS. 20 Dec 1946
DATE RTD FM HIGHER HQTRS. 15 Jan 1947
DATE EXECUTED 20 March 19h7
for:
classified as follows:
/e/ C, E. Straight
/t/ C E* SI)RAIG$C
Colonel, JAGD
Dsppty Judge Advocate
for War Crimes
SOP no, 5 15 May 1947
1. '
SWJEE : Processing of "Reports 6%, W q Grinles" and
'
. ..
.
.
. .... : ' .mationale of' Other,Govb~pments.,
. . .
'.
., ,
. .
. : 2.. A t t m t i o n i < i n l i t e d t o t h e f a a t t h a t ' ~ a f ' fMemo57;.
Bsaiqu&ere, .US' F orcee, EuropetmTPleater; 15 December' 1945, . .
. .
f o r %hesupervision.& t h e "t.rizd of such cases, .
, '
@;ac,Pons.) ,
- Amsrican owe.
APPENDIX XIV 1%
SOP NO, 5.
o r suspect e e d s
b. The Inveskigation Section w i l l :
/s/ c , E, Straight
/t/ C* E, mRA1GEC
Colonel, JAGD
f o r W a r Crimes
38 A p r i l 1945
,
TO IDVESTIGNQRS ---
(sUG&BPIOIQS
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It is not the purpose of the suggestions t h a t follow t o commit
and preparing appropriate reports, for? whateva~&%.id they may offer in,
(a) obtaining the maximum of proof a v d l a b l e i n each case ands (b) avoid-
,%the,forward* of incomplete o r def estive reports t h a t w i l l require
subsequSnt correcstiw action.
Nothing cohtained i n the suggestions herein made is t o be con-
-- a'rN'J!ERRmIm OF
PLACE -- GEEZMAm PRLSOIUWS
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When prisoners of w a r are fI=% interviewed (before t h e i r ream&-
testimony is taken) it is considered iaebdv2aable f o r a number of pereons
t o be present, It i s believed that better results w i l l be obtained:
pre2imtmu-y interviews are ccaidusted by only one interrogator. With "
several pesent, the p r i e o m ~ometimesfears that a trial is i n progress
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or perhapa even that he is on trlal "and forms a r e s i s t m e t o Oumld3li
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ing information. In order t o g6t. s priswr t o "open upn, there is ao
substitute f o r gaSnixg his confidence and havllag quiet, unostentatlm
t a m wikh himi
a. GaneralQ, Jf a key witness e~~ only a foreign language
testiFies t o v i t a l f a t s on W M C ~ the prosecution~scase m y d e p n c ~it ~
is considered advisable that, _ in addition t o the teatimany developed
through the w e of an interpreter, the witmrjs also be requested t o give
a statement i n narrative f o m i n hie cvwn haadwriting, Partioularly
should t h i s praatice be followed in instances where the witness msy be
hostile t o the prosecution o r ' i s a'the type that may be apt t o change
h i s testimony at a lat,er date. The ocomicn may a r i s e when the witness
w i l l have t o be impeached and the i n t e r p e t e r and other parties t o the
interrogation may not be available as witnecses, Under such eireum-
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stamea,, a statement written by him wiU be of inestimable value, In
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addition, this w i l l eliminate any claim subsequently a d v m e d t h a t
the witnoas &sunderstood the interpreter or vice versa.
b German prisoners of wm2. When it is believed that the inter-
rloWa-hv4 netted ~8 much info-tim eg can be obtained, pencil and
papr lshould than be made available t o the prisoner so that he may record
h i s ~ l t o r yi n hio own handwriting, A good approach t o obtaining such a
writing i a t o t e l l the primner %hat In order t o avoid any misander-
e*andAng of' what he baa said, it t;t be best f o r him t o put the %acts
in his awn b d w r i t l n g ; t h a t the record -11 then be ole= and wlmis-
%&able. JX this. appromh is cmually mada, it probably w i l l be found
that t k e prisoner w i l l readily w e e t h a t this is the best course t o
f o l l m . The average German prisoner lzae been found. t o possess an ex-
t r a weetlmess f o r wautbg t o wri%e, He likes t o exeroise +hi 19.1-*ram
talents he beliemfl he posaesses, He should be given ,,:.sf_";-j- of"t-.:vic
which t o do this writing aad should be l e f t alone u ~ ~ do-
r a it,
Almost invariably, the inZormation he s e t s out 'int h i s w i t l n g ill be
ap amplification of what he previously related,
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COLaRED T m m m
When the ~ & O M P ~ . J ~ - ? Ss e oppressed who have scare t o s e t t l e n with I
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In a few instatlses shocking .t;&eB a' atroelties have Wen related
by soldlers of our forces, which upon close iavest.Qation, were found t o
be baseless, Such tales may be dne t o men%& aberration, t o the
desire t o t e l l a s t s q of adventure or may be inspired by an e f f o r t t o
obscure some wrongdoing on .%b iafkmuuit..oa part; In one case, a soldier,
eltlfmlng t o be the only essapee frak'an-'atrociats murder of a number g:
aol&lws related a graphic dedcripbiolz &--the alleged crime, A semc&-
irzg h t ~ : m c g a t i 8 n t h a tfolloweddieeLolsedthat the informant wm-~c.
desert;^ and ooneeiwd the h a of' teLU.ng th5s stary t o cover up his,
desefiion; A eheck of G-2 Worma%isnf o r tmticetl dlapositians and
order of b a t t l e , r e s o r t $0 maps of t h e alleged sector invo1,ond aazd an.
i n s p a t i o f t of p e r t i m n t physical f a c t s i u q a i d in t e s t i n g the tru%h sf
t h e stor;y,
L e s t % m wt h a t a1 s others,
He mey seek soma p r i r l l e g e o r
1 il'lcrl~?x-,~:t
fmmmi%yf o r do* so, The power t o pant immuni%y does not r e s t i n
advised,
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this %&ormati m3 tha%r %6etf31ieqy eB i..~13S?be cls.~e%opedi%a%,ly,
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The logical def"sma viP3. bs %ha% %Be acrmed rzo~bds o t determstrri-, fv?his
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, is w412 %O m t l ~ i p a t ~the
th - " - 8" ?m3zs,y in %he light of BUG? 5.1:- * ? Y t4d d.efo.m~, tihat dersnae would
you r 2 . i ~if~ ycm w9rs rsprqse.Ting .:di T h s a,nevn73r to that query should
driu tamA13.e the c o - i s e f n bos % ~ 1 : ~ 0 wn : ~ d~ * V ( % $ O ~ ~ D%ha
e defense
GQ ~ . . U T O ~ SF - f;h.t, t r f d - ~f %he case and develop
Q +,est1~!t>ny
so as to
gutm3.w m d f ea%
ddffrd"cl:*Q-estab; 4 x 3 8 the p.,omnisafon of %hf9 act,
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shoald advances the suggestion that
%he mn%dLit$of efther s w%n.8sa or s 8-wpc-b f a in questif an., and euch
~ B L B ~sbo&l?d B8 had to a p ~ y ~ g l i a t r i c
s ~ ~ t i if o an competent psychiatrist can be obtained f o r such pur-
pose. The psyehfatrist os testimony, i n such case8 should also be developed
under oath m d made a p& of the record,
ES!TABLBm 9 IDENTITY QF SUSPECL'S &
lA' WIXI'MESSES
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b. It i s w e l l t o bear in mind, constantly, that the witness whose
test* is taken (unless he be an accused) doubtless w i l l not be present
when the cam is tried. The ~ o s e c u t i o n l scase m a ~ rhave t o stand or f a l l
on the b a i a of the witness? testimony aa developed by you. It is
important, therefore, t h a t the f a c t s be developed clearly and in an ad-
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missible manner t o the f'ull IimSts of the witness ' personal howledge.
E S T A B L I S W CB' PRlMA FAClE CASE
633
29 Ootober 1945
WGZ
I TO "SUGGESPIQHQSTO SIVge961GATQRS OF WPLR CRIMES"
being by
(Name) (Rank) (Branch) ( M )
me duly sworn, upon h i s oath, deposed and stated aa foblows t o w i t x
That he has been a s s b e d t o war crimes investigative duties by duly
constituted authority; that he was present a% the time and directed and
supervised the taking of the photograph affixed t o the reverse side here-
of, which photograph is marked Exhibit-and bears his personal signature;
t h a t said photograph was taken on the -day of 194-3 at
; t h a t it is a t x e and correct reproduction of snd accurately
depicts the foflcvwfng scene aa 5% appeared at said time and.place ( ~ e s c r i b e
the permn, bu.%bd$lag, or phylsioa3 f wts reproduced),
being by
Qm- > (Rank,) (Brmh) (ASIT)
m~ duly BWOIX~, upon Me oath, deposed and stated ae f o l l m s t o w i t :
Tha5he h m been aaeigned t o war crimes investiga%ive duties by duly /
/a/ 6, B, Mickelwait,
-- It/ Co Bo MICBELWAl!2,
CoEollel, J W D
Deputy Theater Judge Advocate,
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U of Standard Gme Andyeis Nomenclatures bg
Vmfm Wlanehes.
These st-d nomsmS8tures w i l l be u t i l i z e d by a l l branches,
Reoorda rela-bive t o trial status of cases, and &pprova2, con- -
flrma-bim, and execution of sentames, eto,, ~ 2 1 1 be mafntained
by the Post T r S d Branch in aeeordance with i ~ t r - u c t i o n sout-
s f de thfs SOP,
,Is/' C. E, Straight
/t/' C, E, STRAICrar
CoLowl, JAGD
Deputy Judge Advocate
f o r Wax Crimes
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STABDARD CASE ANALPSIB NCMEIVCUlWXfB
1, Proof-agrees of Complstimr
-3 Mellfed.personnel
v-4 mus
8-8 J ~ B
IT-9 a h e r e.ivfUaa~l
V-3.2 Hostwea
m United s t a t e s
MBu Amtralia
NAIS kimtxf a
RB Britfeh
me Belgimn
lrEBu l3ulgarier
C&rndet
Chisla
Gzeehoslovakia
Desk
fiance
Greece
H W ~ Y
Italy
J~xoslavia
Luscenibourg
Lith~ia
ITeGherlmds
Romay
Mev Zed.and
Poland
Rmsfa
Sonth M r i ~ a
u-0-m
4, k c w e d . Gwk&9:S t a t w :
Mw&era
womd8d,
Murder GI?
w m o
Tortwe,
&saultt.
S%er%lfzation,
E n t h ~ i a ,
Mistraatment .
Rape md s a d i s t i c treatment,
Wtlseatment of dead,
A%%w.khgo r bombarding h o ~ p i t a l s .
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Destmetioa sf' churches,
113egaX r s p r i s d e
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EuROPEAm CQMMAmD
Development of Cases.
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, C , E , SJ-IWIGL'-
Colonel, JAGD
Deputy Judge Adsroc ate
f o r War Crimes
SENTENCES OF ACCUSED PS ADJUDGED BY COURT
APPENDIX XVIII
HEmwmERs
U.S, FORCES, EUROgEAW T=m
APO 757
@I~.,in)
25 Awust 1943
TO ,o C m d f n g Generals x
E 8 ~ t e z - nM ilftary District
1, &n,@raia
a, Au%horit_yt o Appoint, You are hereby authorized t o appoint
military aomtclstsfas f o r the t r i a l of persons subject t o the Juriediotian
of such camm3..ssiom who m e charged with v i o l a t iom of the law8 or
custom of war? of" the baas of mt%ons, or of the laws of occupied t e r r i -
tory or any pa% t h e ~ b o f ~YOU are not authorized t o redelegate such
appozbting powers.
" b, Cases t o be Tried, As matter of policy no case s h a l l be
referred %a %ridbefore a mfl1taz-y oommissicuz axcept when directed by
this hedqu-ars, AppBica%isns f o r a.,&.".l~rfty
t o proceed with such
trials ~$11 b e fommded t o the bpu%y %hea.%er~Tud&eAdvocate, War
s , 757,
Crimes 3BTmoh0 % ~ R Yh e a ~ ~ e r APO
a , C D ~ O S I ~ ~Milf5ar!-
~ ~ , , :x i m i ~ s i o rs~h a l l be conposed of
not Less %hazt%?ree eamissianed ofgfcera of the United States A r g ,
There s h a l l dkso b@ appoint3d a t r f al Judge advocate and defense c o w e l .
d, Cor~vfetfmor S@ntlg~c@~ The concurreace of a t l e a s t two-
thfsds 0% t'hd mmbera of the aorrrr$ssfon present a t the time of voting
s W l be naaesearr f o r the aonvioticm md for the sentence.
make,
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2, Ru2es of Prsesdpxre,
oeamion requires,
Military comnissi ons s h a l l have power t o
such rubes f o r the conduct of t h e i r pro-
oee&,ngs, a0~3;z~?:+~.t-%th the powers of such comuissions, & with the
rules ~f prm@dmeherein set forkh, as are deemed necessary f o r a f u l l
and f a i r %rS& of the mc91asd, having regard f o r , withou% being bound
b$, the mles of prmedurs, and evideme preacsibed for general courts-
z ~ a r t 9 a . l . ~The prsv-isf o m of Sectf on TIP, paragraph 38-47, War Department
I34 2705~subJee%s "Mil3tary G o v e m n t Civil Affairsn, dated
22 heember 1943, are desf gned aa a general guide i n t h i s f i e l d and will
be followed except amended by this l e t t e r or other imtructions of
t h i s headgmrberB.
3, Evidence Such evidmce s h a l l be admitte$; before
a military oomnission as, i n the opinian of the president of the cam-
mission, haa probative value t o a remanable man,
4, Chax~esand Speofficatia s , Formal chaxge qc, investigation
a8 ooaatmplat~din Article of W a r 70 are not mcessa.r$ih proceedings
before military cormnissio m , although War Department, ~ d j u t a n tGeneral's
Wff oce Form Rumber 115, m y be used a8 a charge sheet, The obaxge
should designate t h e offerne by its legal rmm or describe it i n t e r m
af fnt~mational,law, preferably without reference t o an Article of
War, The speoflication should s e t forth the details of the act charged
with adfiefen% definlteneas t o show t h e jurisdiction of the coWssion
and the a t a t w of" the a m e d , The aceused s h a l l be furnished with a
copy of the charges and spee9ficstiom; Although no oath is n e c e s s m ,
the charge should be signed by a person subject t o military law, A t
mrae stage p r i or-t o %he trial, the charge should be investigated
s ~ f ' f e i m t l yt o enable the appointing authority t o determine t h a t the
~ffenaemerits trid. by mflitary owmission; Before directing the trial
of any ~ h a r g e ,the appointing anthority w i l l refer the case t o h i s staf'f
judge dvoeate for eonsfbration and adviee,
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in~I.ud@flthe power t o Usapprove or v ~ a t ein whole, ox %a p a % , a q
finding of guilty, and t o mftfgate, remrft, approve and commute, swpena
or to remand for furbhar proceedings or for rehewing bafwra a new
nrflitary e
onrmfsaion,
be R e p ~ o~f's exsc.,utioa
of a l l death ~ m t e n c a sinposed by
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A c t i n g AdJutmt Gener&l
DlSI!X?=9M ::
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G-a.
5 - 6-5
5 - JA ( R e a r )
5 - at' (bja)
5 - atp JA [WCB)
1 - AG M i l Pers
%-AGOpX!
1 - AG Reaords
for
Reiese-~~.oi% jid~.t23t r 2 :
j . ~ (a) mli%a;ryG o v e ~ n _Regu1.a~~
t
t i o m , Ti6ule ;?, Legal. and Penal Administration, (b) Let-
ter- ef %is Z\a&qtl$rtar~, fiPa AG OQG.3 WCE-JAG, eubjeat,
'9,'riaJ of War Crime8 C W B B " ~ dated 14 Oetober 1946, qnoted
a% Zif9ngk1.h. a- Par% I, supra,
MGR
=. BEliLary Cse~exrnentiRegul.a%iom, T i t l e 5, Legal. and
Pen&!. ~ ~ a P ; r a % i m O
pL@'b@d. =
f823l. 98 ~ D % X ' Q ~ U C ~ ~ = @Xhib%tOOW the O?I%S&
2;."L33a5sas s c ? t l i . 8 ~%b15
?ke ?,-itrsJr,s h ~ c 3 i ~nados8i~r
~ of %he case wains%%he
~~'.-cus&d, sL1oh ~ass38rti0 e3azt;a.b a emmary o f a x a n r ~ .
Z@E%WYEC.& %jf! 6~~5dm(:6 & s~l.my '7 2 '
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2 E m r y emt+mcs of i m p r i s m 8 n t s h a l l s t a t e
Ghs .bts of' ~omea?e.mwt thereof, xhfsh, if the accused
wm p r a ~ously
~f 1,o r & i w i Q make allow-
in gwl;~Q, rs?lrb91.
mica $or the period of emtg;&~.,
270
a. lJo.?pa~~1~$gb&Qt~gf @! 9 -&- BkQ 28,
A dixectf $pe t o a mi$f%ary t r f b m 1 charged with
%ria1 3' o f f e m ~ sagainst the P a w of war 80 %ha effect
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C @3gez8&-TUO~%~ $-@.&620qe
mcordanea %5th
Evfden~sshall, be admitted ID
%he f oUowfing -rules,o
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,615 A Miltt.my G o v e m d n t Cow% ~ h d i $n
geaerd admit oral, writ%en, a d physical evPdentna
having a bear$.% on %;,ha issues before $tj and may,
exclude any e~idenoewhich in its opinion is 02 no
P ~ W P X O Q ~ , If .fld~rn.%%r i B 9.k s ~ & B ,@vidm@8
'be @-PaI or j.3 @ X ~ ~ P G $ O ~ &:.--%:3:
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s e c w % % ydemands 1% m ar be ~,xeludeda%Soge-&hero
(2) The BOW% shall in gesb6ra.l reqtx.f.re %he
pradu~t f on t% the b e s t ewfdenc~reasonably availabhe,
Buwevd~~ t h i e prin.oip1.e fs no% fa 3s eo~7Sasedxi%h
t h e '%eat evidence r d . ; , "' The Iba%teris definiLeLy
190% applicab1.e (sea pmagraph d, t M s Seet$on 270,
below, asad SectPon. 280, poaS] , D- this eormectf q ~ .
it is emphas3zed %ha% the sworn sta%emn%s of a c e - i e d
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a d witnesses ares dways admissible r5gmd$ess of the
presence ox absence of' thoas who made the statementis,
unless the c o u r t is ndF the spfnfon %ha% stat,dmenAls
have no pro bat%^@ value orP %tjr~ apply a sdnrl1a.r t e a t ,
t h a t the ~ . b would
a no% be h s l g u %in an-is~fing
at a true
iLndbg,
(3) E~saenceof bad e h e r w , % ~ofr an aecl~ssd
s h a l l be ~ s s i b bsf~ ore
s fin&.% only when ths
EG " i ~ @p61"80Il
d
good ~ h m ~ t e r ........
hi33 ~ B > % X ' O ~ ~UfC B t o his 0FKt2.
d e' ~I l~CEL@
kO N0vmibe.r 1945) ,
%o d?s~,Losea -l;onu~'9c.atfan
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in the ccv~rseof a
made
:;or--Psasf/~n (M% 5-332) ,
r t l ~seXY-fnerimi~~a%ion,
Xq ~ o ~ ~ t g vfth n if the .
vi.5~jmas~ ~ s e ' r t%hat,
s the answer t o a q u ~ s t l c nn l g h S in-
him, 6n3 oosm-6, and not the witness, will
c*~-iml:~;ai~e
dpL*9,he.~ahe%her m w e r to %ha qlxasrtim eowbd have Sib%
effse'r; ~EIT r equire the wii;ness ta answer,
An ac.aussd h a no pl.%viLegaagainst self-
faac;rbmi~aZ.,lo~., Ee x i U not b@ wm.ed that he 9s not
rsqaired +,a m-sw6r vhen q u b s t i o ~ ~mer ~ pu%%O bin,
i U not be o~mpa2ledt o $iwver questjilons
~ w
R o . d @ ~ e s$9
nor m y bs be san;t@nesdf o r eontempt; for refwing $0
e Jf he refwee %o answer any gmstioxm put " -
him, the CTLLRT.'~m y draw an urfavarable infererrace from
h5s ~ * ~ ? a a afok m w e r (MGR 5-354.5).
19h5 %
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Am m ~ w e d
may not be reqe~red.to t e s t i f y
bef~raa W.Eitary Wver21~ebz-tC o d , , as i ~ d f c a t e d521
pwagmph $, Sec%40n 2700 suprae HO%'@V@X~,llaving
b h t ~~~% = d . %O t , @ g t 3 f y p h6 be CTOSQ-@XE%X'IZI&~
&s P,o tiay mat;tess reJa%PaGs G'he gharge and partfczn-
182s mder vhieb h@ 5s being tr%od, I s r e s p e l l v e of
whet,"i@rd.1 such mL%rs were %onekedapon during
dlrsc;t axmtmtian,
<Secrtiac 280 and 283 have not, been wcluded. in %his ax%rm%
from the T~"bdkw ~ ~ L Q a
P A R T I11
PRGCEIXIRAL SUGGESTIONS
t Jos, R. C a m 1 A G p U$ Army:,
Tha* t ~ L%,
8-3-67$;,r3, waa shot dam sear &man, c&zmnaxg on % a h
&,y 3f Jm9my ~ 9 4 5 ~ %.ha% he was confi~mdLn POW
and
C a p & d a g L d t 3 Prom the 11th day o f J'm.axry 19%5
-1x~t9120th day of April- 1945$ when ale was liberated
by.the troops of Lha Amy,
/ s / GeciL ~ o - ~ g o ~ ~ - g
/t/ CECIL 21, PEOPLE,
Capt,, l7Wh I&, ,
Defense Counaal.,
3
Accused
O S Q ~ ~ . Z ~ % 02 %he P w , ~ - c % u &%he
~ V X z Re&- '
a%PmsJ%he Q?iiclaL Atmy Register, the Axmy Lie+ 3nr3
RreoTory, %he pra~5eiczmof o f l f o t a . l Amy HmuaHa, ?hi
existsnee a ~ dl o e a % l m of ssrvioe ccmiicnds, resersr~i-~,.iom,
posts, 6nd st;l;tions of troops, as 2ubllshsd to ths Army, a
-t;hcs fate% that an officer belongs to a c@rta.inorganfza-
%:r)~.~ b r m ~ he%c. ',
~ ,, the orgawiza%f on an61 sompcsndnt; p a r t s
%
I the C bm .&q,
J ~ t d t e i & LECB~-,BCU-~~
sc, a% the an@ t h e pre~@z&Jxigmx avaj.kable au%hsn.t.f::
~ D ~
~xPi?'etringts:ida m%%l %Be4 ~ e r yimLm%ofofParfllpl; %a
aasflye
the opfiaioa of the e o ~ have , a bearing
on the Issues
before it and ham prcsb~~'Lbm aaLq~8w3 admrE~~fbl.@
in
hmsLigatd.cm T s a m ~ , ~ S % h e:in
r whole or is part;
u a w.j~,z@sses
affidavfts and d ~ p s s i % . l ~ of ( including
aff ldavi*,,
-
While not RBqTaRED, it; is ;3weat;eO 1-22 order t b a 5 %he
e o w t m y ba f~J.&yac:qmintcsd with their na%we a d
source a d.so that the record u911 Indieate to t h e re-
viewing au-t,horfty the axat:% m,%ma Ynerecf %ha% tha v.
n o m l way.
%a
t~
$a&Ta &9 - :;. .- cf' a19 ~ m l l - , t o
h $he csven.%%",hatf i r s %r%n&
~
e&j.b$%s a d ~ ~ a ~ ~ . & j ~ n e
chf gf prgsecu$ar, a ~ % h ~ ~ n ? : , P ooii-pisa
&~d
~hbra.::>fxfi%:! be md@,ctc22 a,%h,chi$d$0 the firs% duplirm%s ccapy c~f
4-'
.
the reviewing authorfty f o r permanent custody or other d i ~ p ~ ~ i i ; % ; e ,
(MGR-5-3351
(&cap% for Section 450, P a r t Ig of t h e T ~ l a biJan7aab
l
h m not beem i;nelud+d in t h i s bxtrm.fje)
SEC
501
--
Outline --
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ L w J - c.- Q
----
- .- O f A-T-r i-a l-Before A ---
20g-2.
Ggn.eral
v Q ~
~ o ~
-- --
- - Or lntermedlatje
--- -
PRESS THE CCIITR;II WILL COME TO ORDER,
F'RI3s: THE c m m A P P O r n r n 0 . .
, , AS m m m m , .
IEE WILL RE SWORN. The i n t e r p r e t e r rises and
faces the Presiaent who esks: DO YCIlT SKmR ZTIl
AIHIGmH GOD ( S O ~ AFBIRM)
Y TEAT YOU W I L L B TO
THE BEST 03' YOUR ABILSgH, TRULY T-ME TIE&
PROG.EEDll?a OF THIS CCXJRt AS 'IXE C m MAY REQJEREP
(MGR 5-91k, No, 2).
m-m: I DO.
i!he prosecu%or, defense c a m s e l , and mmbere of the coqnt,
in conducting t h e i r in+,3rrcgatiom, should pxopovmdtheir
questi~naby addressing 'e2e witaess directly, and t h e
interpreter shozld tra;nslate directly =d vrjrhaLf m, ~zd.
2n the same person, everflhing that is s d . d subdeck to
the direction of %ha sourt, He should oo+.be pemittlmi -5~s
engage In 6oU3qw on h i ~ lc n e . The 18 en*,i%led
t o have the prooeadings t r a n s l a t e d when he i s ocJbem9se
amable to understand the language in which they a r e
conduetad,
PRES: Tm COVE2 1 r. .
SAPP0mE.D , , , AS ICEPORIFW, El3
WALL XIE SWORN, The rapcxtrrr r i s e s and faces %ha
President whocasks x DO XDJ SFCEAR BY J L L N I a Y GOD
(SO-Y ~~) FBfJ YOU WHL, TO TEE BEST OF
YOUR ABILITY, TRULY RECORD AND II)RAIgSmm TKE
S THIS COURT% (MGR 5-9 1kp NO, 3 ,
F R O C ~ D ~ GOF
PW:
.
[Xf an ,idvis@r hm hssa appointed,) THX CCURT HAS
A.PPC/INTED , , , A S DESER T O TELE' C m , BE WILL
BE WORN, Ths Adviser rises and faces the PTe4JS dent'
'CT~Da sks: DO YOU SWEAR BY THE ADdIGBTY GOD (SOLEMF
LI AFFIRM) ~6EATYOJ TJILL, TO TH3 OF YOUR
ABI:~lTH7 ACT XKPAE2wP A S ADVISER TO THIS C W 8
mm P-tc.
: C 8PECIAZ
TEE ACCXJSED I 1 E S m TO ~ R O ~ AS E DlEENSE
C ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - -------
T~atToZi5,yJ- T w o f s ssion )
I
@Jm
WHO IS 1XlIY QUAWFIED T 0 PRACTICE BEFORE THIS COURT,
SEC 501.
I:ct%~ss.ast5x1 2%.
'*?'Q
AQC, <, I DO.
19
If tha pLes is g
ui1%$:
PRES, TO ACC: DO YOUUBDERSTAND THKC BY A PLEA OF G U m Y
YOU A N I T AS TRUE ALL PBHTI- AND THE
CHARGE A S SlE FORTH IX THE CHARGE SBECT
AND TEAT WITHOUT FCTRTHW PROCR? THE C m
CAN m OSE :Amy LA= SrnENcE, EXCLUDING
m H (IF A GEmaAL MILrrARP GO-
CCf&1WI) (UP TO (10) YEARS IMPRISONMEWL'
IF AEJ INTlZRMFBME COUFiT)? (MGR 5-32?;
5-3281,
ACC ,
PRES, TO ACCa DO YOU DESIRE TO CHANGE YOUR P U A T O ONE
OE" Nu2 CUIErY?
Ths e z ~ r m
t y GG~; =aept a plea of gu5Lb;y an,&ms'e an-
.,
T h 3 ~ c ~ u r t., x g p l l ~ a tm
*
. f - of th3 pr~se~ution, q y
& i r e ~ tha%
~ t =y Parther charge or charges be p r a f e ~ e d
agzd2s5 the acmsed m d m#y gmt my necessary adjo-!nm=a
~ E fcr F ~Lh-3 Fwposa (MGR 5-327,2), If aa aiijou~x1.-
men% ia deemed necsasary, the c o u r t may p r o s e ~ d$0
maks :$a f i n d i n g s a1.d assess the psmishmm.t cn such
Pmther a h a g o witho.a% the re-introduction of' the
a~9.dencealready heard,
DC : (Argument)
.
the c o u r t as do the gull% or fnwc6ncu,a
The f i a d h ~ "~ f '
f the a:cused and, if guilty, e3a to the sonP;enoe t r bw
:
9~3osad, m w t h e by the c~mmt?zc".s of a% L- -.Tt3wo~-
dF%r&~of a21 th3 members p ~ e s ~ c t t h a time %h8 80%ls
* n m
Cow% s h a l l m o m c ~
A Ml,9tt3rjr ~ v a m 9 n % I% EI
firad5xtgs.
rxi sash pmtSnuPar and charge bef'o~sit, m,d s h a l l pro-
Section 501
Death Death
Deat,h Death
Life UPe
Death Life
Lee Life
bath Life
-
CASE NO. TRIAL M E PERPETRATORS
I 5-ll.3 26 Feb 47 HANSER, Stefan Acquitted
i OBWW-, Anton Acquitted
I
I
TPJEXR, A n t Life Lif a
W<;KGER,F r m z LWe LUs
5 -144 30 J a n 4 7 HCLFBAUERoFranz 25 25 y e w s
RLQH, Oswa3.d 25 yeaxe 25 years
COBLEIE, b W r e d Life
15 Y ~ ~ W S
FISCHER, Arndt
m s , Gieorg
15 yeasa a Yams
Death Lif B
FRZDRICHS, H e i n z Life 10 years
CASE NO,
--..~-.-. '%RIAL
---.---..- DAT% Pm-':fiXW!!m
---~----..--
>::j;~q'~l:~,;[q~&~
-
--i
.CI
.3.
- ..
&~&-b h
De~th
Lse
20 yems
bath
Life
hafh
ma?&
I 5 yaam
Life
&a%h
Lf f'e
Death
.haKh
I&a+.:e,
.Ik5t~u'h
.
I:k~h$h
&-?at11
ba%b
bath
2i.th
ba%h Ria apprle,m~
6.
&ath 15 yams
LPf es DS.~appr~wd.
Life Disapprsw%sd '
Life 20 yaws
Death 13 grms
&a%h Lifs
Life3 8.5 g.eam
Lifa 15 ,yews
bath 29 rewe
Life 15 y s w a
13 years LO p,ws
Deat$ &at-$
Aaqulttsd
hqu8ttesd
hguf ttad
AcquPt'tad
Acquitted
hgui.t;"r,ed
hqu%t%ad
k q p f tted
hquikb,@d
hquft%ed
TRIAL DATE
Death Dsatth
13 Pab 47 SCHm.mZ, Erwin Life Life
Wilhelm Kc,mad
~ife ire
Death Bath
5 Jm- 47
28 May 47 ,-I Otto
Frisdorich
IXEXEL, Earl =Joasf
10.yea;rs
Lif63
12-643 11 45
O C ~ DIEI'ERMAN, Wilhelm Death Death
EBLDTG, Andreas Acquitted
12-788 18 Jun 47 .
DEUBEEIT, Heinrieh 15 y e a s 15 y e u s
SCHIIYllEL, Peter I year 6 months
SOLOMON,~ n n a 2 years 1 year
ZEECK3 Margot I$ y e a s 1 year
SlXRM, Georg 3 YW=S
3% Jan 46 W K L O , Charlot be
mm, & m a %
. GRJEMEL, &urge
m-, Wia
,Ef,mz, J O B ~ ~
* EiEABDL, M.b;'h%~
7 w 46 BECK, Gard
%VJNREIrn, to
Life
Life
AS APPROTBD
BY REVIlWl3G
----
CASE IPQ, TRIAL DATE PERP-ORS ~ E I V C E S AUTHORITY
12-11&-3. 28 Aug 47 ICANSCW, W i s h e l m Death Death
GROSS, Johassn
%a S ~ 4
P5 GOIS-, Joaef Acquitted
W m , Alfons Jwob Acquitted'
Acquitted
Death Death
Death Life
%P-3.155-? 27 Jun. 47 BOEHM, m 1
von MASSOW, Ruediger
~2-I2.60 13 Sep 46 POLUS, 18 months 18 m o n t h s
Life Life
Death Death
Death Death
5 yeaxs 5 years
Bath
B$.%b
&aLh
I& 8>%b
-
L,,\-, c; :
Ti
hatk.1
20 ysaxs
Life
10 years
DIRJJAmL, Rudolf"
mm, Eut
DAUM, G ~ o A ~ 25 years
H D G r n , cb'osef Dsa-bh
OE-KR, Johmn Dea,th
m m w , &the Dea'bh
S Z ~ I I Job t.ms
, qCm- Death
2 years
- 2 yema
2 years
2 yams
22 JfC -x3-3
Daath
Life
14ifti3
Death
CASE 2;:@ ,,
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:
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'I
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,
. ,,.. ', ;:
.,
:t&l;,~&=>~ 13isagpravsd
18 months
18 months
bath Death
2 yews
kquf tted
Rc yews 4 years
5 2fe-s T yems
a yeax b yeas
13 Y~EWS 13 yaaxs
Acquitted
90 years
Acq.ri5t.eed
-.CASE 30, TRIAL1 DME
P E R P E 2 a T B
Death
?&at h
LS.2 TJif o
Life Eifs
lOOOM re?nlt's%d
Acquitted
Death bat,h
kquf %+,ad
2 months
P year
SPO-, X Q U George B a t h
ZIEDUECsW&f er J ~ s e p hDeath
29 47 - EIEWJYSj Ad033 B!!.lU~
,D8t~%h
we, X~E%WW 5
Cm-, ~ % D h w Dea-bh
FAFm, H - 5 ~833%
$;ARC*EBR, V i 3 6 h Bath-
m P , U%dor Death
nm,-H ~wdelizllk&h
I l!4ma&$mold? w e
m a o3hu-t 2mqui%ted
RAtfms, 20 P W 8
Rt3mActm, Emf3 3 *=-s
E544BIDEt, d m Death
j4.
mtww
' Heb%a%r W@
lfJaLamO
Rranz 20 yemra
l h munth63
3A MW-k7
p
.,
&Wd8 Gear8 W b m t . 9 1 par 1 year
-, La- K' *@as 4 p9-
28 patxi
\
As A ? P R m
BYI3lmmmG
EmmXRmo~s' sl@rl~~lcEs m a m a
mn, C a r l 1 yeax
RgmfEJCZER* man2 1 ye=' 3 ye=
RWEE3, Alfred 1 year 1 year
S m , P d Wllheln Acquitted
m,
He-ieh 10 p a r e 10 ye-
EllmxmG, Otto P a d 3 YWf4 3se-s .
=
v-,
, .Gem
WIU31m
Life
10 yetars
Llf@
a0 years
_ -"3
a
6 Jan 47 B.m~,lbk1 10 3Wrn6 10 y@aXs
12-2337 30 J m 47 Rlman, Alwh h a th math
aetJ3rid.l
l2-2404 17 Oct k7 ECgSTEIdl, Georg Death . DeJ I:.
m AM EI
ER, ErPst Death &at h
STIM:GEX, Fritz Life Lee,
S.l!URM, Jobmn Death Death
TDB%EEWE, Triedrich Acquitted
12-2409 22 Sep 47
NIlEEUX8, Albert W e Idf@
Death Death
Death Death
Death Life
12-3121 rm AW 47 wiwh
m8
g&h6) IuulER, B b l i r
neath
CASE HO. TRIAL DATE EEEEEIRATCIRS i3ktEJmcES
Aoqdtted
25 yesre
Life
Acquitted
3 Yews
14 Apr 47 COlVRAb, Oewald 20 yeme 20 yeQ;re
. lllEGER, K& Life Life
F3lLRaIICR, Wald- Life Life
HAUENSCHILD, Harry 20 yeare 20 yearE9
34uaTa3,' Erioh 20 yema 20 yemar
Sm-, -1 Life Life
sCEOEERTo A-t 20 years 20 yesre
2 ..-
OC4t 47 m E , HeSlgt.Jlah Death
.*
mmm, HeImuth
Acquitted
E'riedrloh
, Toeef
ERE~TSIZR, 15 years
DITI'HL~U, H .rst Llfe
HIX;BERGER, WSagand 20 years
-000-MmU-1 x 47
14 A -, Max U fe I 20 yeare,
~IXGLbTAGZER,h % o nDeath Life
OOC-Urn-2 18 Sep 47 SCHNLfD, &baati- W e '20 pars
900-F-2 13 J u 47
~ WODAICO We~lzel W~lth bath
C
; s%
t -FIn-7 19 Sep 47 S-$R,Rudolf Death Death
OOC-F-8 13 &t 47 BRiWER, Joaef Death math
000-P-G-10 21 Oct k7 AlrEEWD, Maz bath Life
OQ9-11 29 bt 47 GOIJNAW: Fe :.;.,- Death Death
c;s0-~-~8 29 ~ c 47t Z
,- W~IL ~eath lkie~th
Bath
w
e
Uc\f'.:.!XA,
Water
GT Death Death
1
-,
LmMa,
&
Arm
LO p&s
Dsath
LO y e a r s
Death
4
As BPPROl?ED
BY-
s
l
a"
18
EEBi
m
M Mmm
BY EWIEi?perS
Am-
18 plr#atha
f!,.~ltol~theD1sapps:o~~b
2 pare
2 yearre
2 yewe
2 para
2 yam
2 gears
.
, - .
&ma9kclbar
l&mL4mP 118 maatha 18 month '
m~qo-2-5
m.
, % . ,
n 00% 46 4
-
OW-gQl-2-6 JOB& 2 yesre 29- ,
l; m 2 Y@m 2 yewe
wO . m p l r a 2 pare 2 ma=
a m , 2 pm13 2
-, wiw 10
-6
18 mntb
00% 46
-..
I
~~5QPg9-7 q BQS~
xtad.oW r 5~49-a 3
A@% kqatt@d
t ixX!aZo Gb)mg T Y@-8 5 -6 ,
@ R m d R s m bquAt%ed
2 YeJ@am 2 pare
hqatha
2 pare 2 P-
/ '
ABqU2tttad
18 ~ & b1.8 d h e
18 ~ r & a % b 18 -the
hg?,l%%t@d
J=lRmnm, MOW bqn%.h..tsd
cul!wxwPmto 18 -the 18 &he
G?~m%m,
fib-
18 m%b18 nbon%b
ow-go-e;g ECHCWPC$
BEUK, $r- AOQU~B~~L
mm, EaaMl 2 yeerrs 2 y@am
EREGE, a o e e Pase 2 yeasm
a m b o ma-x AGqnit%ed
oh-
l!l~~m~ , A~gd$tea
arb
2arceasa 2 y@m
%%@fan 2 Mssrpgormd
mm DR- 2 pass 2-
CASE NO. TRIAL W E I?EWm!WORS
000-50-2-10 30 oct 46 23mwXR, WiLheh 18 months 18 months
GIGEURDT, Robert 18 months 18 months
cT?uEINER, Josef 18 mon-khs 18 months
W S r n H , Otto 18 months I8 months
ICIRSCHRAIJM, Wendel 18 months 18 a o n t h ~
KORFF, Alfred Rudolf 18 months Dls approved
UEIJTmm, Hugo 18 months Disapproved
,
GOMBIlOTO Josef 2 yeaxi?
HAmm, Auto?& years
JAUCH, Michael Acquit+,ed
W Z I A N , GBorg 2 years 2 yeaxs
KOBELg J o ~ e - ~ 3 Yema 3 Y@='S
THOI~L~;T;L:::, es osef Acquitted
L X k 2 i j $r&fiErich 2 years
2 ;paSara
18 mmth43
hquitt;sd
-..
I
20 y@ms
20 y e m a
2 ysae
~qxL~%lbsd
2& y@ms
2 yewe
3 PY;
.k~.kJ+Jha
2 yeme
2 pax8
2pwe
a13 ~ B $ B ~ % ~ B
18 m m k h ~
18 nbn%.ha
2 psce
~ q ~ * t s d
2 yeare
*
2# y@p.El
pare
2 ymre
2 para
2 +?dm
2 pars
hgu%%%ed
2 r@mB
2 y@wa
2 y@.W8
2 ys*s '
21 mn%Sas
25 ye%ra
rnat3.l
I%at%
15 years
bath
CASE NO, TRIAL DATE . PERPEL'RATORS
SEXCEZVCXS AUTHORITY
Life if e
000-50-2-25 11 Dec 46 WE=, Anton
18 years 16 yeass
WOE?, Josef
20 yeaxs 20 years
HACK, J o b m 2 years
H I N D , Rudolf years
HUED?, Joseph 2 yeaxs
JEIIIlWiK9 Fdaeoij Z$ yeaxs
JmG, Alfred
000-50-2-27 9 Dee 46 131DTNECa3 F m i n Acquitted
.-I Aaolf Acquitted
rind, Joaef Acquit , .
bATiDMLJ3, Friedrfch 20 months Lj: months
LAPOS, Josef 2 years 2 years
UICEt, Ot%o 2 yews 2 years
2 years 2 years
23 months 23 montha
20 months 20 months
2 years 2 years
20 months 20 months
22 montha 22 months
23 montha 23 months
2 yews 2 years
21 montha 21 months
12 years
000-50-2-44 10 Jan 47 BDRKAET, Josef' Acquitt e 1
DOEMlER, Franz Acquitted
E I m G E R , Thomaa Acquitted
GANGEL, K a r l Acquitted
S m S , Amold Acquitted
231
AS APPROVED
BY EEVlEWING
CASE ~ 0 , TRIALDATE I?zRE'mRATm E3mCENCES AZRfHORlTY
bO Feb 47 HESKE, F r i t z
P m , Johm
ooo-50-2-a 5 ~ e 47
b DEER, ~ i f e L U ~
AS APPRom
BY RE'VIEWIXG
CASE NO. TRIAL DATZ P E R P ~ ~ O R S SEN'J3NCES AUI'HORITY
000-50-2-69 3 w 47 UEIXZHCEFP~,
~ u l i
us ~ i f e Life
000-50-2-70 3 Mar 47 XREBERB Mathia Joaef 11 yeaxa 11 yeass
Peter
' l a a m as KEasSF;, ~ o h a m )
PROESCHL, Franz
BRADIm, Fritz
oontinued S@HNEUXER,mitz 10 p a r e
S(XlBXCER, Hubert 5 Years
SENGENBEGEZ, Haorr Nikol 5 Yeas
SrnTE, H&qu 5 Yeme
17Jun47 -,Am%
26 months 26 months ~
KRAUS, Alfred
15 years 15 yea'ss
y m m q K a r l Ham
5 Years 5 ye&Irs ..
9 S ~ 47
P KAEEIPER, Johann
Ltte
I D T ~ O R S T , Josef
3 yema
Gerhmd
MURLASCHDZ, Johann 10 years
10 years 10 pars
Acquitted
20 years . 20 years
BE RS m I
B , J0ham-m~ 15 years 15 yews
mix, b9flhelm 15 PEWS 15 yema
BCSCE, Jakob Peter Aoquitted
rmEsomsm, Iww 5 Yema 5 Pars
m-, Emil 5 years 5 years
IZXKER, Hewich 5 Pars 5 Yeas
P m m , Fra.nz 1 15 yeme 15 years
S-GEL, Franz Acquitted
NEUBm, Frapz
Life Lffe
RIENEt, Josef
Acquitted
suEsS, wiaelnl
15 yeme 15 years
T w , Johm
4 yeaxs 4 yeaxs
UNRECEF, JaseR
Life Life
V W L , Miehaal
Life Life
> AS APPROVED
BY REXUWING
CASE NO, TRIAL PERPETRATORS SENTENCES AWHORITY
KOENIG, J O ~ = ~ i f e 25 y e a s
EDIjZ, Rr'f 20 yeaxe 20 yeme
P A m S , ~ Y ' L ~ B H~ Pe r m a n
5 yews 5 yews
S m , Artur 20 yeaxs 5 years
S ~ K a r l Heinrlch
~ Life
, Life
AI339glH, Ludw3g 10 y e u s 13 y e a s
BFRGER, Josef Acquitted
JEEG, Wifielm 4 years 4 yeaxs
PABL, Robert Acquitted
,-S ~udwig 6 yews 6 years
BECK, Heinrich 3 yews 3 yems
HUPFER, Stefan Acquitted
~~, Wendelin Acquitted
Acquitted
10 years 10 years
239
A S APPROVED
BY R E V l m m G
CASE NO, SENTENCES
' I
5 .
3 Pars
H E I ~ J gasp=
~, Acquitted
LATSEl, Josef Life 10 yews
oEE::iim,Alois 10 years 10 years
P P A F E ' H ~ ~Christ
~ , oph 10 years 10 years
REICHERT, Ernst Life 12 years
ROEIIW, Rudolf Acquitted
STUMP3r, Heinrich 10 years 10 years
V B , Heinz Mssltin , 3 years 3 Yews
000-50-5-11 1Jul 47 B . t W r n , Andrea~ 3 Years 3 Yews
FITZIVW, Albert 10 yeme 5 yema
HAUSEiECHT, Gert 3 yews 3 Pas
JAn, Michael .,.9years 10 yems
KLJ3J3, Rudolf Gtrstav hath Death
RlX3MWT, Otto Richard 2 years 2 yeas
MOHR, Adolf' 2 years 2 yems
3 sews 3 Yeas
Depth Death
Life Life
2& yews 2& yews
3 ye=s 3 Yems
F m , Paul Life Life
Icomzm, Otto 10 years 10 years
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RT%IT,ER, Arno Albert 2 years "
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Death Life
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T.at,h Death
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Life
4 yews
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CASE NO, TRIAL DA!LE
' PERPEEUU'ORS
SIMON, W i f i e h
Life
TTJIRTCF, WaltJer
5 3-af.S
.~JL!'IT?-'A, Richard
20 years
ZWIE'LW, Wfl1i
2 5 years
Life
di2'iiarm, ~ & 1 Acquitted
EXS13USCH, C k i s t i a n Death Death
F ~ T B August ~ , 15 years 15 Y S ~ S S
GEISBERGEZ Jo- , Life Life
GEI;RR311TT8 Michasl Life LSf e
G r n E W , m 1 Acquit t e d
Friedrich 890i.s
GrnSrnL, A w t Death Dea-bh
G,- Karl 10 years 10 yeEl.323
YADBOT;D, Gerhmd 2 0 years 2 0 years
FRTSP,, (T34FPP bath Death
E1ilR7, L ~ ? c T Acquitted
,:,;.! 531>:i, L e o r ~ Acquitted
J A K U ~ X ~ F HA~L O ~ B Ljtfe Life
E!!ILrnG, -1 h a th Life
LIBDEKIO Eans Johann 1 0 years 10 years
LOSCH, Ednard 2 0 yeaxs 20 years
W B O I , Ilarl Life Life
W'ZKE, Gustap 10 years 10 years
MAJJRER, Raymond 30 y e a s 30 years
MOHR, Christian Death Death
M C TSS
E SEm, Erich Life Life
mC]!nB, mledri@B
GXTS~fMR, ( A C X ~ ~
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X.D!K, Otto
S C ' W Z , S%pp
SCBtXTZ, Helm%cb
25 3%OXE3
25 years
3 y@aTs
8 TQWB
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CASE NO, TRIAL D m PERPl32WORS SENTENCES r n I I 0 R l i T Y
000-50-136 13 May 47 AUER, Franz Death Death
BA-, Karl Acquitted
BAYH4, Wilheh 10 years 10 yeaxe
ENG. JARLIP, Heinrich Life 25 y e t ~ ~
F L O C L ~E , rika Death Life
GICE3I;ED!ER, P$sl 20 years 20 yeaxa
GIESrn, H e m Lffe 25 ~ W S
WTCHLING, Daniel 15 years 15 yeeure
GRIESINCEER, Wilhelm 15 YSECS 15
r n G A s , Wizhelm Death Life
OST,- Anton Acquitted
SCEMIIXERGER, J&ob 20 yeaxe 20 yews
S P W H , Eerbert Death Life
SPERLING, Otto Death Life
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