'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US266
Review Date: 470819
Case Number: 000-Mauthausen-4 (US vs. Arnold Damaschke)
Crime Category: War Crimes, NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers
Accused: Damaschke, Arnold - Death Sentence (R&R: disappr. of findings & sentence)
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470422
Country where the crime had been committed: Austria
Crime Location: KL Mauthausen, KL Gusen I (subcamp KL Mauthausen)
Crime Date: 4204-4212
Victim: Prisoners, POW's
Nationality: Yugoslavian, Russian, Polish, French, Czechoslovakian
Agency: Detainment Center Staff KL Mauthausen, KL Gusen
Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of a number of prisoners as member of a firing squad. Gassing of 160 Russian POW's at KL Gusen I. Supervision as roll call leader of the killing of a great many invalid prisoners, who were forced to stand on the roll call square of KL Gusen I under freezing conditions after having been subjected to cold showers, in December 1942