'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US003
Review Date: 471107
Case Number: 5-83 (US vs Mathias Kapeller et al) 471030
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused: Kapeller, Mathias - 30 Years (R&R: 28½ Years) Krause, Adolph, Karl, Maria - 5 Years (R&R: 2½ Years)
Court: Military Commission, Salzburg 471028-471030
Country where the crime had been committed: Austria
Crime Location: Hieflau (Leoben district)
Crime Date: 450323
Victim: POW's
Nationality: American
Agency: Volkssturm; NSDAP, Ortsgruppenleiter Hieflau
Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of an unarmed crew member of a disabled American bomber and mistreatment of another crew member