'Dachau Trials'
Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948

File Number: US017
Review Date: 451014
Case Number:: 8-27 (US vs. Franz Strasser)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Strasser, Franz - Death Sentence
Court: Military Commission at Dachau, Germany 450824
Country where the crime had been committed: Czechoslovakia
Crime Location: Kaplitz
Crime Date: 441209
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: NSDAP, Kreisleiter of Kreis Kaplitz
Subject of the proceeding: The accused participated in the shooting of five American airmen from a bomber plane, which had made a forced landing. The five men were apprehended and shot during their transport to the town of Kaplitz