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

File Number: US055
Review Date: 470627
Case Number: 12-765 (US vs. Christian Menrath et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Knopp, Otto - Death Sentence
Menrath, Christian - Death Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470324-470327
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Bergisch-Gladbach
Crime Date: 450329
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Volkssturm (Home Guard), Company CO; NSDAP, Kreisleiter (secretary)
Subject of the proceeding: The accused participated in the execution of an unarmed American airman after he had surrendered and had been taken into custody