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

File Number: US056
Review Date: 470623
Case Number: 12-779 (US vs. Heinrich Birnbreier et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Birnbreier, Heinrich - Death Sentence
Eisele, Josef - Life Sentence
Faller, Arthur - 20 Years
Heim, Friedrich - Acquittal
Matthes, Max - Life Sentence
Werner, Gottlieb - Death Sentence
Kuner, Fritz - not tried
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470421-470425
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Schollach
Crime Date: 440721
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: NSDAP, Kreisleitung; Gendarmerie
Subject of the proceeding: The accused, on orders of Kreisleiter Benedikt Kuner, shot and killed five American airmen after they parachuted from their disabled plane

Note: attempts to apprehend Fritz Kuner were unsuccesful