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

File Number: US069
Review Date: 470806
Case Number: 12-1034 (US vs. Christian Blum et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Blum, Christian - 1 Year (R&R: disappr. of findings & sentence: re-trial)
Hans, Kurt - Acquittal
Hohloch, Gottlob - Acquittal
Memmel, Kurt - nolle prosequi
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 460815-460824
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Ruppertshutten
Crime Date: 440912
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: Police, Kriminalpolizei, Jagdkommando (search and pursuit detail) from Würzburg
Subject of the proceeding: Execution of four American airmen after they had surrendered

Note: reviewer considered sentence too light in the case of Blum and suggested a re-trial. Recommendations were disapproved by the Reviewing Authority and the sentence was upheld