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

File Number: US071
Review Date: 471112
Case Number: 12-1068 (US vs. Friedrich Wilhelm Altena)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Altena, Friedrich Wilhelm - Life Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470917-470919
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Salgau
Crime Date: 440809
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: SS
Subject of the proceeding: The accused, an SS major, shot and killed an American airman after he had parachuted to the ground and had been captured