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

File Number: US076
Review Date: 471029
Case Number: 12-1104-1 (US vs. Wilhelm Kanschat)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Kanschat, Wilhelm - Death Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470825-470828
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Wolfenbuettel
Crime Date: 440928
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Wehrmacht, Reserve Captain
Subject of the proceeding: An American flyer parachuted from his disabled plane over Wolfenbuettel and was captured by a search party. The accused, along with Beck and Weinreich (see US075), was present in the room where the victim was held and ordered Beck to shoot the flyer