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

File Number: US079
Review Date: 470217
Case Number: 12-1115 (US vs. Ludwig Firmenich et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Firmenich, Ludwig - Death Sentence
Jaeger, Philipp - Acquittal + 6 Years
Knell, Adolf - Acquittal + 6 Years
Kraft, Wilhelm - Acquittal + 10 Years
Overdick, Heinrich - Life Sentence
Schuck, Hugo - Acquittal + 1 Year
Court: General Military Government Court at Ludwigsburg, Germany 460523-460524; 460526; 460604-460606
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Bingen
Crime Date: 440912
Victim: POW
Nationality: American or Canadian
Agency: NSDAP, Ortsgruppenleiter Bingen; SA; Civilians
Subject of the proceeding: On 12 September 1944, an allied airman bailed out of a plane in the vicinity of Bingen, Germany. After beating the airman the accused took the victim to a filling station where, after being beaten up, he was shot in the head and neck