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

File Number: US091
Review Date: 470718
Case Number: 12-1168 (US vs. Wilhelm Luethje)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Luethje, Wilhelm - Life Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470523-470526
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Cramme
Crime Date: 440925
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Police
Subject of the proceeding: An American flyer parachuted in the vicinity of Cramme and was taken into custody by the accused. The accused then led the victim down a path on the road to Wolfenbuttel, to where all captured fliers were taken. According to the accused the flyer made an attempt to escape in the course of which he - the accused - shot and killed him