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

File Number: US096
Review Date: 470808
Case Number: 12-1217 (US vs. Erich Hinkel)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Hinkel, Erich - 20 Years
Schmidt, Adolf - not tried
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470425
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Winterkasten
Crime Date: 450318
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Police, Gestapo Bensheim
Subject of the proceeding: After a crash landing an American airman was captured and turned over to the accused, who were members of the Bensheim Gestapo. The accused took their victim to a wooded area near Winterkasten and shot him three times in the head