'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US103
Review Date: 480109
Case Number: 12-1368 & 12-1369 ( US vs. Friedrich Hildebrandt et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused: Bollow, Wilhelm - Death Sentence Groenwaldt, [Grönwaldt] Karl - Death Sentence Haselow, Ewald - Death Sentence Hildebrandt, Friedrich - Death Sentence Mueller, [Müller] Kurt - Death Sentence Pensien, [Penzien] Franz - Death Sentence Schroeder, Fritz - 20 Years
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470220-470331
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Veelboken, Pingelshagen, Mollin, Klink
Crime Date: 440621, 440901
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: NSDAP, Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter Gau Mecklenburg, Kreisleiter Kreis Schwerin in Gau Mecklenburg, Kreisamtsleiter, Deputy Ortsgruppenleiter Kreis Schwerin in Gau Mecklenburg, Ortsgruppenleiter Gross-Trebbow in Kreis Schwerinland Gau Mecklenburg, Blockleiter Veelboken, Kreisstellenleiter,
Subject of the proceeding: Issuing general orders to capture and shoot allied parachutists. Issuing specific orders to capture and shoot American fliers. Execution of such orders in 4 instances