'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US129
Review Date: 460424
Case Number: 12-1745 (US vs. Fritz Pohla et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused: Pohla, Fritz - Death Sentence Vogler, Ernst Otto- Death Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Ludwigsburg, Germany 460403
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Kleinzerbst
Crime Date: 440707
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: Police, Kripo Dessau
Subject of the proceeding: On orders of Dessau Kripo chief, Arthur Jetzinger, the accused collected three American airmen, who were in the custody of the burgomeister of Hohen-Erxleben or Gerwitz, and shot them in the woods near Kleinzerbst