'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US167
Review Date: 470513
Case Number: 12-1966 (US vs. Herman Friedrich et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused: Brueckmann, Jacob - 1 Year 8 Months Dickhaut, Georg - 1½ Year Friedrich, Herman - 1 Year Jaeger, Georg - 3 Years Kraft, Karl - 1½ Year Lietschuh, Peter - 3 Years Luley, Heinrich - 1 Year Reinheimer, Karl - 1½ Year Schmidt, Friedrich - 1 Year Stein, Anna - 1 Year
Court: Intermediate Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 460920-460925
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Trebur (near Gross-Gerau)
Crime Date: 440826
Victim: POW's
Nationality: American
Agency: Civilian
Subject of the proceeding: After an air raid over the Mannheim-Ludwigshafen area, one of the planes was shot down over Nauheim, Gross-Gerau. Some 8 or 9 flyers parachuted from the plane and dispersed over an area of about 4 kilometers in the vicinity of Russelsheim A group of hostile civilians formed and assaulted the airmen with rocks and other objects