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

File Number: US176
Review Date: 461216
Case Number: 12-2011 (US vs. Johann Sponsel et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Sponsel, Johann Georg - Death Sentence
Ziehnert, Walter - Death Sentence
177 Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 460320
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Ingolstadt
Crime Date: 440910
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: NSDAP, Kreisleiter Ingolstadt, Kreisleiter Rosenheim
Subject of the proceeding: After receiving custody of an American airman the accused shot and killed the flyer en route to a nearby airfield