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

File Number: US184
Review Date: 471031
Case Number: 12-2064 (US vs. Ludwig Hollacher et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Hollacher, Ludwig - Death Sentence
Metz, Friedrich - Death Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470804-470805
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Huellenberg (Kreis Neuwied)
Crime Date: 440921
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Wehrmacht, Hitler Youth
Subject of the proceeding: After capturing an American airman the two accused locked him in the cellar of a Hitler Youth school building. On orders of the local police chief and after some deliberations, the two accused shot and killed the airman and later buried him in a nearby cemetery