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

File Number: US236
Review Date: 480119
Case Number: 000-Buchenwald-14 (US vs. Max Paul Emil Vogel)
Crime Category: War Crimes; NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers
Accused:
Vogel, Max Paul Emil - 4 Years
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 471003-471007
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: KL Bochum (sub camp KL Buchenwald)
Crime Date: 4411-4503
Victim: Prisoners, Jews
Nationality: Latvian
Agency: Detainment Center Staff KL Bochum
Subject of the proceeding:
Participation in the killing of three non-German prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp in November 1944, and of approximately thirty prisoners in March 1945, near Bochum. Beating of a Latvian prisoner, in March 1945, with a wooden stick for not carrying cement blocks fast enough. The victim who was in a weakened condition fell bleeding to the ground and is said to have died later on