'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US240 Review Date:480112 Case Number: 000-Buchenwald-25 (US vs. August Giese) 470922 Crime Category: War Crimes; NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers Accused:
Giese, August - 4 Years Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany, 470922 Country where the crime had been committed: Germany Crime Location: KL Laura (sub camp of KL Buchenwald) Crime Date: 4502-4503 Victim: Prisoners Nationality: unknown, French, Polish Agency: Detainment Center Staff KL Laura Subject of the proceeding:
Participated in the killing of a prisoner under unspecified circumstances. Mistreatment of prisoners by assaulting them with a stick, his hands, and by setting a dog on them. Mistreatment of prisoners, who were to weak to work and ordering to shoot one of them