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

File Number: US267
Review Date: 470710
Case Number: 000-Mauthausen-5 (US vs. Kurt Otto)
Crime Category: War Crimes, NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers
Accused:
Otto, Kurt - Death Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470312-470313
Country where the crime had been committed: Austria
Crime Location: KL Steyr (subcamp KL Mauthausen)
Crime Date: 4410-4504
Victim: Prisoners
Nationality: Russian, Czech., Austrian
Agency: Detainment Center Staff KL Steyr
Subject of the proceeding: Hanging of five prisoners and pushing another prisoner against the electrically charged wire encircling the camp, thereby causing the electrocution of the victim