Justiz und NS-Verbrechen
Nazi Crimes on Trial

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Case Nr.332
Crime Category: Judicial Crimes, Final Phase Crimes
Accused:
B., Walter Acquittal
Fernau, Walter 6 Years
M., Engelbert 3 Years
St., Heinrich Acquittal
Court:
LG Würzburg 521129
BGH 530609
Country where the crime was committed: Czechia, Germany
Crime Location: Zellingen, Kronach, Frühbuss
Crime Date: 450328, 450408, 450420
Victims: Volkssturm Members, German Soldiers
Nationality: German
Agency: Judiciary Fliegendes Standgericht des Auffangstabes der VII.Armee (Court Martial of the 7th Army)
Subject of the proceeding: Trials of a 'flying court martial'. Sentencing to death and hanging of a Volkssturm member in Zellingen (for derogatory remarks about his Volkssturm battalion commander), and hanging of a private 1st class in Kronach (for alleged desertion), as well as of a lieutenant of the interception staff of the VII Army in Frühbuss (for having set up night quarters with his marching group, without authorization)

Published in Justiz und NS-Verbrechen Vol. X

 

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