'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US015 Review Date: 471021 Case Number: 6-155 (US vs. Gustav Karl Wilhelm Ruester) Crime Category: War Crime Accused:
Ruester, Gustav Karl Wilhelm - Death Sentence (R&R: findings and sentence disapproved because of insufficiency of evidence) Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470624-470714 Country where the crime had been committed: Belgium Crime Location: Mons Crime Date: 440605 Victim: POW Nationality: American Agency: Railroad (Reichsbahn) Subject of the proceeding: The accused, a railroad official, shot a downed flyer, who was in the act of surrendering.