'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US043
Review Date: 470801
Case Number: 12-489 (US vs. Kurt Goebell et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused: Akkermann, Jan J. - Death Sentence Albrecht, Guenther - 6 Years Geyer, Karl - 4 Years Goebell, Kurt - Death Sentence Heinemann, Heinrich - Acquittal + 18 Years (R&R: 13 Years) Krolikovski, Walter - Life Sentence (R&R: 14 Years) Mammenga, Gustav - Acquittal + 24 Years Meyer-Gerhards, - Acquittal Pointner, Johann - Acquittal + 5 Years Rommel, Heinrich - Acquittal + 2 Years Schmitz, Johann Josef - Death Sentence Seiler, Jakob - Death Sentence (R&R: Life Sentence) Weber, Karl - Acquittal + 25 Years Wenzel, Erich - Death Sentence Witzke, Heinz - Acquittal + 11 Years
Court: General Military Government Court at Ludwigsburg, Germany 460206-460322
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Borkum
Crime Date: 440804
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: Wehrmacht, Marine German Naval Installations, Members of the 216th Naval Flak Battalion
Subject of the proceeding:
The accused participated in the execution of seven members of the United States Army after they had surrendered and encouraged and participated in the assaults of eleven members of the United States Army