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

File Number: US100
Review Date: 471110
Case Number: 12-1292 (US vs. Werner Hess)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Hess, Werner - 6 Months
[Svoboda, Hubert von] - not tried
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470804-470804
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Dorsten
Crime Date: 441015
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Wehrmacht, headquarters FLAK regiment
Subject of the proceeding: Encouraged the assault of a captured American bomber pilot in retaliation of an air raid on Dorsten, Germany. The accused allowed a hostile mob to attack the airman with shovels and other objects