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

File Number: US137
Review Date: 470523
Case Number: 12-1812 (US vs. Erich Mette et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Mette, Erich - Death Sentence
Peters, Otto - Life Sentence
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470116-470117
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Neindorf (near Wolfenbüttel)
Crime Date: 440510
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: SS; Navy (Marine)
Subject of the proceeding: After an American airman was taken into custody in the town of Kissenbruck, the accused, on orders of Ortsgruppenleiter Kremling, shot and killed the airman during his transport to Wolfenbüttel