'Dachau Trials' Trials by U.S. Army Courts in Europe 1945 - 1948
File Number:
US170
Review Date: 470221
Case Number: 12-1973 (US vs. Siegfried [Sigfried] Utermark)
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused: Utermark, Siegfried [Sigfried] - Acquittal Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 461002-461003
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Gross Liedern
Crime Date: 440823
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: RAD (Reich Labor Service), Oberarbeitsdienstfuehrer
Subject of the proceeding: An American airman parachuted to safety in the vicinity of Gross- Liedern and surrendered to the accused. The accused shot and killed the airman when he suddenly appeared to reach for his pistol