Dachau Trial

(November 15-December 13, 1945)

Martin Weiss : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Michael Redwitz : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Friedrich - Wilhelm Ruppert : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Wilhelm Welter : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Josef Jarolin : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Rudolf - Heinrich Suttrop : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Franz - Xaver Trenkle : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Wilhelm Tempel : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Engelbert - Valentin Niedermeyer : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Hugo Lausterer : 10 Years Imprisonment
Josef Seuss : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Kapo Fritz Becher : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Leonhard - Anselm Eichberger : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Alfred Kramer : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Wilhelm Wagner : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Sylvester Filleböck : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 10 Years Imprisonment)
Johann Kick : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Vincenz Schöttl : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Dr Fritz Hintermeyer : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Albin Gretsch : 10 Years Imprisonment
Dr Wilhelm Witteler : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 20 Years Imprisonment)
Johann - Viktor Kirsch : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Johann - Baptist Eichelsdorfer : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Hans Aumeier : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th January 1948)
Otto Förschner : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Kapo Emil - Erwin Mahl : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 15 Years Imprisonment)
Friedrich Wetzel : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 10 Years Imprisonment)
Walter - Adolf Lengleist : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Dr Karl - Klaus Schilling : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Johann Schöpp : 10 Years Imprisonment
Kapo Christof - Ludwig Knoll : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Arno Lippmann : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Dr Fridolin - Karl Puhl : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 10 Years Imprisonment)
Hans Bayer : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 15 Years Imprisonment)
Franz Böttger : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 29th May 1946)
Fritz Degelow : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 20 Years Imprisonment)
Peter Betz : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 15 Years Imprisonment)
Otto Möll : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Anton Endres : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
Otto Schulz : The Death Sentence (Commutted to 15 Years Imprisonment)
Simon Kiern : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 28th May 1946)
SS Dr Hans Eisele : The Death Sentence (Escaped Custody & Never Apprehended)

On November 2, 1945, in Dachau, Germany, forty individuals who had participated in the operation of the Dachau concentration camp were charged with the murder and mistreatment of foreign nationals imprisoned there. Among those charged were Martin Gottfried Weiss, the camp commandant from 1942-1943; Dr. Klaus Karl Schilling, an SS physician who was brought to Dachau to find a method of immunizing people against malaria; and three former prisoners. The trial lasted from November 15 to December 13, 1945, with seventy witnesses called for the prosecution and fifty witnesses called for the defense. All forty defendants were found guilty, with thirty-six being sentenced to death by hanging (including Weiss and Schilling), one sentenced to hard labor for life, and three sentenced to hard labor for ten years. A few of the sentences were reduced after a review board determined the defendants were involved to a lesser degree than originally believed, but most were upheld. Those sentenced to death were hanged on May 28-29, 1946 at Dachau.