Prisoner-of-War Cases: No. 12-355 & 12-356 (US vs. Eduard Hermann et al)

File Number: US035
Review Date: 470519
Case Number: 12-355 & 12-356 (US vs. Eduard Hermann et al)
Crime Category: War Crimes; NS-Crimes in Detainment Centers
Accused:
Hermann, Eduard - Acquittal
Lang, Rupert - Acquittal
Schickler, Karl H. - Acquittal
Heimes, Wilhelm - Dismissed
Court: General Military Government Court at Dachau, Germany 470226-470303
Country where the crime had been committed: Germany
Crime Location: Gerolstein
Crime Date: 441219-450205
Victim: POW’s
Nationality: American
Agency: Detainment Center Staff of Dulag 977
Subject of the proceeding: Participation in the subjection of members of the United States Army to mistreatment and cruelties, including starvation, beatings, over-crowding, exposure to diseases and refusal and failure to furnish medical care to the sick and wounded. Several hundred soldiers died as a result of this negligence. Encouraged the forcing of unknown members of the United States Army to perform work directly related to the war operations of the then German Reich

Sources: Universiteit Van Amsterdam