Prisoner-of-War Cases: No. 5-113 (US vs. Anton Taurer et al)

File Number: US007
Review date: 470604
Case Nr.: 5-113 (US vs. Anton Taurer et al) 470226
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Hanser, Stefan - Acquittal
Oberzauchner, Anton - Acquittal
Taurer, Anton - Life Sentence
Winkler, Franz - Life Sentence
Court: Military Commission Salzburg, Austria 470218-470226
Country where the crime had been committed: Austria
Crime Location: Ebenberg (vicinity of Greifenburg)
Crime Date: 441116
Victim: POW
Nationality: American
Agency: Landwacht, Gendarmerie, NSDAP; Ortsgruppenleiter
Subject of the proceeding: After parachuting to safety an American airman was shot and killed by the accused Taurer and Winkler, thereby allegedly following general instructions by a Gendarmerie official and the Party Ortsgruppenleiter at a previous meeting of the Landwacht

Sources: Universiteit Van Amsterdam