Persons Hanged After World War II Under US Jurisdiction

A total of 281 men were hanged for war crimes at four locations in Germany under U.S. jurisdiction between November 1945 and June 1951.

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In addition:

A further three men were hanged at Landsberg for civilian crimes.
Additionally, four men were hanged in the courtyard of the Salzburg State Court in Salzburg, Austria, by Austrian hangmen.

Hanged at Bruchsal

Total: 13 men

Surname	Forename(s)	Age	Execution date(dd-mm-yyyy)	Crime details and/or rank of accused	Place of trial	Case No.	Trial ended(dd-mm-yy)
Hartgen	Josef	41	10/11/1945	Rüsselsheim massacre of six US airmen on August 26, 1944	Darmstadt	12-1497	2/8/1945
Seipel	Johannes	67	10/11/1945	Rüsselsheim massacre of six US airmen on August 26, 1944	Darmstadt	12-1497	2/8/1945
Gütlich	Philipp	49	10/11/1945	Rüsselsheim massacre of six US airmen on August 26, 1944	Darmstadt	12-1497	2/8/1945
Wüst	Friedrich	40	10/11/1945	Rüsselsheim massacre of six US airmen on August 26, 1944	Darmstadt	12-1497	2/8/1945
Opper	Johannes	62	10/11/1945	Rüsselsheim massacre of six US airmen on August 26, 1944	Darmstadt	12-1497	2/8/1945
Wiegand	Clemens	46	11/1/1946	Murder of US airman, Sgt. Anthony B. Martin	Heidelberg	12-1145	16/10/1945
Bloch	Karl	43	12/1/1946	Murder of US airman 2nd Lt. Thomas K. Kohlhaas	Heidelberg	12-0468	15/10/1945
Dietermann	Wilhelm	55	12/1/1946	Murder of US airman, 1st Lt. Paul J. Roberts Jr. at Friedensdorf	Heidelberg	12-0643	11/10/1945
Thomas	Dominikus	51	12/1/1946	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Charles E. Hollenbeck at Wollendorf	Heidelberg	12-0481	9/10/1945
Klein	Alfons	36	14/3/1946	Operation T4 euthanasia program of 476 Soviet and Polish forced laborers	Wiesbaden	12-0449	15/10/1945
Ruoff	Heinrich	–	14/3/1946	Operation T4 euthanasia program of 476 Soviet and Polish forced laborers	Wiesbaden	12-0449	15/10/1945
Willig	Karl	52	14/3/1946	Operation T4 euthanasia program of 476 Soviet and Polish forced laborers	Wiesbaden	12-0449	15/10/1945
Kobus	August	45	15/3/1946	Murder of US airman, Cpt. Chester E. Coggeshall at Freilassing	Ludwigsburg	12-1155	14/11/1945

Hanged at Landsberg

Total: 258 men

Surname	Forename(s)	Age	Execution date(dd-mm-yyyy)	Crime details and/or rank of accused	Place of trial	Case No.	Trial ended(dd-mm-yy)
Bury	Albert	45	19/11/1945	Policeman – murder of US airman, T/Sgt. Donald L. Hein at Langenselbold	Freising	12-1397	17/7/45
Häfner	Wilhelm	50	19/11/1945	Policeman – murder of US airman, T/Sgt. Donald L. Hein at Langenselbold	Freising	12-1397	17/7/45
Waldmann	Ernst	42	19/11/1945	Corporal – murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Jon E. Eggleston	Munich	12-2175	28/7/45
Strasser	Franz Xaver	46	10/12/1945	Kreisleiter in Kaplitz – murder of two US airmen	Dachau	008-0027	24/8/45
Fachinger	Nikolaus	40	1/4/1946	Policeman – murder of US airmen 2nd Lt. C. H. Evans and T/Sgt. H. J. Purkey	Munich	12-793	3/8/45
Flauaus	Heinrich	24	1/4/1946	Civilian – murder of US airmen 2nd Lt. C. H. Evans and T/Sgt. H. J. Purkey	Munich	12-793	3/8/45
Schosser	Anton	43	24/1/1946	Murder of airman S/Sgt. Arthur W. Manosh	Dachau	12-1149	14/9/45
Ruppert	Friedrich Wilhelm	41	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Kiern	Simon	32	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Förschner	Otto	43	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Trenkle	Franz Xaver	47	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Suttrop	Rudolf Heinrich	34	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Jarolin	Josef	42	28/5/1946	SS – Obersturmführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Niedermeyer	Engelbert Valentin	34	28/5/1946	SS – Unterscharführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Schöttel	Vinzenz	40	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Schilling	Dr. Claus	74	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Seuss	Josef	30	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Langleist	Walter Adolf	52	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Endres	Anton	36	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Moll	Otto	31	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Kirsch	Viktor Johann	55	28/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Becher	Fritz M. K.	41	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Lippmann	Arno	55	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Tempel	Wilhelm	37	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Welter	Dr. Wilhelm	33	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Redwitz	Michael	45	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Wagner	Wilhelm	41	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Weiß (Weiss)	Martin Gottfried	40	29/5/1946	SS – Obersturmbannführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Kick	Johann	44	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Kramer	Alfred	47	29/5/1946	SS – Hauptsturmführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Hintermayer	Dr. Fritz	34	29/5/1946	SS – Sturmbannführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Knoll	Christof Ludwig	51	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Eichelsdörfer	Johann Baptist	56	29/5/1946	SS – Hauptscharführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Böttger	Franz	57	29/5/1946	SS – Hauptscharführer – Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Eichberger	Leonhard Anselm	31	29/5/1946	Dachau Concentration Camp murders of PoW’s	Dachau	000-50-2	13/12/45
Gerstenberg	Justus	49	12/9/1946	Murder of US airman, Sgt. Willard M. Holden	Dachau	12-1814	18/6/46
Drauz	Richard	52	4/12/1946	Murder of unknown soldier	Dachau	12-1182-1	13/11/45
Endress	Heinz	44	4/12/1946	Murder of four unknown airmen	Dachau	12-1182	13/11/45
Sponsel	Johann Georg	52	4/3/1947	Murder of US airman, Major John R. Reynolds	Dachau	12-2011	20/3/46
Ziehnert	Walter	47	4/3/1947	Murder of US airman, Major John R. Reynolds	Dachau	12-2011	20/3/46
Noack	Hermann	34	21/03/1947	Murder of US airmen S/Sgt. Ferdinand R. Flach & S/Sgt. Lee R. J. Hoffman	Dachau	12-472	5/8/46
Bock	Wilhelm	50	3/4/1947	Murder of US airman 1st. Lt. James T. Hahn & one unknown soldier	Dachau	12-1106	13/11/46
Heene	Wilhelm	53	18/04/1947	Murder of US airman, 1st Lt. William M. Couch	Dachau	12-1086	29/3/46
Matthäi	Wilhelm	44	18/04/1947	Murder of US airman, 1st Lt. William M. Couch	Dachau	12-1086	29/3/46
Engelhardt	Gustav	52	2/5/1947	Murder of US airman, T/Sgt. Forrest A. Peterson	Dachau	12-2283	30/8/46
Möller	Reinhardt	41	2/5/1947	Murder of US airman, T/Sgt. Forrest A. Peterson	Dachau	12-2283	30/8/46
Fitschock	Heinrich	22	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Gössl	Georg	37	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Brüning	Willi	46	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Barczay	Stefan	35	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Drabeck	Otto	50	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Diehl	Hans	33	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Eckert	Willi Karl	28	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Fiegl	Rudolf	43	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Fitzchok	Heinrich	21	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Häger	Heinrich	54	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Hegenscheidt	Johann	42	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Kaufmann	Anton	39	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Kautny	Stefan	39	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Keilwitz	Kurt	26	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Kreindl	Gustav	42	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Leeb	Josef	36	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Miessner	Erich	45	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Nohel	Vinzenz	44	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Riegler	Josef	34	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Priebel	Theophil	43	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Sigmund	Thomas	35	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Trauner	Leopold	53	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Zutter	Adolf	57	27/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Blei	August	52	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Altfudisch	Hans	34	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Eigruber	August	38	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Eisenhöfer	Heinrich	54	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Entress	Dr. Friedrich	33	28/5/1947	SS – Hauptsturmführer at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Grimm	Johannes	48	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Grahn	Werner	63	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Frey	Willi	23	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Henkel	Dr. Wilhelm	36	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Huber	Franz	41	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Jobst	Dr. Willi	34	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Kaiser	Paul Anton	38	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Klimowitsch	Kaspar	33	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Krebsbach	Dr. Eduard	52	28/5/1947	SS – Sturmbannführer at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Ludolph	Julius	54	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Müller	Emil	28	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Müller	Wilhelm	35	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Mynczak	Rudolf	26	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Niedermeyer	Josef	27	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Pribil	Hermann	41	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Spatzenegger	Johann	46	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Struller	Karl	34	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Trum	Andreas	25	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Wasicky	Erich	35	28/5/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Wolter	Dr. Waldemar	37	28/5/1947	SS – Sturmbannführer at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Zoller	Viktor	34	28/5/1947	SS – Hauptsturmführer at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Müller	Ernst	51	10/6/1947	Murder of US airman, 1st Lt. Robert D. Dykeman	Ludwigsburg	12-485	19/3/46
Deppe	Gustav	53	20/6/1947	Murder of five unknown US soldiers	Dachau	12-1247	29/1/47
Dürschke	Franz	47	20/6/1947	Murder of five unknown US soldiers	Dachau	12-1247	29/1/47
Stork	Gustav	47	20/6/1947	Murder of five unknown US soldiers	Dachau	12-1247	29/1/47
Striegel	Otto	30	20/6/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5	13/5/46
Curdts	Eduard	56	15/7/1947	Murder of unknown US soldier	Dachau	12-1733	23/1/47
Hähnert	Fritz	43	15/7/1947	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Frank A. Caldwell	Dachau	12-1395	12/2/47
Rübsamen	Paul	45	15/7/1947	Murder of unknown US soldier	Dachau	12-1915	3/9/46
Winkler	Paul	51	5/8/1947	Murder of four US soldiers	Dachau	12-551	7/11/46
Reinke	Alwin	47	15/8/1947	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Robert A. Hildebrand	Dachau	12-2337	30/1/47
Fischer	Willi	33	19/9/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-62	6/3/47
Noky	Eugen Hermann	43	19/9/1947	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-Mau-20	24/4/47
Schreyer	Martin Phillip	44	19/9/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-62	6/3/47
Tuntke	Hermann	40	19/9/1947	Murder of Yugoslavian and two Russian citizens	Dachau	000-Mau-21	21/5/47
Neuner	Josef	34	26/9/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-78	28/3/47
Otte	Heinrich	52	26/9/1947	Murder of US airman, Sgt Cecil F. Allen	Dachau	12-1968	2/5/47
Zisch	Hermann	45	26/9/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-42	3/2/47
Blomberg	Konrad	47	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Eisbusch	Christian	28	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Hauser	Josef	34	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Olschewski	Willi	44	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Roller	Albert	37	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Schwarz	Ludwig	47	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Skierka	Bruno	49	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Wolf	Erhard	48	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Wurst	Josef	27	3/10/1947	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Langeloh	Wilhelm	55	10/10/1947	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Zigfryd V. Czarnecki	Dachau	12-3121	11/4/47
Deiner	Josef	62	14/11/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-73	6/3/47
Eggert	Karl	50	14/11/1947	Murder of four US airmen	Dachau	12-551-1	3/6/47
Frohnapfel	Franz	33	14/11/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-22	3/12/46
Hipp	Alois	36	14/11/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-22	3/12/46
Kahles	Nikolaus	32	14/11/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-90	18/6/47
Otto	Kurt	40	14/11/1947	Murder of three Russians at Steyr Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-Mau-5	13/3/47
Ruhnke	August	57	14/11/1947	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-75	18/4/47
Stolz	Otto Hermann	34	14/11/1947	Murder of six US airmen at Rüsselsheim	Dachau	12-3245	11/6/47
Birnbreier	Heinrich	33	5/12/1947	Murder of 5 US airmen, 1st Lt. L.A. Kornblau, S/Sg.t M. M. Mills Jr., S/Sgt. F. L. Misiak, 2nd Lt. B. E. Radomski, 2nd Lt. C. E. Woolf	Dachau	12-779	25/4/47
Werner	Gottlieb	60	5/12/1947	Murder of 5 US airmen, 1st Lt. L.A. Kornblau, S/Sg.t M. M. Mills Jr., S/Sgt. F. L. Misiak, 2nd Lt. B. E. Radomski, 2nd Lt. C. E. Woolf	Dachau	12-779	25/4/47
Herrmann	Maximilian	48	5/12/1947	Murder of three US soldiers	Dachau	12-1067	3/8/46
Staudinger	Hans	44	5/12/1947	Murder of three US soldiers	Dachau	12-1067	3/8/46
Knopp	Otto	46	5/12/1947	Murder of US airman, 2nd Lt. George F. Brown Jr.	Dachau	12-765	27/3/47
Menrath	Christian	56	5/12/1947	Murder of US airman, 2nd Lt. George F. Brown Jr.	Dachau	12-765	27/3/47
Brack	Viktor	33	6/02/1948	SS Oberführer – Chief Administrative Officer	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Brandt	Dr. Karl	44	6/02/1948	SS-Gruppenführer – Commissioner for Health and Sanitation	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Brandt	Dr. Rudolph	39	6/02/1948	SS-Standartenführer	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Gebhardt	Dr. Karl	50	6/02/1948	SS-Gruppenführer – Chief Surgeon of the SS and Police	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Hoven	Dr. Waldemar	45	6/02/1948	SS-Obersturmführer. Chief Doctor at Buchenwald	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Mrugowsky	Dr. Joachim	42	6/02/1948	SS-Oberführer – Chief Hygienist of the SS and Police	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Sievers	Wolfram	42	6/02/1948	SS-Standartenführer – Director of Military & Scientific Research	Nuremberg	“Doctors’ trial”	20/8/47
Ginschel	August	26	15/10/1948	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Girke	Fritz	35	15/10/1948	Ordering murders of US airmen, Ray R. Hermann, Lt. William H. Forman and Pvt. Robert T. McDonald	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Akkermann	Jan	54	15/10/1948	Borkum Island massacre of seven unarmed American airmen	Ludwigsburg	12-489	22/3/46
Schmitz	Josef Johann	54	15/10/1948	Borkum Island massacre of seven unarmed American airmen	Ludwigsburg	12-489	22/3/46
Goss	Dr. Erwin	41	15/10/1948	Murder of Sgt. Jimmie R. Heathman	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Hellenbroich	Heinz	31	15/10/1948	Ordering murders of US airmen, Ray R. Hermann, Lt. William H. Forman and Pvt. Robert T. McDonald	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Kiwitt	Josef	53	15/10/1948	Incitement to murder US airmen, 2nd Lt. William A. Duke & ordering murder of 2nd Lt. Archibald B. Monroe	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Mohr	Christian	55	15/10/1948	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Ludwigsburg	000-50-46	22/1/47
Rieke	Willi	56	15/10/1948	Murder of 2nd Lt. Peter Mandros Jr.	Dachau	12-1685	13/2/47
Schwanner	Cornelius	64	15/10/1948	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46	22/1/47
Dopierala	Wladislaus	58	22/10/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-47	26/10/47
Dietrich	Dr. Fritz	49	22/10/1948	Ordered the murders of 7 US airmen	Dachau	12-1545	15/7/47
Piorkowski	Alex Bernhard	44	22/10/1948	SS – Sturmbannführer at Dachau	Dachau	000-50-2-23	17/1/47
Frindt	Mathias	23	22/10/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-9	28/8/47
Führ	Arthur	37	22/10/1948	Murder of US airman, T/Sgt. Robert W. Garrison, driving Sgt. Willard F. Perry to place of murder	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Hofmann	Emil	53	22/10/1948	Murder of US airman, Cpt. William H. Mooney	Dachau	12-1774	21/4/47
Höllriegl	Alois	38	22/10/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-2	23/6/47
Kunze	Herbert	23	22/10/1948	Murder of three US soldiers	Dachau	12-45	18/12/46
Raaf	Michael	41	22/10/1948	Murders of US airmen, Ray R. Hermann, Lt. William H. Forman and Pvt. Robert T. McDonald	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Stattmann	Franz Karl	37	22/10/1948	Murders of US airmen, Ray R. Hermann, Lt. William H. Forman and Pvt. Robert T. McDonald	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Trummler	Dr. Hans	46	22/10/1948	Ordering murders of Ray R. Hermann, Lt. William H. Forman and Pvt. Robert T. McDonald	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Wodak	Wenzel	38	22/10/1948	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-Flos-02	13/6/47
Franke	Heinrich	49	29/10/1948	Murder of US soldier	Dachau	12-2409	22/9/47
Hunsicker	Karl	39	29/10/1948	Murder of 5 US airmen	Dachau	12-1545	15/7/47
Klein	Rudolf	26	29/10/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-11	1/7/47
Klüttgen	Ludwig	38	29/10/1948	Murders of T/Sgt. George T. Harrison and Cpl. William H. Armstrong	Dachau	12-1502	12/8/47
Schmutzler	Kurt	52	29/10/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-2	23/6/47
Stemmler	Willi	49	29/10/1948	Murder of 2 US airmen and ordering deaths of 3 others	Dachau	12-1545	15/7/47
Straub	Julius	41	29/10/1948	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-Flos-15	3/10/47
Bollow	Wilhelm	49	5/11/1948	Acting Kreisleiter of Schwerin, ordered murder of Allied airmen	Dachau	12-1368 & 9	31/3/47
Feldmeier	Waldemar	37	5/11/1948	Murder of S/Sgt. William K. Forsythe	Dachau	12-658	5/11/47
Gartmann	Max Bruno	55	5/11/1948	Murder of Sgt. Leon Synfelt	Dachau	12-2823	3/6/47
Goldmann	Peter	33	5/11/1948	Murder of 15 at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-Flos-11	29/10/47
Grönwaldt	Karl	54	5/11/1948	Murder of US airmen, Sgt. George J. Grubisa and Sgt. Sammie D. Vinson	Dachau	12-1368 & 9	31/3/47
Haselow	Ewaldt	50	5/11/1948	Murder of US airmen, Sgt. George J. Grubisa and Sgt. Sammie D. Vinson	Dachau	12-1368 & 9	31/3/47
Penzien	Franz	51	5/11/1948	Murder of US airmen, Sgt. George J. Grubisa and Sgt. Sammie D. Vinson	Dachau	12-1368 & 9	31/3/47
Klein	Anton	31	5/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-51	24/10/47
Müller	Kurt	45	5/11/1948	Murder of US airman, 2nd Lt. Victor D. Dolecek	Dachau	12-1368 & 9	31/3/47
Ittameier	Ernst	54	5/11/1948	Murder of US airman, Captain Jack M. Beckman	Dachau	12-2404	17/10/47
Sturm	Johann	36	5/11/1948	Murder of US airman, Captain Jack M. Beckman	Dachau	12-2404	17/10/47
Richter	Fabian	37	5/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-40	11/9/47
Hildebrandt	Friedrich	48	5/11/1948	Gauleiter NSDAP – ordered murders of US airmen	Dachau	12-1368 & 9	31/3/47
Tremmel	Paul	38	5/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-44	26/9/47
Boehn	Hans	39	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-28	11/9/47
Fleischer	Karl	33	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-45	7/10/47
Gay	Emil Andreas	43	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-29	22/10/47
Horcicka	Karl	31	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-32	10/10/47
Kaupp	Wilhelm	42	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-29	22/10/47
Kirchner	Kurt Viktor	34	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-31	12/8/47
Kisch	Josef	35	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-13	12/9/47
Müller	Wilhelm Friedrich	43	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-28	11/9/47
Pausch	Max	53	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-29	22/10/47
Peroutka	Alexander	32	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-28	11/9/47
Sielaff	Hans	44	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-29	22/10/47
Schöpperle	Karl	56	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-1	23/6/47
Streng	Karl	29	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-1	23/6/47
Wlotzka	Ewald	38	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-18	25/8/47
Wohlrab	Christian	28	12/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-21	9/9/47
Ankenbrandt	Adam	59	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-Buch-17	13/10/47
Flaucher	Quirin	32	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-23	21/8/47
Grossmann	Hermann	47	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Heller	Michael	37	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-23	21/8/47
Helbig	Hermann	44	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Eiermann	Adolf	54	19/11/1948	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Robert L. Harmon	Dachau	12-2036	29/5/47
Karcher	Wilhelm	49	19/11/1948	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Robert L. Harmon	Dachau	12-2036	29/5/47
Klumpp	Isidor	53	19/11/1948	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Robert L. Harmon	Dachau	12-2036	29/5/47
Kestel	Josef	42	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Kofler	Franz	32	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-23	21/8/47
Korsitzky	Rene Theodor	34	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-020	25/9/47
Petrat	Gustav	24	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-23	21/8/47
Schmitz	Theo	43	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-12	11/8/47
Schober	Max	43	19/11/1948	SS – Sturmbannfuhrer at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Schneider	Johann	52	19/11/1948	Murder of US Army S/Sgt. Robert L. Harmon	Dachau	12-2036	29/5/47
Wilhelm	Friedrich	58	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Wolf	Hans	45	19/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Auer	Franz	36	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mühldorf	Dachau	000-50-136	13/5/47
Baumann	Heinrich	37	26/11/1948	Murder of four US soldiers	Dachau	12-3193B	10/10/47
Hammer	Albert	38	26/11/1948	Murder of four US soldiers	Dachau	12-3193B	10/10/47
Ingebrand	Andreas	44	26/11/1948	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt Hubert W. Burleigh Jr.	Dachau	12-3193B	10/10/47
Kirchner	Karl Adam	38	26/11/1948	Murder of US airman, 2nd Lt. Daniel P. Lloyd	Dachau	11-96	16/5/47
Krautwurst	Hubert	23	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Köhler	Richard	31	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Miroff	Fritz	45	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-14	23/7/47
Möser	Hans	42	26/11/1948	Murder of inmates at Mittelbau-Dora Protective Custody Camp	Dachau	000-50-0037	24/7/47
Pleissner	Emil	33	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Purucker	Reinhardt	34	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-18	25/8/47
Schmitz	Dr. Heinrich	52	26/11/1948	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-46-3	12/12/47
Tandler	Oskar	57	26/11/1948	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-3	24/6/47
Eckstein	Georg	45	3/12/1948	Murder of US airman, Cpt. Jack M. Beckman	Dachau	12-2404	17/10/47
Eichel	Hans	56	3/12/1948	Ordering murders of US airmen, Ray R. Hermann, Lt. William H. Forman and Pvt Robert T. McDonald	Dachau	12-2000	21/3/47
Remmele	Josef	44	3/12/1948	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-110	15/9/47
Wentzel	Erich	35	3/12/1948	Borkum Island massacre of seven unarmed US airmen	Ludwigsburg	12-489	22/3/46
Ehlen	Josef	33	14/1/1949	Murder of four US soldiers	Dachau	12-551	7/11/46
Engelniederhammer	Johann	42	14/1/1949	Murder of US airman, S/Sgt. Morris Peter Thompson	Dachau	12-2581	15/5/47
Merbach	Hans	37	14/1/1949	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
Schneider	Hans	29	14/1/1949	Murder of US infantryman, Pfc H. Leonard Lapides	Dachau	11-511	26/9/47
Viehl	August	47	14/1/1949	Murder of four US soldiers	Dachau	12-551	7/11/46
Ziehmer	Eugen	42	14/1/1949	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-Floss-18	29/10/47
Gonzalez	Indalecio	38	2/2/1949	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-25	21/7/47
Heim	Albert	52	2/2/1949	Murder of three US soldiers	Dachau	12-45	18/12/46
Hollacher	Ludwig	29	2/2/1949	Murder of US airman, 1st Lt. Francis P. Chinchilla	Dachau	12-2064	5/8/47
Metz	Friedrich	43	2/2/1949	Murder of US airman, 1st Lt. Francis P. Chinchilla	Dachau	12-2064	5/8/47
Schrögler	Karl	42	2/2/1949	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-32	10/10/47
Vetter	Dr. Hellmuth	37	2/2/1949	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Mauthausen	Dachau	000-50-5-31	12/8/47
Brauner	Josef	41	21/3/1949	Murder of inmates at Flossenbürg Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-Floss-08	13/10/47
Blobel	Paul	56	7/6/1951	SS-Standartenführer	Nuremberg
Braune	Werner	41	7/6/1951	SS-Obersturmbannführer	Nuremberg
Naumann	Erich	45	7/6/1951	SS-Brigadeführer	Nuremberg
Ohlendorf	Otto	44	7/6/1951	SS-Gruppenführer	Nuremberg
Pohl	Oswald	44	7/6/1951	SS-Obergruppenführer	Nuremberg
Schallermair	Georg	52	7/6/1951	Murder of inmates at Dachau Concentration Camp	Dachau	000-50-2-121	23/9/47
Schmidt	Hans Theodor	47	7/6/1951	Murder and maltreatment of inmates at Buchenwald	Dachau	000-50-9	14/8/47
			Note :	Ludwig Stier was sentenced to death but died of natural causes on 5/9/1947
Plus
Janjic	Josef		11/3/1949	Crime details unknown	MG/ND
Martinez	Manuel		23/4/1948	US serviceman, crime details unknown	MG/ND
Raabe	Dr. Werner	26	7/1/1949	Hatchet murder of US Cpl Stanley P. Claycomb	MG/ND

Case #12-1545 – Victims’ Names

Charge 1

Pilot: 1st Lt. Emil Berry
Co-pilot: 2nd Lt. John B. Good
Tail Gunner: S/Sgt. Lewis E. Pulsipher

All served aboard B-24H #42-52467 “Hula Wahine II”, 446th Bomb Group / 704th Bomb Squadron, downed on 31 July 1944.

Charge 2

Engineer/Top Turret Gunner: T/Sgt. Charles E. Wyatt Jr.
Waist Gunner: Sgt. Ted Zemonek
Waist Gunner: Pvt. Jack A. Maxwell
Tail Gunner: Sgt. Willard R. Fetterhoff

All served aboard B-24H #41-29177 “Ginger”, 446th Bomb Group / 706th Bomb Squadron, downed on 26 August 1944.

Note on Spellings

Please note that the spellings in the above list reflect the correct German spellings of the perpetrators’ names. In the Marburg database, the spellings are the Anglicised versions, as U.S. typewriters did not have keys to produce German characters such as ä, ö, ü, and ß.

For example:

Förschner appears as Foerschner
Häger as Haeger
Weiß as Weiss

Hanged at Nuremberg

Total: 10 men

Surname		Forename(s)	Age	Date of hanging (dd/mm/yyyy)	Crime details and/or rank of accused		Place of trial	Trial ended (dd/mm/yyyy)
	von Ribbentrop	Joachim	53	16/10/1946		Foreign Minister of the Third Reich	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Keitel	Wilhelm	64	16/10/1946		Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Kaltenbrunner	Ernst	43	16/10/1946		Former head of the Nazis’ security police	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Rosenberg	Alfred	53	16/10/1946		Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Frank	Hans	46	16/10/1946		Gauleiter of Poland	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Frick	Wilhelm	69	16/10/1946		Nazi minister of the interior	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Sauckel	Fritz	51	16/10/1946		In charge of slave labour	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Jodl	Alfred	56	16/10/1946		Chief of Wehrmacht Operational Staff	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Streicher	Julius	61	16/10/1946		Nazi propagandist	Nuremberg	1/10/1946
	Seyss-Inquart	Arthur	52	16/10/1946		Gauleiter of Holland and Austria	Nuremberg	1/10/1946

Hanged at Rheinbach

Total: 3 men

Surname	Forename(s)	Age	Date of hanging (dd/mm/yyy)	Crime details and/or rank of accused	Place of trial	Case No.	Trial ended (dd/mm/yyyy)
Kohn	Peter	32	29/6/1945	Murder of US airman 2nd Lt. Lester E. Reuss	Ahrweiler	12-2422	1/6/1945
Gierens	Matthias	37	29/6/1945	Murder of US airman 2nd Lt. Lester E. Reuss	Ahrweiler	12-2422	1/6/1945
Back	Peter	37	29/6/1945	Murder of US airman 2nd Lt. Lester E. Reuss	Ahrweiler	12-2422-001	16/6/1945

Hanged at Salzburg

Total: 4 men

Surname	Forename(s)	Age	Date of hanging (dd/mm/yyyy)	Crime details and/or rank of accused	Place of trial	Case No.	Trial ended (dd/mm/yyy)
Bakos	Miklas		01/10/1946	) Murders of US airmen Donald P. Brown, Hubert R. Burnette,	Salzburg	05-0100	7/6/1946
Csihas	Istvan		01/10/1946	) Felix Kozekowski and Preston J. Hill at Sur in Hungary	Salzburg	05-0100	7/6/1946
Lienhart	Markus Max Karl	24	26/11/1946	Murders of 3 US airmen near Strassgang in Austria	Salzburg	05-0066	18/6/1946
Saur	Hans		26/11/1946	Murder of unknown US airman at Gusen in Austria	Salzburg	012-1370	22/6/1946

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