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Proceedings: days 1-6. Defendant: Willi (or Willy) Bernhard Karl Tessmann. Defendant:...

Catalogue reference: WO 235/407

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Reference
WO 235/407
Date
1947 Sept
Description

Proceedings: days 1-6.

Defendant: Willi (or Willy) Bernhard Karl Tessmann.

Defendant: Hans Stange.

Defendant: Wilhelm August Friedrich Schulzke

Defendant: Carl Otto Schuette [Karl Otto Schütte]

Defendant: Wilhelm Friedrich Hennings.

Defendant: Johann Hahn.

Defendant: Carl [Karl] Ferdinand Gustav Oehl.

Defendant: Anna Maria Elisabeth Bismark [Bismarck].

Defendant: Hildegard Burmeister.

Defendant: Minna Marta Borgemehn - Noted on the document 'deleted from schedule of accused persons and proceedings against her postponed indefinitely' [due to terminal ill-health].

Place of Trial: Hamburg.

Please note: selected digitised images from this document are available to download: Judge Advocate’s Warrant for the trial (WO 235/407/1); three death warrants (WO 235/407/2; WO 235/407/3; and WO 235/407/4), and Synopsis of the trial (WO 235/407/5).

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The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
Related material

See also WO 235/408-413

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Case No. 279 Vol.I
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Litigation
Conflict
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Operations, battles and campaigns
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4407807/

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Judge Advocate General's Office: War Crimes Case Files, Second World War

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