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DJAG No 235-245: (Gaggenau case): Defendant: Fritz Hartjenstein (1). Defendant:...

Catalogue reference: WO 235/662

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Reference
WO 235/662
Date
1947-1948
Description

DJAG No 235-245: (Gaggenau case):

  • Defendant: Fritz Hartjenstein (1).
  • Defendant: Kurt Giegling (2).
  • Defendant: Karl Albrecht Wilhelm Oberg (3).
  • Defendant: Helmut Knochen (4).
  • Defendant: Karl Buck (5).
  • Defendant: Karl Nussberger (6).
  • Defendant: Erwin Ostertag (7).
  • Defendant: Bernhard Ullrich (8).
  • Defendant: Magnus Wochner (9).
  • Defendant: Robert Wunsch (10).
  • Defendant: Joseph Muth (11).

NOTE: There are no trial proceedings within the document.

Also: The names above are listed (and numbered) inside the document. On the file cover (crossed through) and on the original listings for this document, the following are also named (along with Buck (5), Wunsch (10), Nussberger (6), Ostertag (7), Muth (11) and Ullrich (8), but not Hartjenstein (1), Giegling (2), Oberg (3), Knochen (4) and Wochner (9)) but they do not appear to be specifically mentioned within the document:

  • Defendant: Heinrich Nouschwanger [Neuschwanger].
  • Defendant: Karl Dinkel.
  • Defendant: Helmut Korb.
  • Defendant: Franz Vetter.
  • Defendant: Karl Zimmerman [? Karl Zimmermann].

Note
The naming of a defendant within this catalogue does not imply guilt
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
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/C4408068/

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WO 235

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

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