"The United States Army's War Crimes Trials Program in Post-World War II Germany and Austria"

Identifier
irn519042
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.232
Dates
1 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 1977
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519042

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scott Wallace donated his manuscript to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 28, 2007.

Scope and Content

"The United States Army's War Crimes Trials Program in Post-World War II Germany and Austria" is an unpublished manuscript written by Scott McKay Wallace as an independent study project in 1976-1977. The manuscript describes the administrative and legal aspects of the American war crimes trials, which took place almost exclusively at the former Dachau concentration camp, as well as a history of the trials themselves. The manuscript also includes appendices with photographs and documents regarding the executions of the convicted war criminals.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series.

Subjects

  • War crimes--History--20th century.
  • War crimes trials.
  • Germany.
  • War crimes.
  • War crimes investigation.
  • Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945.

Genre

  • Document
  • Manuscripts.
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