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European Theater in the investigation of war crimes. One folder, “WWC
#37–Mauthausen”(Box 2061,location:290/54/23/02),includes cable traffic (incom­
ing and outgoing) and reports concerning preparations for the Mauthausen trials,
September 1945–September 1947. Most of the material pertains to locating, iden­
tifying,and transporting war crimes suspects and witnesses,including those want­
ed in connection with the “Dawes Case.” Correspondence to USFET War Crimes
Branch, September 10, 1945, includes a statement by Karl Adelbert Liebl describ­
ing the death of his brother, the opera singer Frederik Jelenik, at Mauthausen.
RECORD GROUP 549, RECORDS OF
UNITED STATES ARMY, EUROPE (USAREUR)
III.63 The U.S. Army, Europe, was activated in November 1947 as a compo­
nent within the European Command (EUCOM) and gradually developed
into a fully operational headquarters.
III.64 Records of the Judge Advocate Division, War Crimes Branch, are the
chief repository for documentation relating to U.S. war crimes trials in
Europe conducted by U.S. Army courts and commissions. From 1945 to
1948, the U.S. Army tried 1,672 individuals in 489 proceedings divided into
four categories: main concentration camp cases; cases of concentration
camps attached to the main camps; flier cases; and miscellaneous cases.
Records pertaining to the Mauthausen Concentration Camp Complex are
included in several series described below.
Photostatic and near­duplicate copies of records of Mauthausen “Cases
Tried” are included in Record Group 153. See III.14 above.
III.65 Reading File (“Staybacks”), 1950–1956 (Entry A1 2216, boxes 1–6,
location: 290/59/17/03)
This file contains chronologically arranged reading file copies, known as
staybacks, of correspondence and memorandums issued by the War Crimes
Branch. The records primarily concern the status of individual war criminals:
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