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Folder 5
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Ernst Reichert, Apr.
1951
Folder 6
War Crimes Modification Board review of the case of Heinrich Stumpf,
Apr. 1951
ETO Case 000­50­5­11, U.S. v. Andreas Battermann et al., was tried at Dachau,
Germany, during the period June 26–1 July 1947, before a General Military
Government Court. The case concerned nine defendants accused of participating
in the operations of Mauthausen Concentration Camp and its sub­camps and
thereby,on the principal of common design,implicated in mass atrocities and oth­
er war crimes. All of the convicted accused, listed below, were members of the SS
associated with the administration and operation of Gusen Concentration Camp.
Andreas Battermann – Waffen SS sergeant, guard
Felix Domingo (not tried)
Albert Fitzner – Waffen SS corporal, guard
Gert Hausknecht – Waffen SS corporal, guard
Michael Jait – Waffen SS sergeant, guard at Gusen, Wiener­Neudorf, and
Ebensee
Rudolf Gustav Klein – Waffen SS technical sergeant, guard, and assistant
block leader
Otto Richard Kleinert – Waffen SS corporal, guard
Victor Kremer (not tried)
Adolf Mohr – Waffen SS sergeant, guard
Of the accused, Domingo and Kremer did not come to trial. As approved
by the reviewing authority, Kleinert and Mohr were given prison sentences
of 2 years; Battermann and Hausknecht, 3 years; and Fitzner and Jait, 10
years. Klein was sentenced to death.
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