Bremen-Farge War Crimes Trial: Hamburg 1948:

BREMEN-FARGE, War Crimes Trial:15th March 1948: Curio-Haus - Hamburg - Germany: Sentencing: War Criminals: 1. The proceedings of a Military Court (War Crimes) convened for the trial of war criminals was held at HAMBURG between the 19th December 1947 and 24th February 1948: 2. All the accused were tried jointly upon a charge alleging that they were concerned in the ill treatment of allied nationals interned in a Labour Education Camp in Bremen. Of the accused, defendants HASSE, SAUER, WALHORN, ZEHNTER, MEYER, VELKE, were found guilty. 3. In addition, HEIDBREDER, MEYER, PLOTHE, VELKE, and WALHORN were tried on a second charge of being concerned in the killing of allied nationals interned in the same camp, only one of these accused, PLOTHE, was convicted. 4. The sentences passed by the court on the accused were: • Hans HASSE………5 Years imprisonment • Johannes MEYER……….3 Years Imprisonment • Wilhelm PLOTHE……….7 Years imprisonment • Frank SAUER……….3 Years imprisonment • Guenther VELKE……….6 Months Imprisonment • Karl WALHORN……….4 Years imprisonment • Ludwig ZEHNTER……….3 Years Imprisonment Bremen-Farge War Crimes Trial - Irish Witness Evidence: Significantly, evidence submitted under oath by Irish born British Merchant Seamen to the Bremen-Farge War Crimes Trial was determined to be inconsistent by the British Military Court. In this regard commentators and writers of record should take note: On the 4 April 1948 (JAG) Judge Advocate General Guy Sixsmith in his observation regarding...