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The arrest card of Sebastian Schmid.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 00399
The arrest card of Sebastian Schmid. Sebastian Schmid was a member of the SS who served as a driver at Dachau from mid-1938 to 1941. He was tried by the U.S. Military Government Court at Dachau in 1947 for "participation in the killing of Polish inmates." Convicted and initially sentenced to life imprisonment, Schmid's sentence was eventually reduced to time served in 1951.

The arrest card of Sebastian Schmid.

Sebastian Schmid was a member of the SS who served as a driver at Dachau from mid-1938 to 1941. He was tried by the U.S. Military Government Court at Dachau in 1947 for "participation in the killing of Polish inmates." Convicted and initially sentenced to life imprisonment, Schmid's sentence was eventually reduced to time served in 1951.

Date
1948
Locale
Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Photo Designation
PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Concentration Camp/Atrocity Trials -- US Army Trials -- Schmid Trial (Subsequent Dachau)
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

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Photo Source
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain
Source Record ID: 338-Cases Tried--box 271--file 000-Dachau-2
 
Record last modified: 2007-03-27 00:00:00
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