A Review Order issued by the U.S. Military government Court for the convicted war criminal Sebastian Schmid reducing his sentence from 20 to 12 years.
Photograph | Photograph Number: 00401
- Date
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1951 August 10
- Locale
- Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
- Photo Designation
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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
A Review Order issued by the U.S. Military government Court for the convicted war criminal Sebastian Schmid reducing his sentence from 20 to 12 years.
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.
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Record last modified: 2003-09-30 00:00:00
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