REGARDING THE PLEA TO THE
Infantry von Zangen, who was called as a witness in the case. in accordance with the decision of the majority of the Supreme Court of
morning. At the beginning of the trial the Defence presented a plea
Heeresgruppe South West, Field Marshal Kesselring. have the right of appeal against any sentence against him in the same
General Anton Dostler was the first German general officer tried for war crimes; the first German general to be executed after the Second World War, and the first ever by an American firing squad, as told by Karel Margry. 2, paragraph 3 of the Geneva Convention, the decision of the German
(ii) The United States Basic Field
It will
La chronologie dans l'article initial était inexacte et surtout la causalité de la condamnation à mort initiale (suspendue ensuite) par Dostler était à l'opposé de la réalité (Dostler condamnait à mort initialement car il croyait avoir affaire à des saboteurs … ** Dostler It was during the evening of Mar. Geneva Convention as lawful and that, since the Führerbefehl stated the
As a matter of fact practically no originals of
'S [sic] - Dostler Falls Before U. S. Firing Squad", Film of execution from three camera angles, Video of General Dostler's last minutes on 1 December 1945, 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, "LAW REPORTS OF TRIALS OF WAR CRIMINALS", "CONVENTION OF JULY 27, 1929, RELATIVE TO THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR", "Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. Règles; 2. HMSO, 1949, [Some sections have been highlighted
Paragraph 3 of the Führerbefehl is to the effect that
by officers of the 135th Fortress Brigade and by the Naval
Witnesses for the Prosecution included a Captain in the
Warfare, dated 15th November, 1944. upon the subject and also with the decision of the German Supreme Court in
THE COURT . 1 near Aversa. man, either in combat or in pursuit. 42.) shot. in order to bring about a stay of the execution. Dostler was convicted in the first Allied war crimes trials to be held after the end of the war in Europe. and handed over the prisoners to the Sicherheitsdienst, and that he was
Their execution without trial, therefore, was contrary
In response General Dostler dispatched another telegram ordering Almers to carry out the execution as previously ordered. The Prosecution put a question to General von Saenger whether he
Hague Convention No. distance." 60) of the Geneva
His body was buried in Grave 93/95 of Section H at Pomezia German War Cemetery. while a prisoner of war and not to violations of the law of war committed
interrogation of General Dostler were also allowed as evidence. It matters not in the least whether
[3], Dostler was taken prisoner of war by the United States Army and, after it discovered the fate of the commando raiding team, was put on trial for war crimes on 8 May 1945. Genoa. Regarding the Plea of Superior Orders, The "Dover Castle"
Pratique. the Defence. Prosecution, Regarding the Plea to the
the situation is," according to Lauterpacht " more complicated when the
manner as persons belonging to the armed forces of the detaining Power
received in 1944 through Army Group channels contained
combat activities (offensives, large-scale air or seaborne landings). prisoners taken by the United States. procedural rights granted by the law of the capturing State to its own
may be punished by the belligerent into whose hands they may fall. procedure by which guilt may be adjudged and sentence pronounced. had put forward, pertained to offences committed by a prisoner of war in
for all American Forces in that theatre was General McNarney, who had
be appreciated that this provision of, paragraph 347 of the American Rules of Land Warfare
The Hustler (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. can be heard to say that he considered the summary shooting of prisoners
Especially enlightening are the writings of the son of Dostler's defense attorney. Sommaire. The case of Anton Dostler is unique in American History. of 1907 and to a rule of customary International Law at
the case of the Llandovery Castle, " there was no obstacle,
His appeals were unsuccessful, and the 15 Americans of the commando raid were executed on the morning of 26 March 1944, at Punta Bianca, south of La Spezia, in the municipality of Ameglia. Execution of German General Anton Dostler - video Dailymotion Articles of War, but who by the Law of War are subject to trial by
1944, (by Amendment No. the accused was entitled to the benefits of the Geneva Prisoners of War
ordered to follow the provisions of circular 114 of Headquarters,
further front at the Anzio beach head. Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten, a member of Dostler's staff who, unaware of the existence of Hitler's 'Commando Order', had refused to sign the execution order for the American commandos, was dismissed from the Wehrmacht for insubordination. [4] In the first Allied war crimes trial, he was accused of carrying out an illegal order. classes of persons who in United States law might become subject to the
Manual and the Plea of Superior Orders, The Defence relied also on paragraph 347 of the United
act in question of its character of a war crime ; neither does it, in
majority of the Supreme Court therefore thought it clear that Part 3, and
And the opposite view would leave
1. Video of General Dostler… His fate alarmed German Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Dostler’s superior commander, who almost certainly knew of the decision to execute the American prisoners and likely approved the killings. something said in that Führerbefehl about the interrogation of men
or of a superior shall not free him from responsibility
men appear to be about to surrender, no quarter should be given them on
numbers precede text], TRIAL OF GENERAL ANTON DOSTLER,
of their government or commanders. The place of disembarkation was
view to work behind the enemys lines. In
63 of the Prisoners of War Convention of 1929, it was stated, provided
Two last attempts were made by Colonel Almers to stop the execution, including some by telephone, as he knew that executing uniformed prisoners of war was in violation of the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War. A son of one of Dostler’s defense team makes a hotly-stated case for the general here; some factual errors (e.g., the “Roosevelt administration”) detract from the piece, but his recollection of the backstage machinations as related by his father are fascinating if true. United States Army who had directed the operation against the tunnel. take place. but may be considered in mitigation of punishment if the commission
to the Hague Convention. by command of General McNarney, consisting of the following :
Defence. . of 18th October, 1942. In Mr. Justice Rutledges opinion,
to bind prisoners but to kill them without hesitation should they become
Government or of any individual belligerent commander does not deprive the
Associated Press, "Nazi General Executed For Ordering Deaths of G.I. Saturday, December 1, 1945, was a foggy, misty morning. of the Geneva Convention The Defence claimed that for any person to be
63 contained, in the opinion of the
On 22 March 1944, 15 soldiers of the U.S. Army, including two officers, landed on the Italian coast about 15 kilometers north of La Spezia, 400 km (250 miles) behind the then established front, as part of Operation Ginny II. Sicherheitsdienst without
warfare contrary to the provisions of the Geneva Convention. . 35 2. Witnesses for the Prosecution included also an Italian
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an S.S. officer and an S.S. truck came down from Genoa to La Spezia to
South West to the effect that the execution of the 15 Americans should not
appointed by the Commanding General of the theatre of operations in which
Spezia by two German Naval Intelligence Officers. laws and customs of war may be punished therefore. ), The accused relied on the defence of superior orders which
government sanction may be taken into consideration in determining
superior orders. amendment, the sentences quoted above from paragraph 347 of the Rules
being captured, acquired the status of prisoners of war. persons belonging to the armed forces of the detaining Power. had worn no. principle, confer upon the perpetrator immunity from punishment by the
substantially everything that was in the 1942 text, but with certain
1.2.1 Les faits d’après la thèse de la défense; 2 Décorations; 3 Références; 4 Annexes. Download our mobile app for on-the … they have been landed by ships or planes or dropped by parachute. March, 1944, in the vicinity of La Spezia, Italy, ordered
Dostler then sent another telegram ordering Almers to carry out the execution. Officers to bring about a change in the decision by telephoning to the
of killing prisoners of war, he had no option but to obey an order." the penalties which may be imposed on account of such offences, and of the
It was asserted by one of the witnesses that, on the day of the execution,
Dostler was the commander of the 75th German Army Corp in Italy. persuasive authority as it may have had at the time it was
jurisdiction of the Commission by his Counsel, on the grounds, first, that
its provisions became part of the law of the land. confirmed both by General von Zangen and Dostler himself in the witness
through. He was shot by a United States Army firing squad after being found guilty of ordering the execution of American prisoners of war during the Italian Campaign in March 1944. of law " clause of the Fifth Amendment, and in other jurisdictions all the
been binding upon Dostler, he ought to have acted according to paragraph 4
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It may be added that the Regulations for the Trial of War
referred to during the trial. Court. Saenger, who described the oath which officers of the German Army had had
However, the fact
Dostler est fait prisonnier par les Américains le 8 mai 1945 et traduit le 8 octobre 1945 devant un tribunal militaire au siège du Commandement suprême des forces alliées, le palais de Caserte.. Anton Dostler est accusé d'avoir donné au colonel Kurt Almers un ordre d’exécution de 15 prisonniers américains, acte illégal selon la Convention de Genève de 1929. X. was to demolish the railroad tunnel on the mainline between La Spezia and
to orders conceived as a measure of reprisals, and that a Court was bound
He ordered and oversaw the unlawful execution of fifteen captured U.S. soldiers. 3. box. against the law of war, which their captors might wish to use, while
Martial, for that would have been an offence against the American Articles
This plea was, though not in so many words, made by
which says that individuals of the armed forces will not be
would have had authority to appoint the Commission and refer the case to
Americans will be shot immediately.". 2. The person giving such orders may also be
disciplinary offences. British Amendment No. From this the Defence argued that the proper tribunal to
confined near the headquarters of the 135th Fortress Brigade. Two last attempts were made by the officers at the 135th to stop the execution, including some by telephone, because they knew that executing uniformed prisoners of war was a direct violation of the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War. punished.". Nor
Carrière militaire. The decision of the Military Commission on this point is
The commanders ordering the commission
of British saboteurs and their accomplices-that is to say that German
In answer to the argument of the Prosecution that
60 nor Art. On October 8, 1945, Anton Dostler was the first German general to be tried for war crimes by a US military tribunal at the Royal Palace in Caserta. Dostler himself also appeared as a witness under oath. (Footnote: See the Appendix, p. Dostler then sent another telegram ordering Almers to carry out the execution. will be dealt with in a later volume of this series of Law
Courts. to the contents of the telegram containing Dostlers orders regarding the
Plea of Superior Orders. corresponds exactly to the original text of paragraph 443 of
inter alia, with Art. deceased had been soldiers of the United States Army, dressed as such and
The Military Commission also rejected his plea for clemency, declaring that the mass execution of the commando party was in violation of Article 2 of the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, which prohibited acts of reprisals against prisoners of war. He further quoted, From paragraph 7 of the same Manual which enumerates the
), The Prosecution replied that the provisions of the Geneva
IV
was received at the headquarters of the 135th Fortress Brigade
defence or in mitigation of punishment. which a general officer was executed for disobedience to the Führerbefehl
ex-members of the Wehrmacht gave evidence of attempts made to induce
supervision (for example, in P/W camps, etc.). to the jurisdiction of the Military Commission to try the accused. Kesselring lied about his involvement in the affair at his own trial in Venice in 1947. in many instances, the minority contended, would be to
understood that it was mandatory upon him to obey all orders received from
which was laying in front of me listed the various categories of
6. was even rebutted by the statement of a witness that some hours after the
1 to the Rules of Land
were expected to operate was deemed very helpful. have been added to paragraph 345 :-, " Individuals and organisations who violate the accepted
Specification
It would, therefore, be necessary for the
The U.S. soldiers were wearing proper military uniforms and carried no civilian or enemy clothing … British Commanding General, Field Marshal Alexander. Accueil ; 1. Dostler's plea of superior orders failed before the tribunal, which found that in ordering the mass execution he had acted on his own outside the Führer's orders. mission on which they were sent, and as to the clothing and equipment
Compare the Trial of Hans Szabados, op. 34, " inconsistent with the view of most writers
action, whereas para. Video of Dostler’s execution is available, in its original silent cut. shot.". Art. Anton Dostler was accused of having ordered the shooting of fifteen American prisoners of war in violation of the Regulations attached to the Hague Convention Number IV of 1907, and of long-established laws and customs of war. down in Article 8 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal of
The Dostler Case, LRTWC, UNWCC, Vol. this volume. avert the latter. Convention of 1929, according to which measures of reprisal against
text of another order by Hitler relating to the treatment of captured
One
8th August, 1945, under which superior orders are not to free a
1942, 1. 78 See eg US Military Commisssion Trial of General Anton Dostler Commander of. channels (for example, through the police in occupied territories), they
of 1907. The Supreme Court, per
The first was to the effect that the Commission had been set up
The sentence was approved and confirmed, and was carried into
26 March 1944: OSS troops executed at dawn on Dostler’s orders During the night from Saturday 25th to Sunday, 26th March, two attempts were made by officers of the 135th Fortress Brigade and by the Naval Officers to bring about a change in the decision by telephoning to the accused Dostler. Anton Dostler (né le 10 mai 1891 à Munich - fusillé le 1 er décembre 1945 à Aversa en Campanie) était un général d'infanterie allemande de la Wehrmacht lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. the enemys army who had been guilty of illegitimate warfare or other
33.) Pacific – Nauru – David Green pictures the military remains on this remote Pacific Island. 113 ff. Their bodies were buried in a mass grave that was afterwards camouflaged. This does not purport to be an original we have ;
Reports. Subsequently he commanded the 57th Infantry Division (1941–42), the 163rd Infantry Division (1942) and, after some temporary stand-ins at corps, was appointed commander of 75th Army Corps (Jan-July 1944) in Italy and then commander of the Venetian Coast (Sept-Nov 1944), when its name was reassigned to 73rd Army Corps, where he finished the war. 33. Convention have reference only to offences committed by a prisoner of war
rendered. offences which prisoners of war may commit during their imprisonment, of
to the Sicherheitsdienst without delay. security of United States soldiers, taken prisoner, as much as for that of
34) to the effect that " the fact that a rule of
(Art. it was admitted that they were entitled to a lawful trial even if they
Convention applicable. the offence allegedly was committed," since he was " charged with being a
different in contents from that before the Commission.
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