The 17th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division ""Götz von Berlichingen: An Illustrated History: 6 (Divisions of the Waffen-SS)

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Erwin SchienkiewitzCase Nr.: 11-18 (U.S. vs. Erwin Wilhelm Konrad Schienkiewitz) File Number: US0018[18]Review Date: 470404Erwin Wilhelm Konrad Schienkiewitz, an SS officer of the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division 38th Regiment, was accused of participation in the execution of two American airmen out of a group of seventy. The airmen were being held as prisoners of war and were executed in retaliation for the death of German soldiers who had been killed a few days earlier. The event occurred within the boundaries of Montmartin-en-Graignes in France on June 17, 1944. Erwin Schienkiewitz was tried at The General Military Court at Dachau. In addition to the aforementioned war crimes the accused was also a member of an organization declared illegal by the International Military Tribunal. Schienkiewitz was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.Case Nr.111[19]Crime Category: Final Phase CrimesAccused: Küster, Friedrich Erich 10 Years 3 MonthsCourt: LG Ellwangen 490120OLG Stuttgart 490527Country where the crime was committed: GermanyCrime Location: Ellwangen/JagstCrime Date: 4504Victims: Prisoners, CiviliansNationality: unknown, GermanAgency: Waffen-SS SS-Bataillon 'Götz von Berlichingen'Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of a number of foreign concentration camp prisoners, in part for trying to escape; mishandling of civilians, who had made derogatory remarks about Hitler, and demolition of the 'Josefinum' in EllwangenCase Nr.201[20]Crime Category: Final Phase CrimesAccused: Ba., Nikolaus Acquittal, Bu., Heinz AcquittalCourt: LG Ellwangen 500316Country where the crime was committed: GermanyCrime Location: DalkingenCrime Date: 450407Victims: PrisonersNationality: unknownAgency: Waffen-SS SS-Ersatz- und Ausbildungsbataillon 5 'Götz von Berlichingen'Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of eight exhausted concentration camp prisoners, who, while being part of a prisoners' transport, had stayed behind at the railway station grounds of EllwangenCase Nr.251[21]Crime Category: Final Phase CrimesAccused: B., Peter Acquittal, E., Theodor Acquittal, H., Heinz AcquittalCourt: LG Ellwangen 501025Country where the crime was committed: GermanyCrime Location: DalkingenCrime Date: 450407Victims: PrisonersNationality: GermanAgency: Waffen-SS SS-Ersatz- und Ausbildungsbataillon 5 'Götz von Berlichingen'Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of eight exhausted concentration camp prisoners, who, while being part of a prisoners' transport, had stayed behind at the railway station grounds of EllwangenCase Nr.466[22]Crime Category: Final Phase CrimesAccused: M., Heinz Proceeding suspendedCourt: LG Nürnberg-Fürth 581001BGH 571022Country where the crime was committed: GermanyCrime Location: BurgthannCrime Date: 450417Victims: CiviliansNationality: GermanAgency: Waffen-SS 17.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Götz von Berlichingen'Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of the mayor of Burgthann, who, summoned by the Americans, had ordered white flags to be hoisted in the townCase Nr.315[23]Crime Category: Final Phase CrimesAccused: H., Walter AcquittalCourt: LG Regensburg 520505Country where the crime was committed: GermanyCrime Location: Dietfurt (Mittelfranken)Crime Date: 450425Victims: JewsNationality: GermanAgency: Waffen-SS SS-Division 'Götz von Berlichingen'Subject of the proceeding: Shooting of a Jewish dentist during the final days of the warCase Nr.243[24]Crime Category: Final Phase CrimesAccused: H., Walter 5 Years, M., Ludwig 3 YearsCourt: LG Landshut 500924Country where the crime was committed: GermanyCrime Location: Ebrantshausen, Holz (near Bad Wiessee)Crime Date: 450428, 450502Victims: Civilians, PrisonersNationality: German, unknownAgency: Waffen-SS SS-Division 'Götz von BerlichingenSubject of the proceeding: Killing of a civilian, who had a white flag held available in order to hoist it at the church on the arrival of the Americans, as well as a summons to shoot concentration camp prisonersThe Götz von Berlichingen has also been accused of killing wounded American paratroopers as well as French civilians during the summer of 1944.