Adolf HitlerDecember 1941
Hitler has General Count von Sponeck court-martialled
Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Hitler has General Count von Sponeck court-martialled
The Volksgerichtshof ("Peoples Court") sentences him to death
Member of "court of honour" sentencing officers to death
Executed after being found guilty by a Peoples Court
Sent to communist Yugoslavia to face alleged war crimes charges
Tried for war crimes but acquited & released in 1948
The death sentence is later commuted to life. Sentenced to death by a British Military Court for shooting 335 Italian civilians
Extradited to the Soviet Union where he is condemned to a 10-years sentence in 1952 for war crimes
Appeals against his sentence & is released
Tried for the deportation of French Jews to the death camps, released in 1954. A French court sentences Abetz to 20 yrs imprisonment for war crimes
A Soviet military tribunal sentences Weidling to 25 years of imprisonment for not surrendering Berlin sooner
Condemned in Russia to a 10-years sentence in 1952 for war crimes
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