Kurt Meyer on trial : a documentary record / edited and introduced by: P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Chris M.V. Madsen.

"In late 1945, a Canadian military court sitting in occupied Germany convicted Waffen-SS General Kurt Meyer on charges related to the murder of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy. It was Canada's first entry into the war crimes field and the trial raised several important operational and legal is...

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Corporate Author: Canadian Forces Leadership Institute
Other Authors: Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Madsen, Chris, 1968-
Language:English
Published: Kingston, Ontario : Canadian Defence Academy Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Meyer, Kurt, > 1910-1961 > Trials, litigation, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > France > Normandy.
War criminals > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Canadian.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités.
Criminels de guerre > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des Canadiens.
Canada > History, Military > 20th century.
Canada > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
Genre:
Trials, litigation, etc.
Physical Description:xi, 697 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Legal and pre-trial documents
  • The trial of Kurt Meyer, December 1945
  • The decision to commute Meyer's sentence
  • Transfer to Canada and imprisonment at Dorchester Penitentiary
  • Appeals and Meyer's transfer to Germany
  • The decision to release Meyer
  • Responses to the release of Kurt Meyer.