War Crimes Investigation, European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA), United States Forces, European Theater, (USFET), Mediterranean Theater of Operations.

Scope and content

KL Mauthausen; War Crimes Investigation, European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA), United States Forces, European Theater, (USFET), Mediterranean Theater of
Operations.
I. European Theater of Operations (pps. 1 - 84)
1. Various Papers May & June 1945 (pps. 1 - 3)
2. "Item" list from the "Deputy Theater Judge Advocate´s Office, War Crime Branch", 9.7.1945, with "Item" D-3 attached (explanation by Lt.Col. de Saint Gast and Lt. Jean Veith) (pps.4 - 6)
3. Testimony of witness Hans Dieter, with attachments 15.9.1954 (pps 7- 29)
4. Letter from the Deputy Theater Judge Advocate´s Office, War Crimes Branch, United States Forces, European Theater,18.9.1945 concerning the arrest of 7 alleged war criminals (pps. 30 - 32)
5. Dossier from "Headquarters Theater service Forces, European Theater, concerning the statements of the British former prisoner,
Mr. J. A. Carter, September 1945 (pps. 33-50)
6. Letter dated 13.7.1945 from the Deputy Theater Judge Advocate´s Office, War Crimes Branch, United States Forces, European Theater, to the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters, United States Occupation Forces in Austria, with instructions, how to deal with the authentication of war crimes atrocity pictures, with 4 endorsements from various detachments and attachments.
II. Headquarters Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Unites States Army, July and September 1945 correspondence regarding various war criminals (pps. 85 - 97)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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National Archives and Records Administration

https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington