Hitting a corner process
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Back to "War criminal"The hitting a corner process was after the principal defendant the Heinz William hits a corner designated war crimes trial, in that the happening after sinking the Greek cargo ship SS Peleus by of hits a corner kommandierte German submarine U 852 at the night of 13. March on the 14. March 1944 was regenerated. The four-day process, in beside hit a corner still the second officer, on-board physician, who was accused leading engineer and a sailor by U 852, took place from 17 October to 21 October 1945 in British occupied Hamburg. It was the only war crimes trial, which was led after the Second World War of the allied ones against members of German submarine crews.
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To 27. March 1916 in Hamburg born hit a corner pushed 1934 the war navy and became 1937 officer. It was used first on sweepers and was from 1939 to 1942 a kommandierender officer on a minesweeper. 1942 it announced voluntarily to the submarine weapon and drove themselves from the autumn 1942 until spring 1943 as a commander pupil on U 124 for preparation on its own command. it received the command to 1943 over the again activated U 852 (type IX D2-Boot), which after tests and crew training ran out on 18 January 1944 from Kiel to its only enemy travel. The boat should push to the monsoon boats in the Far East. Before hit a corner the boat at the 3. May 1944 at the coast of Somalia on the beach set and by British armed forces was imprisoned taken, it after the Peleus still the British freighter Dahomian had sunk.
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