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CA ON00093 98/28; 159.95 (D1); 159.95.023 (D1-D11) · Fonds · 1943-1954

Fonds consists of transcripts of Record of the Evidence, Record Proceedings, witness statement and evidence for the trial of Kurt Meyer. Also includes documents for many others trials for alleged War Crimes. In addition, there are several miscellaneous documents and there are also reports of No. 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit on miscellaneous War Crimes against members of Canadians Armed Forces. There are two series:

  1. Kurt Meyer Trial (98/28)
  2. Reports of Proceedings, Evidence and Witness Statements (159.95 (D1) and 159.95.023 (D1-D11))
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit, 1
Kurt Meyer Trial (98/28)
CA ON00093 98/28; 159.95 (D1); 159.95.023 (D1-D11)-1 · Series · 1945
Part of 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit fonds

Series consists of transcripts of Records of the Evidence and witness statements pertaining to the Kurt Meyer Trial. There is also Record of the Evidence gathered during investigations by the No. 1 Canadian War Crime Investigation Unit into the deaths of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy between 1944 and 1945. Also includes statement transcripts of witnesses. In addition, there are several miscellaneous documents, including some German materials and copies of German Army records.

Meyer, Kurt, 1910-1961
CA ON00093 98/28; 159.95 (D1); 159.95.023 (D1-D11)-2 · Series · 1943-1954
Part of 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit fonds

Series consists of transcripts of Records of Proceedings, evidence and witness statements for Kurt Meyer trial, for his sentence, for his years in prison and for his release in 1954. There are also records of proceedings, evidence and witness statements for the trials of Robert Holzer, Walter Weigel, Wilhelm Ossenbach, Friedrich Holborn, August Wiggers, Ernst Fisher, Franz Grothe, Johanne Henrich Peter Zensen, Wilhelm Jung, Johann Georg Schumacher and Johann Neitz for alleged war crimes against members of the Royal Canadian Air Force. In addition, there are reports of No. 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit on miscellaneous War Crimes against members of the Canadian Armed Forces in the European Theatre of Operations. Also includes supplementary reports of the No. 1 Canadian War Crimes Investigation Unit about the reshooting of Canadian prisoners of war by German Armed Forces in Mouen, in Bosq and near Fontenay-le-Pesnel in Normandy, France.