Search JTA's historical archive dating back to 1923

Gestapo Official Who Tortured Nazi Camp Inmates Gets Mild Sentence

July 23, 1957
See Original Daily Bulletin From This Date
Advertisement

A local court found former Gestapo official Erwin Brandt guilty of inflicting upon inmates of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp “dangerous injuries while in the exercise of an official function,” sentenced to only a year in jail and ruled that this term has already been served through a period of pre-trial custody.

Recommended from JTA

Advertisement