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Report to the commanding general, 12th army group, concerning the murder of civilians and prisoners of war at the Mauthausen camps

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Eugene Cohen (Major, invesigator, 3rd US Army)

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Eugene S. Cohen

U.S. Army major during WWII and investigator of war crimes (1915-2005)

Born: 1915-04-27
Died: 2005-02-01 (Boca Raton)
Country of citizenship: United States of America
Military rank: major
Military branch: United States Army
Educated at: University of Pittsburgh
Residence: Boca Raton; Pittsburgh
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/313438294

Date: 17 June 1945

Literal Title: Subject: Report of Investigation of Alleged War Crimes.

Defendant: Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Total Pages: 5

Language of Text: English

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: PS-2176

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 249

Document Book No: Prosecution S: Concentration camps

Citation: IMT (page 1425)

HLSL Item No.: 450971

Notes:The report refers to SS officers as part of the "German armed forces."

Trial Issues

Concentration camp system (administration, forced labor, abuse of inmates)… Prisoners of war, mistreatment of, in concentration camps and SS agencies …

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PS-2176: Report on the Concentration Camp Mauthausen, Guson, Ebensee

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-2176: Extract from the report of the judge advocate, third united states army, 17 June 1945, on Mauthausen concentration camp and its branches, and photographs of four physical exhibits

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PS-2176: Report to the Commanding General of the 12th US Army Group concerning atrocities and conditions in Mauthausen concentration camps, dated 17 June 1945.