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BREMEN-FARGE, War Crimes Trial:15th March 1948:
Curio-Haus - Hamburg - Germany:
Sentencing: War Criminals:
1. The proceedings of a Military Court (War Crimes) convened for the trial of war criminals was held at HAMBURG between the 19th December 1947 and 24th February 1948:
2. All the accused were tried jointly upon a charge alleging that they were concerned in the ill treatment of allied nationals interned in a Labour Education Camp in Bremen. Of the accused, defendants HASSE, SAUER, WALHORN, ZEHNTER, MEYER, VELKE, were found guilty.
3. In addition, HEIDBREDER, MEYER, PLOTHE, VELKE, and WALHORN were tried on a second charge of being concerned in the killing of allied nationals interned in the same camp, only one of these accused, PLOTHE, was convicted.
4. The sentences passed by the court on the accused were:
• Hans HASSE………5 Years imprisonment
• Johannes MEYER……….3 Years Imprisonment
• Wilhelm PLOTHE……….7 Years imprisonment
• Frank SAUER……….3 Years imprisonment
• Guenther VELKE……….6 Months Imprisonment
• Karl WALHORN……….4 Years imprisonment
• Ludwig ZEHNTER……….3 Years Imprisonment
Bremen-Farge War Crimes Trial - Irish Witness Evidence:
Significantly, evidence submitted under oath by Irish born British Merchant Seamen to the Bremen-Farge War Crimes Trial was determined to be inconsistent by the British Military Court. In this regard commentators and writers of record should take note: On the 4 April 1948 (JAG) Judge Advocate General Guy Sixsmith in his observation regarding the cogency of Irish witness evidence stated inter-alia:
• "that several of the accused (Bremen-Farge Camp Guards) who were acquitted had at least one friend amongst the Irishmen";
• "the key to whatever pattern there is behind the convictions and acquittals is the personal likes of the Irishmen";
• “They (The Irishmen) were manifestly wrong in their delusion that he was ever camp commandant";
• "I was prepared for a large number of (Bremen-Farge Camp Guards) acquittals";
• "It seemed to me almost impossible to prove guilt satisfactorily in respect of many incidents owning to the time element".
JAG's conclusion; "that he came away from the trial (Bremen-Farge) profoundly disturbed at the outcome" (Guilty Verdicts); raises a reasonable doubt as to the reliability of Irish witness evidence proffered against the defendants on trial, and also suggests that post war statements promulgated by the Irishmen should be viewed with caution.
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