Engelbert Valentin Niedermeyer

Engelbert Valentin Niedermeyer was an SS operative with the position of block leader in the Dachau concentration camp. After being tried and convicted in a court of law, and with special consideration given to his treatment of the inmates, on December 13, 1945 he was sentenced to die by hanging. Following due process, the sentence was carried out on May 28, 1946 in Landsberg.[1][2] The execution was filmed by U.S. military personnel, who recorded Niedermeyer's hanging,[3] along with a coffin marked "Niedermeyer Engelbert."[4]

References
  1. Eiber, Ludwig (2007). Dachauer Prozesse : NS-Verbrechen vor amerikanischen Militärgerichten in Dachau 1945-48 ; Verfahren, Ergebnisse, Nachwirkungen. Göttingen, Wallstein. p. 98. ISBN 9783835301672.
  2. "Administrative documentation of trial, Case No. 000-50-2 (US vs. Martin Gottfried Weiss et al.) Tried 13 Dec. 45" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  3. "MUNICH. [No.] 191, HANGINGS AT LANSBERG, GERMANY". catalog.archives.gov. Approx. minutes 0:15 to 0:35: National Archives Video Collection. 28 May 1946. Retrieved 15 September 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "MUNICH. [No.] 191, HANGINGS AT LANSBERG, GERMANY". catalog.archives.gov. Approx. minutes 0:55 to 1:00: National Archives Video Collection. 28 May 1946. Retrieved 15 September 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
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