Documentation from the Von Mannstein Trial, 1949

The Records Group contains transcripts of the trial which was conducted in Hamburg, 23 August-19 December, 1949. A transcript of the court session for each of day of the trial can be found in each of the 62 files in the Records Group. YV archives Field Marshall Eric von Mannstein was one of the senior officers in the German Army who served in various positions within the Soviet Union. War crimes and mass murders took place in the areas under his command, and therefore he was brought to trial after the war.