GENERAL ANTON DOSTLER (MAY 10, 1891 TO DECEMBER 1, 1945)

The trial found General Dostler guilty of war crimes, rejecting the defense of superior orders. He was sentenced to death and executed by a 12 man firing squad at 0800 hours on December 1, 1945 in Aversa. The execution was photographed on black and white still and movie cameras. Immediately after the execution Dostler's body was lifted onto a stretcher, shrouded inside a white cotton mattress cover and driven away in an army truck. His remains were subsequently buried in Grave 93/95 of Section H at Pomezia German War Cemetery.

 

Dostler tied to a stake before the execution

PLEASE GO TO THESE PREVIOUS BLOG POSTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS GERMAN GENERAL:

1. THE FIRING SQUAD: KILLING ANTON DOSTLER THE NAZI WAR CRIMINAL

http://soldierexecutionerprolifer2008.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-firing-squad-killing-anton-dostler.html

2. SUPERIOR ORDERS

http://soldierexecutionerprolifer2008.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/superior-orders.html

3. COMMANDO ORDER (ADOLF HITLER’S DIRECTIVE ON OCTOBER 18, 1942)

http://soldierexecutionerprolifer2008.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/commando-order-adolf-hitlers-directive.html