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0861 |aD2-207/2007E-PDF|zD2-207/2007E
24500|aKurt Meyer on trial : |ba documentary record / |cedited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Chris M.V. Madsen.
264 1|aKingston, Ontario : |bCanadian Defence Academy Press, |c[2007]
264 4|c©2007
300 |a1 online resource (xi, 697 pages) : |billustrations, maps, photographs
336 |atext|btxt|2rdacontent
337 |acomputer|bc|2rdamedia
338 |aonline resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
500 |aIssued by: Canadian Defence Academy and Canadian Forces Leadership Institute.
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 669-672) and index.
5050 |aIntroduction -- Legal and pre-trial documents -- The trial of Kurt Meyer, December 1945 -- The decision to commute Meyer's sentence -- Transfer to Canada and imprisonment at Dorchester Penitentiary -- Appeals and Meyer's transfer to Germany -- The decision to release Meyer -- Responses to the release of Kurt Meyer.
520 |a"In late 1945, a Canadian military court sitting in occupied Germany convicted Waffen-SS General Kurt Meyer on charges related to the murder of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy. It was Canada's first entry into the war crimes field and the trial raised several important operational and legal issues, particularly with regard to command responsibility. Although sentenced to death by firing squad, Meyer was saved by the controversial decision of Canadian military authorities to commute the sentence and was released after less than a decade of imprisonment in New Brunswick and West Germany. Meyer's war crimes trial and the final result caused consternation and outrage among the Canadian public at the time. It remains among the most contentious episodes in Canadian military history. This collection brings together previously unpublished documents related to Canada's prosecution of Kurt Meyer, including the original trial transcript and selected materials to situate the trial in its political, military, diplomatic and legal context"--Page 4 of cover.
60010|aMeyer, Kurt, |d1910-1961 |xTrials, litigation, etc.
60016|aMeyer, Kurt, |d1910-1961 |xProcès, instances, etc.
650 0|aWar criminals|zGermany.
650 0|aWorld War, 1939-1945|xAtrocities|zFrance|zNormandy.
650 0|aWorld War, 1939-1945|xParticipation, Canadian.
650 0|aWorld War, 1939-1945|zCanada.
650 0|aWar crime trials|zGermany.
650 6|aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945|xAtrocités|zFrance.
650 6|aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945|xAtrocités|zFrance|zNormandie.
650 6|aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945|zCanada.
650 6|aProcès (Crimes de guerre)|zAllemagne.
651 0|aCanada|xHistory, Military|y20th century.
7102 |aCanadian Forces Leadership Institute, |eissuing body.
7102 |aCanadian Defence Academy, |eissuing body.
7760#|tKurt Meyer on trial : |w(CaOODSP)9.650773
85640|qPDF|s132158 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2026/mdn-dnd/D2-207-2007-eng.pdf