00000cam 2200000zi 4500 9.959435 CaOODSP 20260130105043 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 260130t20072007oncabo ob f001 0 eng d 9780662461692 CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn--- D2-207/2007E-PDF D2-207/2007E Kurt Meyer on trial : a documentary record / edited and introduced by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Chris M.V. Madsen. Kingston, Ontario : Canadian Defence Academy Press, [2007] ©2007 1 online resource (xi, 697 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Issued by: Canadian Defence Academy and Canadian Forces Leadership Institute. Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-672) and index. Introduction -- 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. "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 This collection brings together previously unpublished documents related to Canada's prosecution of Kurt Meyer, including the original trial transcript and selected materials to situate the trial in its political,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. Meyer, Kurt, 1910-1961 Trials, litigation, etc. Meyer, Kurt, 1910-1961 Procès, instances, etc. War criminals Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities France Normandy. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Canadian. World War, 1939-1945 Canada. War crime trials Germany. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Atrocités France. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Atrocités France Normandie. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Canada. Procès (Crimes de guerre) Allemagne. Canada History, Military 20th century. Canadian Forces Leadership Institute, issuing body. Canadian Defence Academy, issuing body. Kurt Meyer on trial : (CaOODSP)9.650773 PDF 132158 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2026/mdn-dnd/D2-207-2007-eng.pdf