Knox, Kenneth. Collection

Collection Number: D-547

The collection documents the trials of fifteen German Prisoners of War (POW) convicted of murdering four fellow prisoners: Johannes Kunze, Werner Drechsler, Hans Geller, and Horst Gunther in 1945 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Knox served in the United States Army as an Army Military Police and Correctional Supervisor, United States Army Recruiter, Chief Physical Security Inspector, and a Sandblaster for the Sacramento Army Depot.

Finding Aid

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California

Inclusive Dates

1943-1997.

Extent

5 linear feet

Subject

Political Science

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