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'''Emil Müller''' was a Captain in the [[Imperial German Army]] who was convicted and sentenced at the [[Leipzig War Crimes Trials]] in 1921. |
'''Emil Müller''' was a Captain in the [[Imperial German Army]] who was convicted and sentenced at the [[Leipzig War Crimes Trials]] in 1921. |
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Müller was born in [[Karlsruhe]] and worked as a barrister before joining the army. He was appointed head of the Flavy de Martel [[prisoner of war]] camp where approximately 1000 prisoners were held. Charges leveled against him after the end of the [[First World War]] included the failure to maintain a decent condition of the camp which led to many deaths as a result of [[dysentery]], failure to prevent the commission of crimes and to punish the perpetrators thereof and, as well as physical violence directed towards prisoners. He was sentenced to six months. The term "[[command responsibility]]" was first applied in the trial of Mueller.<ref>[http://www.lawreports.co.uk/Newsletter/OnlineArticles/LeipzigWarTrialsAug05.htm ICLR report on the Leipzig War Trials], lawreports.co.uk; accessed December 28, 2015.</ref> |
Müller was born in [[Karlsruhe]], [[Grand Duchy of Baden|Baden]], [[German Empire|Germany]] and worked as a barrister before joining the army. He was appointed head of the Flavy de Martel [[prisoner of war]] camp where approximately 1000 prisoners were held. Charges leveled against him after the end of the [[First World War]] included the failure to maintain a decent condition of the camp which led to many deaths as a result of [[dysentery]], failure to prevent the commission of crimes and to punish the perpetrators thereof and, as well as physical violence directed towards prisoners. He was sentenced to six months. The term "[[command responsibility]]" was first applied in the trial of Mueller.<ref>[http://www.lawreports.co.uk/Newsletter/OnlineArticles/LeipzigWarTrialsAug05.htm ICLR report on the Leipzig War Trials], lawreports.co.uk; accessed December 28, 2015.</ref> |
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Emil Müller was a Captain in the Imperial German Army who was convicted and sentenced at the Leipzig War Crimes Trials in 1921.
Müller was born in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany and worked as a barrister before joining the army. He was appointed head of the Flavy de Martel prisoner of war camp where approximately 1000 prisoners were held. Charges leveled against him after the end of the First World War included the failure to maintain a decent condition of the camp which led to many deaths as a result of dysentery, failure to prevent the commission of crimes and to punish the perpetrators thereof and, as well as physical violence directed towards prisoners. He was sentenced to six months. The term "command responsibility" was first applied in the trial of Mueller.[1]
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- ^ ICLR report on the Leipzig War Trials, lawreports.co.uk; accessed December 28, 2015.
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