SS-Regiment Ney and captured USAAF men

[Marcus]

Does anyone have any more information about this event involving SS-Regiment Ney and any post-war attempts to prosecute those involved, thanks.

The SS-Regiment Ney: 01.03.1945 - the unit captures 8 USAAF men (bombers), 3 sent to the germans but 5 men were executed at 03.03 or 13.03.1945., near village Súr.

Source: Kovács-Számvéber: A Waffen-SS Magyarországon [The Waffen-SS in Hungary] (Budapest: Paktum, 2001), pp. 412-413

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 77#p640377

/Marcus

[Researcher]

Karoly Ney (born 1906) and 5 other members of an Hungarian SS unit were tried by the Americans in Salzburg, Austria in June 1946
Ney and 4 others were sentenced to death but he and Ferenc Karolyi had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment after review in September 1946.
Istvan Eros and Istvan Lengyel were sentenced to life imprisonment in June 1946 and approved on review.
The two men executed were Miklos Bakos and Istvan Osihas.

The trial was War Crimes Trial Case No. 5-100

regards
Researcher

[Marcus]

Thanks Researcher.

I just found this information on the trial: http://www1.jur.uva.nl/junsv/JuNSVEng/D ... /us006.htm

/Marcus

[Rob - wssob2]

Here's the info from the link Marcus posted:

File number: US006
Review Date: unknown
Case Nr.: 5-100 (US vs. Karoly New [Karolyi Ney] et al) 460607
Crime Category: War Crimes
Accused:
Bakos, Miklos - Death Sentence
Csihas, Istvan - Death Sentence
Eros, Istvan - Life Sentence
Karolyi, Ferenc - Death Sentence; (R&R: Life Sentence)
Lengyel, Istvan - Life Sentence
Ney, Karolyi - Death Sentence; (R&R: Life Sentence)
Court: Military Commission at Salzburg, Austria 460522-460607
Country where the crime had been committed: Hungary
Crime Location: Sur
Crime Date: 450305
Victim(s): POW’s
Nationality: American
Office: SS; Hungarian SS; SS Kampfgruppe Ney
Subject of the proceeding: The accused participated in the shooting of five American airmen, who had bailed out of their airplanes and parachuted over the village of Sur, Hungary.

Does anybody know when and where the death sentences were executed?

[PF]

http://hunyadi.co.uk/page5.php

The three POWS killed are id at http://forum.armyairforces.com/Farringt ... 18088.aspx

[PF]

additional links on SS Regiment NEy
http://forum.axishistory.com/search.php ... giment+Ney

[Linkagain]

http://hunyadi.co.uk/page5.php

The three POWS killed are id at http://forum.armyairforces.com/Farringt ... 18088.aspx

Note the above Army Air Forces link doesnt work anymore but see
The B-24 44-41218 716th Bomb Sq Bomber crew victiums listed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/563 ... farrington

[Linkagain]

see epilogue at viewtopic.php?f=6&t=44064&p=2380564#p2380564