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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Yes, but Henri Donnedieu de Vebres dissented because the French were concerned that some of their own senior officers could be likewise indicted and convicted in some future tribunal for committing the same and/or similar crimes; e.g. the arrest and transport of Jews to the German concentration camps and death camps. The German court decision did not establish precedent applicable to international law.


5 posted on 05/08/2015 7:34:12 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
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Well I think Donnedieu along with a number of others considered the punishment excessive which is why the court later declared he was not guilty of the major charges against him. Jodl was not entirely innocent but nor was he ruthless war criminal like Himmler, Heydrich, or Eichmann.


7 posted on 05/08/2015 7:41:10 AM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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