Trial of Gerike
British Military Court, Brunswick
7 LRTWC 80 (1946)
- Written by Alex Ruskell, JD
Facts
Near the end of World War II, a home for the infant children of Polish female workers was established. The Polish workers had been deported from their homes to work on farms supplying the Nazi war effort. The children were forcibly removed from their mothers in order to improve the Polish workers’ productivity. Gerike (defendant) was the local Nazi politician who was placed in charge of the home. The children were put in an iron hut without water, electricity, or medical supplies. Once there, the children were largely ignored, and sick children rarely saw a doctor. The children’s clothes were not kept clean, sick children were not separated from well children, and adults in charge often left the children alone. During six months, more than 80 Polish infants died. After the end of the war, Gerike was put on trial for war crimes.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning ()
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