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CAMERON, John. Trial of Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender (The "Peleus" Trial) (War Crimes Trials, vol. 1). li, 247p., illus. London: William Hodge, 1948.

The Captain and some of the crew of U 852 were convicted of killing the crew of the Peleus with gunfire and handgrenades, after the ship had been torpedoed and sunk. A verbatim account of the trial is preceded by a long background introduction.

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