Emil Muller
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Emil Muller was a Captain in the Imperial German Army who was convicted and sentenced at the Leipzig War Crimes Trial
in 1921.
Muller 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 Muller.
Leipzig war crimes trial
Trial of German war criminals of the First World War, held in 1921 before the German supreme court, as part of the penalties imposed on the German government under the Treaty of Versailles.-Background:...
in 1921.
Muller was born in Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
and worked as a barrister before joining the army. He was appointed head of the Flavy de Martel prisoner of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
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
Dysentery
Dysentery is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the faeces with fever and abdominal pain. If left untreated, dysentery can be fatal.There are differences between dysentery and normal bloody diarrhoea...
, 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
Command responsibility
Command responsibility, sometimes referred to as the Yamashita standard or the Medina standard, and also known as superior responsibility, is the doctrine of hierarchical accountability in cases of war crimes....
" was first applied in the trial of Muller.