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Heinz-Wilhelm Eck

Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair

by Dwight R. Messimer

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Dwight R. Messimer teaches history at San Jose State University and is the author of several titles, including The Merchant U-boat (Annapolis, 1988)

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This is a chapter from the book Silent Hunters (see our review) kindly provided by its editor and publisher, Theodore P. Savas, for exclusive publishing on uboat.net.

The chapter is heavily footnoted in the book but they were excised for purposes of posting on the net.

We've added some 9 photos not included in the book, we hope they help to clarify the picture a bit.

This article was published on 28 Mar, 1998.

Heinz-Wilhelm Eck

Siegerjustiz and the Peleus Affair

Chapter One - Eck's career, U-852's only patrol and the sinking of SS Peleus and the loss of U-852 and its crew's imprisonment.

Chapter Two - The first day of the trial. The procecution and the defence prepare their cases.

Chapter Three - The second and third days of the trial.

Chapter Four - The fourth day of the trial. The execution of Eck and two of his crew members. Closing words.

Information about the book - Information on the book from which this section came from.

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Operational Necessity, An
Griffin, Gwyn

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An Operational Necessity, Griffin, Gwyn, 1999 (transl.)
Silent Hunters, Savas, Theodore P. (editor), 1997 (transl.)
Trial of Heinz Eck, August Hoffmann, Walter Weisspfennig, Hans Richard Lenz and Wolfgang Schwender (The Peleus Trial), Cameron, John (editor), 1948
Verdammter Atlantik, Herlin, Hans, 1994 (transl.)

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