Wilhelm Canaris

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Charge:	Treason
Sentence:	Death and Executed
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Year Convicted:	1945
Year Cleared:	1996
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution
Summary of Case:	"Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was hanged by the Gestapo on April 9, 1945 along with Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Major General Hans Oster, Judge Advocate General Carl Sack, and Captain Ludwig Gehre."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"After 50 Years, German Court Exonerates Anti-Hitler Pastor, By Alan Cowell (staff), New York Times, August 16, 1996"
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Wilhelm Canaris

Charge:

Treason

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1945

Year Cleared:

1996

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution

Summary of Case:

"Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was hanged by the Gestapo on April 9, 1945 along with Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Major General Hans Oster, Judge Advocate General Carl Sack, and Captain Ludwig Gehre."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"After 50 Years, German Court Exonerates Anti-Hitler Pastor, By Alan Cowell (staff), New York Times, August 16, 1996"

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http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C17FC3B550C758DDDA10894DE494D81

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