Altacher, Eduard

     
Příjmení:
Surname:
Altacher Altacher
Jméno:
Given Name:
Eduard Eduard
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
Eduard Altacher
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kapitán Captain
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Datum, místo narození:
Date and Place of Birth:
24.01.1919 Saalfelden-Harham /
24.01.1919 Saalfelden-Harham /
Datum, místo úmrtí:
Date and Place of Decease:
27.05.1945 Zell am See /
27.05.1945 Zell am See /
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velitel: 2. prapor 143. horského pluku Commander of 2nd Battalion of 143rd Mountain Regiment
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nositel Rytířského kříže
zavražděn vojínem Floydem Wilkinsonem Craverem od roty I, 2. praporu, 506. paradesantního výsadkového pluku, 101. výsadkové divize
recipient of the Knight`s Cross of the Iron Cross
murdered by Private Floyd Wilkinson Craver of Company I, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
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Příjmení:
Surname:
Altacher Altacher
Jméno:
Given Name:
Eduard Eduard
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
Eduard Altacher
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12.02.1942 poručík
16.04.1943 nadporučík
20.06.RRRR kapitán
12.02.1942 Leutnant
16.04.1943 Oberleutnant
20.06.RRRR Hauptmann
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www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de
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The murder was indirectly shown in the TV series Brotherhood of the Intrepid, when a drunken soldier (Craver) stands by two dead Germans, one of them being Altacher. Floyd Wilkinson Craver was with another fellow Company I soldier that day, Pvt. Dewey H. Hogue. They spent time in the company of two women that afternoon, drinking a bottle of cognac together. Around 6:30 p.m. they stopped a German civilian and returned to their quarters in Zell am See. At half past 6:30 p.m. they procured a chauffeur and started on their journey to Saalfelden, both taking Luger pistols they had captured from the quarters. A few miles outside Zell am See, the chauffeur ran out of gas and decided to stop a passing vehicle driven by a man in a German officer's uniform who wore a white armband. Craver noticed that the German was armed (his pistol was legally retained) and decided to disarm the German. Hogue decided to intervene and told the German to leave. The car had not gone 7 meters when 3-5 shots were fired from behind Hogue. Craver, meanwhile, walked back to the stationary car and took Hogue's Luger from the back seat, with which he began firing at the fleeing car with the German officer.
The runaway car swerved 12 yards into a ditch and crashed. Hogue then took his Luger from Craver and ordered him to go see if the driver had survived. Craver reached the car, nudged the driver, stepped aside and shot him ... "That's it, I shot him in the head." Craver then got in his car and tried to start it. When Hogue and the German approached the car, Craver stated, "Something's wrong. A man has been murdered." And the German said: "Don't look inside or there'll be two of you." Hogue then forced Craver out of the car. He sent out with the German chauffeur for gasoline while he waited by the car. The moment they disappeared around the curve, Hogue went to Saalfelden to get an ambulance to report the incident. On the way, he heard another shot from Craver's direction. After arriving at the command post at Saalfelden and reporting the entire incident, a search patrol was organized. When they arrived at the scene, the car in which Hogue and Craver had arrived was gone. The crashed car was still in the ditch with the dead body inside. The cause of death was determined to be multiple injuries caused by five shots to the body and one to the head. The victim was identified as Eduard Altacher.


Meanwhile, Craver and the German driver met some Russians on the road and asked them if they knew of any place to get gasoline and Craver shot the Russians in front of their feet. The two then proceeded to the farm and then returned to the car where they found that Hogue was not there. They therefore got back into the car and returned to the farm about 5 miles away where they had a few drinks. During the 30-40 minutes that Craver was at the farm he felt only slightly drunk. At that point two British soldiers, Major R. G. Watkins of Intelligence and Petty Officer Dodd, arrived and noticed a civilian car parked outside the farm and stopped to check it. Craver suddenly came out of the building and said it was his car and if they could disperse it, Major Watkins agreed. It was obvious that Craver had been drinking earlier but he spoke rationally, he recognised that they were British, he knew it was his car and that it would be necessary to squash it to start it. Then an American truck drove by and braked beside the car. When the Major explained the situation, the truck started again. But Craver fired two shots at the truck, bringing it to a stop. Sergeant Charles E. Grant descended from the truck and demanded an explanation of who fired the shots. Craver admitted that he did. When Grant demanded that he be given a gun, Craver fired at the unarmed Grant, striking him in the head. The British major and the petty officer ran for cover. The Major ran down the alley where his dead body was found minutes later. Grant was given medical attention and taken to hospital.


Shortly after midnight, Craver was caught at the hospital some four or five hundred yards from the scene where he had attempted to rape a local girl. Although he was under the influence of alcohol, it was not apparent and he gave the impression that he knew what he was doing.


Craver subsequently stood trial by court-martial, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder (Altacher and Watkins) and one count of attempted murder (Grant) in violation of Article 92 of the Articles of War. The defense tried to base its case on his alleged insanity, and of the 5-member panel, two voted for, two against, and one abstained. The Division Neuropsychiatrist was of the opinion that based on his studies of the reports and findings and his own opinion, the accused was sane at the time of the crimes and at the time of trial and capable of distinguishing right from wrong and that his actions were not related to any psychiatric or mental disorder. The defense presented as witnesses two neuropsychologists from the 227th General Hospital who stated that the accused whom they examined on June 7, 1945, was, in their opinion, insane at the time of the murders and incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. It was their opinion that the accused was a drug addict, and this opinion was confirmed by the statements of the accused who told them that he had smoked several joints on the morning before the murders.


The court ultimately found Floyd Wilkinson Craver guilty and he was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge from the military and life imprisonment.


He was released from prison after a short time, however, and died on July 6, 1987, when he was hit by a truck while riding his moped.


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