Keywords: Erwin-Lahousen.jpg Former Brig Gen Erwin Lahousen wartime deputy to Admiral Wilhelm Canaris Chief of the German Counter-Intelligence Service shown in the witness box as he testified against 12 German generals and one admiral on trial as war criminals at Nuernberg The 51 year-old Austrian born officer appeared as a prosecution witness against Gen Hermann Reinecke Chief of the Wehrmacht prisoner of war affairs bureau The other defendants were field commanders with the exception of Admiral Otto Schniewind German navy staff officer who directed U-boat campaigns against Allied shipping Original Descriptive Caption Date 11 Feb 1948 Provenance From Public Relations Photo Section Office Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Nuernberg Germany APO 696-A US Army Photo No OMT-XII-W-1 Citation Telford Taylor Papers Arthur W Diamond Law Library Columbia University Law School New York N Y TTP-CLS 15-2-3-186 People of the Wehrmacht Nuremberg Major War Criminals Trial People with maps Erwin von Lahousen |