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Letter From Senator Langer To Eva Sandberger Regarding Martin Sandberger, February 16, 1951, William Langer

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated February 16, 1951, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to Eva A. Sandberger, Langer thanks her for her letter, which was forwarded to him by Michael Moore, resettlement officer for the Lutheran World Federation. Langer says that he is sure she must be happy that the life of her husband, convicted Nazi war criminal Martin Sandberger, has been spared.

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Letter from Eva Sandberger to Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, November 18, 1949

Letter from Eva A. Sandberger to Senator Langer Thanking Him for His Efforts on Behalf of Her Husband, Martin Sandberger, December …

Letter From J. Michael Moore To Senator Langer Conveying Eva Sandberger's Anxiousness To Learn The Fate Of Her Husband, Martin Sandberger, December 13, 1950, J. Michael Moore

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated December 13, 1950, from J. Michael Moore, Resettlement Officer of the Lutheran World Federation, to United States (US) Senator Langer Moore writes that Mrs. Eva Sandberger is anxious to find out the fate of her husband, a Nazi SS officer who was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death at Nuremberg. Moore adds that he is enclosing Sandberger's original letter addressed to him.

The letter Moore mentions as being enclosed was not found with this letter in Langer's papers.

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Letter from Eva A. Sandberger to Senator Langer Thanking Him for His Efforts on …

Letter From Eva A. Sandberger To Senator Langer Thanking Him For His Efforts On Behalf Of Her Husband, Martin Sandberger, December 2, 1950, Eva A. Sandberger

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated December 2, 1950, from Eva A. Sandberger to United States (US) Senator William Langer, Sandberger thanks Langer for his willingness to understand Germans despite the stereotype that they are all "bad" or "criminal," and for all he has done to help the case of her husband, Martin Sandberger, a Nazi SS officer convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by the International Military Tribunal during the Einsatzgruppen Case at the Nuremberg war crimes trial.

She thanks Langer specifically for his contribution in bringing about a review of her husband's case, and expresses her hope this …

Letter From Senator Langer To Pastor T. W. Strieter Regarding Martin Sandberger, March 22, 1950, William Langer

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated March 22, 1950, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to the Reverend T. W. (mistyped here as "T. E.") Strieter of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chicago, Langer makes reference to their prior correspondence regarding efforts to prevent the execution of convicted Nazi war criminal Martin Sandberger.

Langer writes that he has received word from Senator Joseph McCarthy that the Nuremberg cases will not be investigated due to a lack of jurisdiction. Langer expresses his regrets that the news is not more favorable.

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Letter from Pastor T. W. Strieter to Senator Langer Regarding …

Letter From Senator Mccarthy To Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger Case, February 28, 1950, Joseph R. Mccarthy

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated February 28, 1950, from United States (US) Senator Joseph R. McCarthy to US Senator William Langer, McCarthy refers to the case of convicted Nazi war criminal Martin Sandberger, who is currently awaiting execution.

McCarthy explains to Langer that there will likely be no investigation of the Nuremberg cases and that he assumes executions will be held shortly. In closing he characterizes the Nuremberg trials as a "sorry spectacle" in connection with "alleged American justice," commenting that, "while we may have caught some bad individuals in the net, it was purely accidental."

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Letter From Senator Langer To Senator Mccarthy Forwarding Documents Regarding Martin Sandberger From Reverend Strieter, February 24, 1950, William Langer

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated February 24, 1950, from United States (US) Senator William Langer to US Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, Langer makes reference to their prior correspondence regarding the case of convicted Nazi war criminal Martin Sandberger, who is currently awaiting execution.

Langer writes that he is enclosing additional documents he has received from the Reverend T. W. Strieter of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chicago in hopes that they will be of use to McCarthy in the event that a review of the case is conducted.

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Letter from Senator McCarthy to Senator Langer regarding Martin Sandberger, August …

Letter From Senator Langer To T. W. Strieter Thanking Him For Additional Documents Related To Martin Sandberger, February 24, 1950, William Langer

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated February 24, 1950, from United States Senator William Langer to the Reverend T. W. Strieter of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chicago, Langer thanks Strieter for writing to him and providing additional papers relating to Strieter's efforts to prevent the scheduled execution of convicted Nazi war criminal Martin Sandberger.

Langer writes that he is immediately making the papers available to US Senator [Joseph] McCarthy "in order that the Special Senate investigating committee may have them at their disposal," and assures Strieter that he will do all he can to be of help.

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Letter From Pastor T. W. Strieter To Senator Langer Regarding Martin Sandberger, April, 5, 1949, T. W. Strieter

William Langer Papers

In this letter, dated April 5, 1949, from Pastor T. W. Strieter of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Chicago to United States Senator William Langer, Strieter refers to a previous letter he wrote to Langer regarding the case of convicted Nazi war criminal Martin Sandberger, and asks that the testimony included with this letter be added to the materials included with the previous letter, and used to bring about a stay or elimination of Sandberger's planned execution.

The testimony Strieter mentions as being enclosed was not found with this letter in Langer's papers.

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Letter from Pastor T. W. …

Affidavits Regarding Martin Sandberger, 1948-1949, Carl Mothander, John Olsson, James I.A. Dickson, Kurt Mintzel, Eva Sandberger, Karl Sandberger, Hedwig Sandberger, Gustav Adolph Scheel

William Langer Papers

These affidavits, dated variously from 1948 to 1949, attest to the innocence of convicted Nazi War Criminal and SS member Dr. Martin Sandberger, who was sentenced to death by hanging by the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg war crimes trial.

Based on related corresondence, most or all of these affidavits were likely sent to United States Senator William Langer by the Reverend T. W. Strieter of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Chicago. Also in the Langer Collection are several letters from Strieter to Langer in which Strieter refers to enclosed "affidavits" or "documents" that he says indicate either Sandberger's …