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Publication Number:
M1899
Publication Title:
Court-Martial Case Files Relating to the "Hesse Crown Jewels Case", 1944-1952
Content Source:
NARA
National Archives Catalog ID:
2124617
National Archives Catalog Title:
Court-Martial Case Files Relating to the Hesse Crown Jewels Case, compiled 1946 - 1948, documenting the period 1942 - 1948
Record Group:
153
Short Description:
NARA M1899. Trial records of three American officers charged with stealing $2.5 million in jewels and property from Kronberg Castle in 1945.
Publication Declassified:
a:NND 730062 (1940-1944)|b:NARA|d:1973
Roll:
0010
Defendant:
Jack W. Durant
Document Type:
Prosecution Exhibits
Volume:
XIV
Part Number:
1
Court Martial Number:
CM 324235
Original data from:
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Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial

Capt. Kathleen Nash Durant, Maj. Jack W. Durant, and Col. David F. Watson conspired to keep jewels of the House of Hesse and other property discovered in Schloss Friedrichshof at Kronberg, and smuggle them into the United States. Some valuables were returned to the Hesse family, many disappeared. The three officers were imprisoned. The trial documents include depositions, photographs, pleas and sentencing.

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