Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial
Records: 12,424 · Complete: 100%
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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"Court-Martial Case Files Relating to the "Hesse Crown Jewels Case", 1944-1952" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/82/hesse-crown-jewels-court-martial: accessed June 28, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial
- Total Records
- 12,424 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M1899
- Record Group
- 153
- Published on Fold3
- 04 Dec 2007
- Last Updated
- 04 Dec 2007
- Description
- NARA M1899. Trial records of three American officers charged with stealing $2.5 million in jewels and property from Kronberg Castle in 1945.
