Denson, William D. (William Dowdell)

William Dowdell Denson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 31, 1913. He was educated at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he graduated in 1934. Instead of entering the military immediately, Denson worked towards his law degree, which he received from Harvard Law School in 1937. In 1942, he was called up for active duty to teach law at West Point. In 1945, he became a chief prosecutor for the Judge Advocate General's Department in Europe. In this capacity, Denson was in charge of prosecuting Nazis and collaborators from the concentration camps of Mauthausen in Austria and Dachau, Flossenbürg (Concentration camp), and Buchenwald in Germany. All of the defendants save four were convicted. While in Europe, Denson met Countess Constance von Francken-Sierstorpff (Huschi), whom he married in 1949. Denson returned to the United States in 1947 to be a lawyer for the Atomic Energy Commission and later entered private practice on Long Island, New York. William Denson died on December 13, 1998. Constance Denson died on December 5, 2006.

From the description of William Dowdell Denson papers, 1918-2004 (inclusive), 1945-1948 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172272

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