William Dowdell Denson papers 1918-2004 1945-1948

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William Dowdell Denson papers 1918-2004 1945-1948

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1832

The collection includes correspondence, clippings, trial transcripts, notebooks, audiovisual materials, and other documents relating to four World War II war crimes trials in Germany and William Dowdell Denson, chief prosecutor at those trials.

15 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351694

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Denson, William D. (William Dowdell)

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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, Dens...