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August Hagenbach
August Hagenbach (22 December 1871 – 8 November 1949) was a Swiss physicist working in spectroscopy.
He was the son of physicist Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff and obtained his Ph.D. in 1894 at the University of Leipzig with a thesis titled """" under the supervision of Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann.
In 1906 he took over the chaired professorship at the University of Basel earlier held by his father.
In 1926 he was rector of the University of Basel.
One of his students was Ernst Stueckelberg
War crimes trial
A war crimes trial is the trial of persons charged with criminal violation of the laws and customs of war and related principles of international law committed during armed conflict.
History.
The trial of Peter von Hagenbach by an ad hoc tribunal of the Holy Roman Empire in 1474, was the first “international” war crimes trials and also of command responsibility. Hagenbach was put on trial for atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, found guilty, and beheaded. Since he was convicted for crimes,