article_snippet.sent: A British solicitor and former Mayor of Glastonbury has been revealed as a key prosecutor of the evil camp guards of Bergen-Belsen after A British solicitor and former Mayor of Glastonbury liberation in 1945 .
article_snippet.sent: Cecil Hamilton-Miller, from Kensington, London, was responsible for the convictions of 31 concentration camp guards in 1945, including several key Belsen figures, such as camp commander Josef Kramer and Dr Fritz Klein.
article_snippet.sent: Cecil Hamilton-Miller, pictured as Mayor of Glastonbury, was part of the team that prosecuted dozens of the men and women responsible for running the notorious Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp .
article_snippet.sent: Cecil Hamilton-Miller can be seen on the right, watching on as Bergen-Belsen camp commander Josef Kramer, known as The Beast of Belsen, is marched to Cecil Hamilton-Miller death at gunpoint following Cecil Hamilton-Miller trial in 1945 .
article_snippet.sent: A historic photograph found by Cecil Hamilton-Miller family shows Cecil Hamilton-Miller watching on as camp commander Josef Kramer, known as The Beast of Belsen, is marched to his death at gunpoint following his trial.
article_snippet.sent: Recognising that the liberated camps on the continent would require military lawyers, Mr Hamilton-Miller was among those immediately posted immediately to the Territorial Army, 49 Reinforcement Holding Unit, where Mr Hamilton-Miller was appointed Staff Captain to 21 Army Group HQ, War Crimes Investigation Team, arriving at Belsen sometime after May 5 to a horrific, challenging and distressing scene.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hamilton-Miller role appears to have been to assist Major Savile Geoffrey Champion, head of No. 1 War Crimes Investigation Unit, Belsen, to prepare the legal cases against the SS camp personnel.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hamilton-Miller added: 'Cecil's team opened a war crimes investigation office inside the camp and files were opened on each guard. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hamilton-Miller was also responsible for the camp commandant Kramer, the doctor, Dr Klein, and nine guards, being sentenced to death by hanging.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Hamilton-Miller added: 'Many inmates at Belsen had been moved hurriedly from Auschwitz, and Cecil took evidence from witnesses against Nazi criminals such as Dr Mengele, guards responsible for selecting people to go to the gas chambers, as well as conducting horrific medical experiments on people. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Cecil Hamilton-Miller prosecuted dozens of Belsen guards in 1945 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Solicitor responsible for conviction of camp commander Josef Kramer .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Cecil Hamilton-Miller also took evidence from former Auschwitz prisoners .