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Documentation from a trial conducted against Ernst Lerch and other Austrian war criminals from the SSPF headquarters in Lublin, who participated in "Aktion Reinhardt"

Documentation from a trial conducted against Austrian war criminals, most of whom participated in "Aktion Reinhardt" - Investigation against Hermann Hoefle started in Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) in 1947 (Vg8 6771/47); - Main part of the investigation conducted by Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) from 1956 (11a Vr 1382/56) and Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) from 1962 (27c Vr 852/62); - Final investigation conducted by Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), 1962-1971 (25 Vr 3123/71); - Transfer of the files to the various courts and emendation of the signatures, as well as commencement of various other trials against other Austrian war criminals during the investigation; - Copying of the documents at Landesgericht Klagenfurt and transfer of the copies to Yad Vashem. In the file: - General volumes, containing general administrational information regarding the trial, indexes and collections; - Appendix volumes containing statements and information from trials dealing with similar cases from Germany, mostly from Hamburg; - Main volumes containing documentation, statements and correspondence from the trial.
item Id
6100079
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
Language
German
Record Group
TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
4200
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62)
Location of Originals
LANDESGERICHT KLAGENFURT
Connected to Item
TR. 21: Documentation from trials conducted against war criminals that were held in Austria after the war