Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin: Administrative documentation of the courts (including application and ordinance forms) regarding the investigation and the trial, 1948 - 1978

Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court)and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; Administrative documentation of the courts regarding the investigation and the trial, 1948 - 1978 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. The overall arrangement of the files includes three kinds of volumes: - 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. This file is part of a General Volume; it contains administrational documentation from the investigation and the trial, mainly correspondence between the attorney and the judge, different forms of application and ordinance, and correspondence with other courts in Austria and Germany. In the documentation there are also requests for witness’ statements and correspondence regarding witnesses. Important documents: - Application for the opening of an investigation against Gustav Wagner (pp. 4-6); - Documents concerning the finding of Hermann Hoefle (pp. 7-30); - Profile of Hermann Hoefle (pp. 19-20); - Information regarding the investigation in 1947 (pp. 28); - Application to detain Hoefle for questioning (pp. 55); - Application for the opening of an investigation against Hans Bohunsky, Franz Eigner, Franz Hoedl, Ernst Lerch, Reinhold Mohrenschildt, Helmut Pohl Alois Rzepa, Rudolf Schleissner, Anton Doeltl, Othmar Egger, Benedikt Farkas, Karl Hofbauer, Sepp Nemec, Josef Raich, Karl Rupp, Lothar Seltmann, Walter Wanka, Karl Wukowits, Franz Stangl, Gustav Wagner, Karl Helletsberger, Viktor Knorr, Franz Stanglica, Irmfried Eberl and Franz Reichleitner (pp. 95-98); - Information regarding transports from Vienna to Opole and Izbica, 15 February 1941, 26 February 1941, 9 April 1942, 12 May 1942, 15 May 1942, 5 June 1942 and 14 June 1942, (pp. 100); - Note stating that Hoefle himself killed Jews in the Sobibor concentration camp (pp. 115). Names Mentioned: - Hubert Huber, Anna Santner (pp. 21); - Hans Edlinger, Otto Ranz (pp. 29); - Balthasar Striednig, Johannes Mueller (also on p. 57), Johann Offermann, Zygmunt Warman, Stanislaw Adler (pp. 31); - T. Berenstein, A. Eisenbach, A. Rutowski, A.Libo, Josef Kermisz, (pp. 58); - Mieczyslaw Kamionek, Rachmil Gartenkraut (pp. 59); - Eduard Reicher (pp. 80); - Marcel Ranicki-Reich (pp. 88); - Hala Frydmann, Alexander Weissberg-Cybulsky (pp. 89); - Turkieltaub, Kilchenstein, N. Kuechenhoff, Heinrich Birmes, Shlomo Stardimer, Teiblum, Eichner, Konski, Grinberg, Preis, Luftmann, Toporek, Daszewski, Gorski, Wolenfeld, Rosen, Freifeld, Rojek, Borman, Chana Wimer, Ezrachi, Kron, Ender, Reinerman, Chajkin, Dawidson, Steinberg, Rosenbusch (pp. 91); - Rachel Auerbach, Hersz Wasser, Diana Blumenfeld, Franz Blaettler, Isaak Cukierman, Cywia Lubetkin, H. Novogrodzki, Kermisz, Simcha Rathauser (Kazik) (pp. 99) - Friedrich Frauenhofer pg 127.