Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin; Statements by SS-Untersturmfuehrer Gerhard Huebscher, formerly engineer at Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte (research site for settling in the East) in Lublin, regarding the liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto in August 1943, from the years 1965 - 1966

Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; Statements by SS-Untersturmfuehrer Gerhard Huebscher, formerly engineer at Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte (research site for settling in the East) in Lublin, regarding the liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto in August 1943, from the years 1965 - 1966 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 the testimony of Gerhard Huebscher, 07 May 1965 in Linz and correspondence related to the trial. Testimony of Gerhard Huebscher, 07 May 1965 in Linz: - Born 18 August 1916; a resident of Linz; - An engineer at the Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte (research site for settling in the East) in Lublin, January- November 1943; work as an engineer in Trieste under Odilo Globocnik, November 1943-November 1944; an SS Untersturmfuehrer from 21 June 1943; - Witness to the liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto and the deportation of 18,000-20,000 Jews, 13-16 August 1943; participation in the planning meeting; ordered to organize train cars in Koenigsberg; detailed description of this incident; - Discussion of his work at the Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte; mention that he also handled settlers from the Netherlands; comments regarding various members of the Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte, including Gustav Hanelt and his role as director (pp. 2-23; 28-39). Correspondence of various regional courts regarding the criminal proceedings against Gerhard Huebscher (pp. 23-27).