Documentation from a trial conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; protocol from the trial of Josef Schinwald

Documentation from a trial conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; protocol from the trial of Josef Schinwald - 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 statements made by Josef Schinwald, born 11 August 1903, a resident of Goemig, Salzburg; he was a member of SS Infanterieregiment 8 who trained Ukrainians in Trawniki. Statement from 12 May 1965: - Information regarding the evacuation of the Lublin Ghetto; claim that he did not want to participate in the evacuation and stayed outside the ghetto as a guard; receipt of orders in Trawniki from Schwarzenbacher; claim that Kollaritsch enjoyed the evacuation of the ghetto; sight of dead bodies; witnessing Ukrainians killing Jews to get their watches; murder of the old and the infirm people who were not able to walk while still in the ghetto, although, to the extent of his knowlege, there was no order to do so; - Admission that he and his unit participated in the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto, but a further claim that they guarded outside the ghetto. (pp. 3-8).