Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, volume 10: Protocol of the investigation of Juergen Lassmann, 1965 - 1966

Documentation from a trial conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; Documentation of the trial, volume 10; protocol of the investigation of Juergen Lassmann, 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 statements by Juergen Lassmann, born 03 July 1914, a resident of Salzburg, who was a member of the Waffen SS and worked as an architect for the Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte (Research Center for Accommodation in the East) in Lublin. Statement from 10 May 1965: - Work history of the defendant and information regarding his work as an architect for Forschungsstelle fuer Ostunterkuenfte; denial of any knowledge of atrocities against Jews; - Claim that his stepmother is half-Jewish and he protected her and her family. Statement from 8 June 1966: - Reiteration of his claim that he does not know anything. Names mentioned: Globocnik Hanelt Huebscher Egger Sommergruber Singer Stanglica Sachse Bauder Baeder Pinker Wirth Schwarzenbacher