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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; protocol from the trial of Anton Kreuzer

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; protocol from the trial of Anton Kreuzer 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 testimony by Anton Kreuzer, born 02 June 1911, a resident of Vienna, who was a member of a guard unit in Lublin and worked in the Bekleidungslager (clothing warehouse). Statement from 23 April 1965: - Claim by the defendant that he has no information regarding the murder of Jews; admission that he heard that, in the camps where he worked, inmates were beaten by other guards; - Report that few people were able to escape from camps; - Work training Lithuanian soldiers; - Transfer to another unit, fall 1942 (pp. 3-7).
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7053055
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Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
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20
details.fullDetails.language
German
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TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
details.fullDetails.earliestDate
23/04/1965
details.fullDetails.latestDate
23/04/1965
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NO
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6
details.fullDetails.signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62)
details.fullDetails.originalLocation
LANDESGERICHT KLAGENFURT
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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"
details.fullDetails.dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection