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; Volume 39; Testimonies of survivors from Israel regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, 1961 - 1962

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; Volume 39; Testimonies of survivors from Israel regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, 1961 - 1962 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 Jewish witnesses who emigrated to Israel, and correspondence regarding these statements. Requests to interview witnesses which were submitted to the following courts: - Kfar Saba, regarding the witness Israel Hochberg; - Ramat Gan, regarding the witnesses Schlomo Stardimer, Baruch Reinermann, Mosze Davidson, Arie Rosenbusch and Miriam Preis; - Tel Aviv, regarding the witness Maria Mendrzycki; - Gavatayim, regarding the witness Mordechai Luftmann; - Azur, regarding the witness Anschel Steinberg; - Tel Aviv, regarding the witnesses Baruch Fronenberg and Jakob Atlasowicz; - Tel Aviv, regarding the witnesses Jehuda Leib Teiblum, Regina Grinberg, Jehoszua Kron, Jehoszua Toporek, Julian Daszewski, Halina (Mandelbaum) Bormann, Henryk Bormann, Jakow Rosen, Chana Wimer, Rachel Freifeld and Irgun Jozei; - Holon, regarding the witnesses Jakob Ender and Erena (Fejgelson) Rojek; - Even Yehuda, regarding the witness Mieczyslaw Gorski; - Ramat Gan, regarding the witness Helene Szereszewska; - Israel, regarding the witness Major P. Chorashti; - Cholon, regarding the witness Mosche Konski; - Shikun Nave Zait, regarding the witness Josef Ezrachi; - Tel Aviv, regarding the witness Symcha Turkieltaub; The requests contain a summary of the indictment against Hermann Hoefle. Translation of testimonies from: Regina Grinberg Jehoszua Korn Jehoszua Toporek Julian Daszewski Halina Bormann Henryk Bormann Jakow Rosen Chana Wimer Rachel Freifeld Abraham David Kershman Maria (Miriam) Mendrzycka – Mann Baruch Frohnenberg Symcha Turkieltaub Anshel Steinberg Jakob Ende Irene Rojek Moshe ( Miecislaw) Konski Mordekhai Luftmann Helene Szereszewska Israel Hochberg Moshe Gorski Josef Ezrachi Perez Chorshati Shlomo Sterdiner Baruch Reinermann Jehuda Leib Leib Rosenbusch Miriam (Feigenbaum) Preis Jakob Atlasowicz Aron Flint Moshe Davidson Jacob Ander The testimonies provide information regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, including the evacuation of the ghetto, atrocities committed by guards, and murders committed by Hoefle, as witnessed by the those giving the testimony. The witnesses also give some information regarding their own experiences, the camps and their escapes (pp. 142-215). Other names mentioned (pp. 142-215): Handke (Hantke) Czerniakow Ludwig Hahn Klaustermeyer Heisermann Sandler Priwat Mueller Steinbrunner Globocnik Marek Alten Wortow Dolph Abraham Mandeltort Blecher Schulz Balaban Brand Flescher Oskar Schilling Selig Hans Paul Richter Jurek Backmann