Documentation from the trial conducted in Koblenz against Georg-Albert Heuser and other members of the KdS Minsk; General reports regarding the Holocaust in Belorussia and testimonies by former members of Einsatzkommando 1b, 1959

Documentation from the trial conducted in Koblenz against Georg-Albert Heuser and other members of the KdS Minsk; General reports regarding the Holocaust in Belorussia and testimonies by former members of Einsatzkommando 1b, 1959 The document is Appendix Volume 1 to the trial conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin - Report regarding the investigation of Erich Ehrlinger, commander of Einsatzkommando 1b of the Security Police, accused of killing over 15,000 Jews and political opponents as a part of Einsatzgruppe A, 07 July 1941-01 December 1942; later service as the commander of the Security Police and the Security Service Kiev, January 1942- August 1943; further accusation of ordering additional killings; head of the Security Police and Einsatzgruppe B in Minsk (pp. 2-16); - Summary of reports from the occupied Eastern territories, 01 May 1942-15 May 1943 (pp. 17-22); - Report regarding combat with partisans and "Aktions" against Jews in Belorussia submitted by Generalkommisar für Weißruthenien (General Commissioner for Belorussia) Wilhelm Kube to the Reichskommissar for the eastern territories Heinrich Lose; liquidation of more than 55,000 Jews within a ten week period, with exemptions given only to Jews working in businesses essential to the Wehrmacht, 31 July 1942 (pp. 23-26); - Brief descriptions of people working for the SIPO and SD commando in Minsk, Belorussia, including name, rank, physical appearance and origin: Eduard Strauch, Friedler, Paul Bohndorf, Dr. Kunz, Maiwald, Bleyer, Kaul, Greib, Dalheimer, Mueller, Hans Schneider, Schlegel, Artur Wilke, Ulrich Friedrich, Kurt Stiller, Dr. Georg Heuser, Helmut Heiss, Gerhard Müller, Madecker, Junker, Renndoerfer, Schaupeter, Dr. Schilling Ullrich, Gornig, Sepp and Klingelhofer (pp. 27-31); - Diagram of the hierarchy within the administration and police authorities in USSR areas under the German civil government, December 1942-October 1943 (p. 32); - Testimony of Wilhelm Hellmann, policeman and member of Einsatzgruppe 1b, a group of 100-120 men, mostly from the Schmiedberg Police Academy, under the command of Ehrlinger: first deployment in Gumbinnen, June 1941; example cited from Kaunas, where they were assisted by Lithuanian locals who had already rounded up the Jews to be shot by the Einsatzgruppe and Lithuanian policemen; transfer five days later to Dünaburg, where they fought partisans; transfer to Pleskau where they remained a few weeks; transfer to Novgorod and then to Tosno, where they remained until spring 1942; transfer to Minsk, under a new commander, Strauch; transfer to Wilejka; assignment of the group to a branch of the KdS and the SD Weißruthenien (Belorussia) under the leadership of Grave; shooting of a group of 70-80 people, composed mostly of elderly Jews and a few children, autumn 1942; claim by the witness that he served as a guard, not as a shooter, during this execution; information regarding other executions in the area in which he did not participate; transfer home to Essen, Germany, on his own request, January 1944 (pp. 38-57); - Additional testimony of Wilhelm Hellmann; recognition of Ehrlinger and Boch when shown their pictures (pp. 58-60); - Testimony of Hubert Munk, a member of the Einsatzkommando 1b: while a policeman he went from Augsburg to Oppeln where he was equipped with an SS uniform and deployed in the Einsatzkommando; start of the mission in Radom; sent to Dünaburg via Rovno at the start of the Russlandfeldzug (invasion of Russia); in Dünaburg for three weeks; advance to Tosno until early December 1941; transfer to Riga; transfer to Minsk until February 1944; transfer to Berlin together with Ehrlinger; in Berlin until April 1945 (pp. 61-74); - Additional testimonies of Hubert Munk in response to questions regarding people with whom he might have worked (pp. 75-143); - Testimony of Heinrich Joppen, assistant to the criminal police, member of Einsatzkommando 1b: those assigned to the Einsatzkommando received equipment and basic training in Pretzsch; assignment of their commander shortly before their departure to eastern Prussia; claim that they had no work there, but he heard that the Jews of Lithuania would be shot; part of the unit remained in Kovno; departure for Dünaburg by the witness' group; wounded in Dünaburg, and hears of the executions committed by his unit; joins a Panzerzug (Wehrmacht Tank Unit) to fight against partisans; later reunion with the rest of Einsatzkommando 1b in Tosno, October 1941; return to Essen, April 1942; remainsg in Germany; transfer to Paris where his main concern is police work; transfer to Dortmund shortly before the end of the war; imprisonment by the US Army (pp. 143 - 163); - Additional testimony of Heinrich Joppen; questions regarding Dr. Heuser (pp. 164-166).