Documentation from the trial of Dr. Ludwig Hahn, Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) in Warsaw, 1943, on the charge of murder of Jews, held in the Hamburg Regional Court; testimonies, mostly by former German officials and soldiers, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, November 1960-February 1961

Documentation from the trial of Dr. Ludwig Hahn, Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) in Warsaw, 1943, on the charge of murder of Jews, held in the Hamburg Regional Court; testimonies, mostly by former German officials and soldiers, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, November 1960-February 1961 - Testimony of Hermann Worthoff, head of the Judenreferat (Department for Jewish Affairs) in Lublin, 1941-42-autumn 1943 and a member of the KdS Lublin, May-June 1941-July 1944, regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto under the command of Dr. Hahn (pp. 4-11); - Testimony of Paul Richard Dohrmann, a member of the Polizeireservekompanie (Police Reserve Company) Warsaw, spring 1942-1943 (pp. 12-13); - Testimony of Hans-Werner Lopass, a member of Einsatzkommando 10 in Warsaw until 31 August 1940 (p. 14); - Testimony of Erich Julius Pietsch, a member of the KdS Warsaw, May 1943-July 1944; economic supervisor of the Dzielna prison, from August 1943, regarding the Dzielna prison (pp. 15-21); - Testimony of Hans Heinrich Konrad Hugo Gustav Antze, a member of the Technischer Kriegsverwaltungsrat (Technical War Board) in Warsaw, summer 1940-spring 1943, regarding incidents on the Umschlagplatz (pp. 22-23); - Testimony of Kurt Karl Gottfried Betkenhagen, an SS Heerscharfuehrer, and head of motor vehicle transports to Warsaw, 1939-1940 (p. 27); - Testimony of Erwin Fischer, a member of the SS cavalry division in Lodz and Russia until December 1941, and a riding instructor in Warsaw from spring 1943 (p. 28); - Testimony of Artur Paul Rapp, a Kriegsverwaltungsoberinspektor (War Administration Inspector General) of the Ruestungskommando (Armored Commando) in Warsaw, 1939-1944 (p. 29); - Testimony of Albert Fassbender, Obersturmbannfuehrer, a member of the SS cavalry division in Poland, autumn 1939-summer 1942 (pp. 30 - 31); - Testimony of Wilhelm Koppe, Hoehere SS und Polizeifuehrer (HSSPF-SS and Police Chief) Warthegau, 26 October 1939-09 November 1943; chief of Heeresgruppe Weichsel-Krakau Special Staff IV from 09 November 1943; Police Chief and Staatsekretaer fuer das Sicherheitswesen (Secretary of State for Security) in Krakow from 30 January 1942; due to non-cooperation of the witness, there is no protocol of the interview (pp. 32-33); - Testimony of Friedrich Wertz, a member of Polizeibataillon 4 in Warsaw until May 1940, who served again in Warsaw, spring 1943 (pp. 34-35); - Testimony of Erich Deidert, a member of the Ruestungskommando, April 1941-15 January 1943, regarding a selection on the Umschlagplatz (pp. 36-37); - Testimony of Johann Niessner, a member of the cavalry division in Warsaw from 15 January 1942, regarding his participation in deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto for nine days in May 1943 (pp. 39-40); - Notes regarding Engineer Landau (a Jewish Ghetto Police officer in the Warsaw Ghetto), Abraham Pigowy (a merchant in the Warsaw Ghetto), Halmann (a German deliveryman in the Warsaw Ghetto), Tillemann (a member of the Ghetto Police), Jan Wieczislo (allegedly an important anti-fascist in Warsaw) and Abraham Ganzweich (who perished in the Warsaw Ghetto) (pp. 41-42); - Testimony of an unnamed German regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, undated (pp. 43-44); - Testimony of Bruno Streckenbach, head of the SIPO and the SD in Krakow until 1940, regarding the structure of the SD in occupied Poland (pp. 45-49); - Indictment against Hans Roeger, an SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer, who allegedly committed atrocities in Poland (pp. 50-51); - Testimony of Ewald Sternagel, head of the Polizeibataillon in Warsaw, spring-autumn 1943, regarding the "Aktion" in the Warsaw Ghetto, spring 1943, executions and atrocities (pp. 52-55); - Testimony of Gerhard Stabenow, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1940-1943, regarding the murder of the lawyer, Dr. Eitner, the power of Odilo Globocnik and questions of responsibilities during the "Aktion" in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943 (pp. 56-58); - Testimony of Hermann Warmbier, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1940-1943, regarding the murder of Dr. Eitner and accusation of a man named Stromberg of the actual murder (pp. 59-60); - Testimony of Heinrich Lauts, a former consultant of the Toebbens Company, 1941-1944, regarding the policy of Toebbens and Odilo Globocnik (pp. 61-62); - Testimony of Josef Franz Stromberg, a member of the KdS department for Polish resistance in Warsaw from 1940; regarding the "Aktion" in 1943, and the murder of Dr. Eitner (pp. 65-68); - Testimony of Erich Ernst Carl Mueller, a member of the KdS intelligence service in Warsaw, 1940-1944, regarding certain members of the KdS and questions of responsibilities during the "Aktion" in 1943 (pp. 69-75); - Testimony of Wilhelm Gottlieb, head of the KdS department for economic crimes, and a member of the KdS intelligence service, 1942-1943; regarding the shooting of hostages, and questions of responsibilities in the KdS and the SSPF (pp. 80-86); - Investigation notes regarding Hoehmann who is accused of the murder of Jews on several counts (p. 87); - Testimony of Alfred Wilhelm Kurt Pagel, office manager of the SD in Warsaw, 1939-1944, regarding his responsibilities in Warsaw (p. 88); - Testimony of Ehrhard Ernst Max Schulz, a member of the KdS intelligence service in Warsaw from 1939, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 90-94); - Testimony of Friedrich Hassler, a member of the Ruestungskommando in Warsaw, 1939-1944, regarding atrocities committed by the SS in the Warsaw Ghetto (p. 95); - Testimony of Willy Schmidt, head of the KdS Kraftfahrabteilung (Automotive Division), 1941-1943, regarding the "resettlement" of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, executions of partisans and gas vans (pp. 96-100); - Testimony of Johann Daniel Menssen, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1940-1944 (p. 101); - Testimony of Walter Knoll, a member of the KdS department for combating Communists until 1943, regarding the murder of two Jews allegedly committed by Hoehmann, conditions in the Dzielna prison and the character of Hahn (pp. 103-108); - Testimony of Georg Folta, a member of the Befelhlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei undes SD (BdS – Commander-in Chief of the Security Police and SD) Warsaw, 1942-1944; regarding executions of partisans, conditions in the Dzielna prison and the responsibilities of Hahn (pp. 110-113); - Testimony of Ferdinand John, a member of a police unit in Warsaw, 1944, regarding the uprising of the partisans in Warsaw and the executions of Polish children and the elderly (pp. 120-123); - Translation of the text "Liquidation of Jewish Warsaw", 15 November 1942, sent by the combined secret agencies of the Resistance Movement to the Polish government-in-exile in London, the original text was found in the Ringelblum archives: circumstances of the liquidation; criteria for the selections; passivity of the Judenrat; correspondence between the Resistance Movement and the Judenrat; suicide of Adam Czerniakow, the head of the Judenrat; methods used by the Jewish Ghetto Police; incidents on the Umschlagplatz; the number of deportees and deaths in July, August and September; property of the deportees and ghettos in the province of Poland (pp. 125-160); - Testimony of Margarete (Nowak) Arleth, typist of Dr. Eitner, 1940-1942, regarding the murder of Dr. Eitner (pp. 166-169); - Testimony of Herbert Becker, head of the Orpo in Poland, 1939-1943, regarding the hierarchal structure of the Orpo and his lack of knowledge regarding "Aktion" Reinhard (pp. 170-173); - Testimony of Johannes Alfred Boehm, SS Hauptsturmfuehrer, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1940 - 1943, regarding the people responsible for the progress of the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the deportation of detainees to Auschwitz (pp. 174-178); - Testimony of Ludwig Wilhelm Leist, Stadthauptmann in Warsaw, 1939- 944, regarding Adam Czerniakow, Ludwig Hahn, Jürgen Stroop, his lack of knowledge of "Aktion" Reinhard, his lack of knowledge of the details of the "Aktion" and his lack of knowledge of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (pp. 179-184); - Testimony of Szolek Szafran (Jewish), born 1930, regarding his experiences: early years in Warsaw; life in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-1943; deportation to Majdanek, 1943; transfer to the Skarzysko-Kamienna camp, 1943-1944; transfer to Buchenwald, 1944; transfer to the Schlieben camp, 1944; transfer back to Buchenwald, 1945; liberation in Buchenwald (pp. 185-189); - Testimony of Johannes Mueller, a commander in the KdS Warsaw, 1940, who also served at the KdS Lublin from 1941, regarding Globocnik and the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 190-191); - Testimony of Karl August Bertram, a member of the Gestapo in Warsaw, 1940-1944; regarding his supervisors, the gas van of the KdS, his lack of knowledge of "Aktion" Reinhard, and atrocities against Jews (pp. 192-198); - Testimony of Willibald Schober, a member of the SD in Warsaw, 1940, regarding the prison in the KdS headquarters in Warsaw (pp. 199- 201); - Testimony of Gotthard Kwiatkowski, a lawyer in Breslau, 1939-1944, regarding the murder of Dr. Eitner (p. 202); - Testimony of H. J. Lemor, a lawyer, regarding the murder of Dr. Eitner (p. 203); - Testimony of Lieselotte Eitner, widow of Dr. Eitner, regarding the 1944 murder of her husband (pp. 205-206); - Testimony of Arnold Schumacher, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1941, regarding executions of Poles and Jews (pp. 208-209); - Testimony of Richard Karl Grudnow, a police inspector of the KdS Warsaw, 1941-1944, regarding several members of the KdS Warsaw, the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, and his lack of knowledge of any extermination measures taken against Jews (pp. 210-213); - Testimony of Otto Kraatz, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1939-1941, regarding several members of the KdS Warsaw (pp. 214-216); - Testimony of Abraham Pigowy (Jewish), born 1907, regarding his experiences: life in Warsaw before the war; life in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-1943; deportation to Majdanek, 1943-?; the creation and liquidation of the ghetto; selection on the Umschlagplatz, and the Toebbens company (pp. 217-219); - Testimony of Artur Ernst Herbert Potratz, head of the staff department of the KdS Warsaw, 1941-1944 (pp. 220-221); - Testimony of Fritz August Goede, chief of the gendarmerie in Warsaw, 1943 (pp. 222-223); - Testimony of Friedrich Scholz, a tank soldier in Warsaw, 1943, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (p. 224); - Testimony of Friedel (Warmbier) Mayer, a typist for the KdS Warsaw, 1942-1943, regarding executions and the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 226-227); - Testimony of Karl Weidhard, a member of the police in Warsaw, 1942-1944, regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 229-231); - Testimony of Roman Werner, a member of the KdS Warsaw, 1941-1944, regarding Hahn's character (pp. 232-234); - Testimony of Anton Heit, a member of the SS cavalry unit in Warsaw, 1942-1943, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the murder of a Jewish boy in the ghetto, and supervision of the atrocities by Obersturmfuehrer Jahn (pp. 240-241); - Letter from Gruppenfuehrer Juergen Stroop, entitled "Es gibt keinen juedischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr" (There is no Jewish quarter in Warsaw any more), addressed to Obergruppenfuehrer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krueger: the Nazi soldiers and Nazi combatants who were killed in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ("bei der Vernichtung von Juden [...] gefallen") (pp. 246-247); the wounded (pp. 248-250); the Warsaw Ghetto, in general, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, specifically, 1943 (pp. 252-263); - Collection of several letters written by Gruppenfuehrer Juergen Stroop, entitled "Taegliche Meldungen" (daily news), addressed to Obergruppenfuehrer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krueger: daily reports regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, casualties, hostilities between the SS, the SD and other Nazi troops and the Ghetto Fighters, 1943 (pp. 264-320); - Collection of photographs regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, undated (pp. 321-371).