Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 2: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies by Austrian and German perpetrators and Jewish survivors, 1961

Documentation from trials conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court), Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) and Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin: Trial against Hermann Hoefle; Testimonies by Austrian and German perpetrators and Jewish survivors, 1961 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 Main Volume. This file contains administrational correspondence and documents, correspondence and requests regarding defendants and witnesses, and statements from witnesses and defendants. A detailed and full list of documents can be found in Aktenverzeichnis (Docket), (TR.21/1). - Report concerning Hermann Hoefle, born in Nuremberg, Fuerth or Augsburg, 12 September 1898, p. 10-12; - Documents regarding the arrest of Hermann Hoefle, born in Salzburg, 19 June 1911 [sic] p. 14-22; - Statements by Hermann Josef Worthoff, born in Bergisch Gladbach, 23 March 1910, regarding his personal history, the evacuation of the Lublin Ghetto, the evacuation of the Majdan Tatarski Ghetto, the shooting of Jews in a forest near Majdanek, the shooting of Jews from an old age home, the shooting of Jewish children from an orphanage, the shooting of Jews near Krepiczc, the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the shooting of Jews from a hospital in Lublin, 09 November 1960, 10 November 1960, 18 November 1960 and 30 November 1960 (pp. 28-52); - Statement by Johannes Mueller regarding the evacuations of the Lublin Ghetto and the Warsaw Ghetto , 24 November 1960 (pp. 53-65); - Statements by Georg Michalsen, born in Wendrin, 13 September 1906, regarding his personal history; the evacuations of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Piaski Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto; his admission of participation in the evacuations; his admission of witnessing the shooting of Jews in Riga, 24 January 1961 and 25 January 1961 (pp. 65-88); - Statement by Hermann Worthoff, born 23 March 1910, regarding Hermann Hoefle (Hoefele)and identification of Hoefle (Hoefele), 27 February 1961 (pp. 93-95); - Statement by Georg Michalsen regarding the arrangements for “Aktion" Reinhard and the evacuation of the ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin, Piaski and Miendzyrzec, 14 February 1961 (pp. 97-106); - Statement by Willy Natke, born in Gross-Raesche, 04 November 1902, regarding his personal history and his service as a personal servant of Globocnik and later Sporrenberg; the evacuation of the ghettos in Warsaw and Bialystok (pp. 107-109); - Statement by Max Mueller regarding the transmission of orders in the Hoehere SS und Polizeifuehrer (HSSPF-SS and Police Chief) Lublin (pp. 110-114); - Statement by Otto Hantke, born in Katscher, 21 July 1907, regarding his personal history and the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto; admission of participation in the evacuation (pp. 115-119); - Statement by Gerhard Stabenow, born in Halle, 26 January 1906, regarding the evacuation of a ghetto (p. 121); - Statement by Georg Michalsen regarding members of the Umsiedlungsstab (resettlement staff) in the Warsaw Ghetto, 07 March 1961 (pp. 123-124); - Statement by Otto Hantke regarding members of the Umsiedlungsstab in the Warsaw Ghetto, 07 March 1961 (pp. 125-126); - List of documents related to the HSSP Lublin, from the Nuremberg Trials (pp. 127-134); - Requests concerning the witnesses R.A. Libo in Lodz, Willi Natke in Hamburg, Georg Michalsen in Hamburg, Otto Hantke in Duisburg, T. Berenstein in Warsaw, A. Eisenbach in Warsaw, A. Rutkowski in Warsaw, Johannes Mueller in Wiesbaden, Hermann Worthoff in Wiesbaden, Gerhard Stabenow in Bremen, Max Mueller in Bremen, Lochmil Gartenkraut in Frankfurt, and Josef Kermisz in Jerusalem (pp. 135-179); - Statement by the Jewish survivor Mieczyslaw Kamionek regarding Hermann Hoefele, 20 March 1961 (pp. 180-181); - Photographs of Hermann Hoefle, born in Augsburg, 12 September 1898 (pp. 184-186); - List of defendants in a trial in Duesseldorf (UR 1 21/59): Kurt Franz, Willi Grossmann, Max Kuettner, Willi Maetzig, Gustav Muenzberger, Franz Stangl, Franz Suchomel, Willi Baelitz, Paul Bredow, Hans Heimbusch (Heinbuch), Heinrichs, Richard Hiller, Otto Horn, Karol (Korol), Kurt (Kurth) Chazyn, Erwin Lambert, Emil Lanz, Karl Ludwig, Arthur Mathis, Willi Mentz, August Miete, Robert Moeller, Karl Prefi, Kurt Seidel (Seidler, Zeidler) Karl Schiffner, Fritz Schmidt, Otto Stadie, Herbert Stumpe and Weisshaar (pp. 192-195); - Statements by Max Mueller and Gerhard Stabenow regarding Hermann Hoefele, 24 April 1961 (pp. 196-208); - Statement by Maria Schmal, born in Salzburg, 04 March 1912; Maria Schmal lived in Lublin with her husband, June 1941-April 1942; description of the situation in the ghetto (pp. 218-221); - Statement by Max Czichotzki Runhof, born in Drewze/Bromberg, 25 March 1916, regarding his personal history as an adjutant of Globocnik in Lublin; description of events related to the confiscation of Jewish valuables; description of the organization of the HSSP Lublin, 15 September 1961 (pp. 228-237); Names mentioned: Wilhelm Eckhardt (p. 6-7) Hermann Kintrup (p. 6-7) Ernst Lerch (p. 6-7) Johannes Mueller (p. 6-7) Johann Offermann (p. 6-7) Guenther Sachse (p. 6-7) Jakob Sporrenberg (p. 6-7) Hermann Hoefle (p. 6-7) Hermann Worthoff (p. 6-7) Hans Edlinger (p. 11) Kalisch (p. 29) Konopka (p. 29) Krichel (p. 29) Walter (p. 29) Liska (p. 32) Pluetz (p. 32) Rohlfing (p. 32) Grajer (p. 33) Goldfarb (p. 33 ff) Marek (p. 33) Alten (p. 33) Sturm (p. 35) Honigmann (p. 35) Klawier (p. 35) Knitzky (p. 47) Lewandowski (p. 53) the Toebbens Company (p. 74) Schulz (company) (p. 74) Hantke (p. 76) Gross (p. 76) Zimmermann (p. 77) Wirth (p. 80) Schwarz (p. 80) Oberhauser (p. 80) Stangl (p. 80) Hering (p. 81) Franz (p. 81) Eichmann (p. 81) Himmler (p. 81) Brand (p. 101) Bartetzko (p. 104) Jeckel (p. 105) M. Reich (Marcel Reich-Ranicki) (p. 184) Blankenburg (p. 233)