Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 65: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: Requests to interview German perpetrators and Jewish survivors, 1961

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 65; Trial against Hermann Hoefle; Requests to interview 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 the Main Volume; it contains administrational correspondence and documents, copies of Nazi documents and statements of witnesses. A detailed and complete list of the documents can be found in Aktenverzeichnis, (TR.21/1). - Excerpts from the Eichmann Trial: Statement by Adolf Eichmann regarding Hoefle, Globocnik and the Wannsee Konferenz. presented at the Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem, 10th session, 20 April 1961; Names and Places mentioned: Pohl, Franz Ferdinand Hoess, Treblinka, Auschwitz and Culm (pp. 80-104); Transcription of the statement by Adolf Eichmann, typewritten with handwritten additions by Eichmann (pp. 199-208). Statements of former members of the HSSP Lublin: - Statement by Johannes Hermann Mueller, born 30 July 1895: 05 November 1947: Information regarding Hoefle, mentioning that he regarded the deaths of his children in 1943 as a punishment for his deeds in Warsaw; Names mentioned: Huppenkothen, Globocnik, Ehlich, Potocki, Petrowski and Hoefle; 10 November 1947: Personal history; information that Hoefle was responsible for the evacuation of the Warsaw Ghetto; 24 November 1947: Information regarding Hoefle, Kintrup, Lerch, Globocnik, Mohrenschild and Stroop; 28 November 1947: Information regarding Hermann Kintrup, Ernst Lerch, Hermann Hoefle and Georg Wippern; List of names (by Mueller?) with information regarding Hoefle, Eduard Eichmann and Georg Wippern (pp. 174-185). Statements by witnesses: - Statement by Edward Reicher from 10 September 1948 in Polish (pp. 186-189). - Statement by Z. Warman from 10 June 1948 in Polish (pp. 190). - Statement by Josef Kermisz from 24 September 1961, giving information regarding documents stored in Yad Vashem concerning Hoefle (pp. 105-191). Selection of administrational correspondence and notes: - List of names of Austrian members of the HSSPF Lublin: Hans Bohunsky, Anton Doeltl, Othmar Egger, Franz Eigner, Benedikt Farkas, Karl Helletsberger, Franz Hoedl, Karl Hofbauer, Viktor Knorr, Ernst Lerch, Reinholdt Mohrenschildt, Sepp Nemec, Helmuth Pohl, Josef Raich, Karl Rupp, Alois Rzepa, Rudolf Schleissner, Lothar Seltmann, Franz Stanglica, Walter von Wanka and Karl Wukowits (pp. 193-194). Requests to interview: Hans Heinrich Mohr, Duesseldorf (pp. 3-10); Ludwig Claasen, Aachen (pp. 11-17); Kurt Gnatzky and Heinrich Haemmerle, Wiesbaden (pp. 18-26); Heinrich Theiss, Bad Homburg (pp. 27-39); Georg Diehl, Viktor Kraft, Alexander Alexandrowitsch, David Boruchowicz and Adam Gruenbaum, Frankfurt (pp. 35-43); Kalmar Jankowski, Berlin (pp. 44-51); Karl Ort, Hilders (pp. 52-59); Fritz Feicho, Eberbach (pp. 60-67); Fritz Goede, Waldshut (pp. 68-75); Thomas Anton Wachter, Kronach (pp. 212-219); Hans Heinz Otto Paul Queitsch, (pp. 220-227); Artur Ernst Hubert Potratz, Freiburg (pp. 228-235); Franz Schattmann, Brenz/Heidenheim (pp. 236-243); Guenther Temme and Erich Ernst Carl Mueller, Bremen (pp. 244-252); Georg Bramer, Lueneburg (pp. 253-260); Kalman Jankowsky and Friedrich Gollat (pp. 261-269); Wilhelm Hirt, Gelnhausen (pp. 270-277); Karl Biedenknapp, Adam Gruenbaum and David Boruchowitz, Frankfurt (pp. 278-286); Ted Aaron Back, Munich (pp. 287-294); Maria Trautmann, Hamburg (pp. 259-302) Hans Heinrich Mohr, Herz Lewkowicz, Kurt Bruno Naporra and Friedrich Hassler, Duesseldorf (pp. 303-311); Heinrich Amberg, Schleswig (pp. 312-319); Fritz Ruehrnschopf, Weissenburg (pp. 320-327); Richard Karl Grudno, Windischeschenbach (pp. 328-335); Arnold Schumacher, Goettingen (pp. 336-343); Hubert Paul Becher, Berchtesgarden (pp. 344-351); Johann Daniel Menssen, Duisburg (pp. 352-359); Erhard Ernst Max Schulz, Hamburg (pp. 360-367); Josef Franz Stromberg, Dolmenhorst (pp. 368-375); Elisabeth Grabenhorst, Muenster (pp. 376-383); Gertrud (Schauer) Weitze, Wilhelmshaven (pp. 384-391); Ottmar Strobel, Karlsruhe (pp. 392-399); Friedrich Vogel, Gleisweiler (pp. 400-407); Karl Friedrich Jepsen, Nuremberg (pp. 408-415); Hugo Hampel, Neuenhaus (pp. 416-423); Kurt Nikolaus, Dueren (pp. 424-432); Wilhelm Heuwinkel, Dortmund (pp. 433-440); Hermann Warmbier, Hannover (pp. 441-448); Hans Dietrich Gruenwald, Munich (pp. 449-456); Rudolf Weber, Bonn (pp. 457-464); Emilie (Heckmann) Erhardt, Stuttgart (pp. 463-452); Werner van Look and Werner Roman, Wiesbaden (pp. 453-461). Copies of Nazi documents: “Dokumenty i Meterialy do Dziejow Okupacji Niemieckiej w Polsce; Tom 2; Akcje I Wysiedlenia”, a collection of Nazi documents mentioning Hoefle: 07 March 1942: Deportation of Jews from Mielec (note by Hoefle); 17 March 1942: Note mentioning the deportation of Jews to Belzec, Trawniki, Piaski and Izbica; - Swearing-in form for participants in "Aktion" Reinhard, mentioning Hoefle; - 15 July 1942: Note mentioning that Hoefle is responsible for a card index of confiscated properties; - 18 July 1942: Request for clothes for a camp; - 23 July 1942: Note regarding a card index (pp. 164-173).