Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 13: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies by 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 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, and statements of witnesses. A detailed and complete list of documents can be found in the Aktenverzeichnis (docket), (TR.21/1). Statements by former members of the HSSP Lublin and other Nazi organizations: - Statement by Hugo Koehler given 18 December 1961: Claim that he does not know anything about the mentioned events (pp. 259-271). - Statement by Albrecht Zahn who worked as a clerk for the train department in Lublin, given 13 December 1961: Admission that the train personnel and his office knew that the transported Jews were going to be murdered (pp. 272-290). - Statement by Heinrich Amberg given 15 December 1961: Claim that he does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request (pp. 291-304). - Statement by Fritz Goede, police commander in the Warsaw District, given 14 December 1961: Claim that he does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request (pp. 317-331). - Statement by Adam Hofmann given 19 December 1961: Claim that he does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request; description of suppression of Communist activity in the Warsaw Ghetto pp. 332-343). - Statement by Thomas Anton Wachter, born 12 February 1919, given 19 December 1961: Claim that he does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request; report on suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; Names mentioned: Bellwitt and Artmann (pp. 356-367). - Statement by Emilie Erhardt, born 19 June 1911, given 19 December 1961: Claim that she does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request (pp. 372-384). - Statement by Werner Weitze given 21 December 1961: Claim that he does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request; very little information regarding the administration; Names mentioned: Dr. Hahn (pp. 401-412). - Statement by Ludwig Claasen given 20 December 1961: Claims that he does not know anything about the events mentioned in the request; Names mentioned: Major Katzmann (pp. 413-423). Statements by witnesses: - Statement by Benek Benjamin Eichner given 12 December 1961: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1940-1942; report of several shootings; emphasis on the fact that Hoefle personally shot people; Names mentioned: Raumkommando, Dirks, Schulz, Teppens (Toebbens), Plazuffka, Blecher, Klastermeier (Klaustermeyer), Pinker (Jewish funeral service), Brand, Estrlein, Bernd, Konrad and Schubert; Places mentioned: Nisska 20, Okemko, Okopowa, Majdanek, Treblinka and Radom (pp. 251-254). - Statement by Fela Kornmann given 13 December 1961: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; work at the Schulz factory; in hiding in a bunker; discovery; arrest; deportation to Majdanek; transfer to Auschwitz; transfer to Ravensbrueck; transfer to Neustadt-Glewi (pp. 272-290). - Statement by Salomon Majzels given 13 December 1961: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; deportation to Majdanek, April 1943; murder of his wife and children in Majdanek; Names mentioned: Dr. Frank (pp. 272-290). - Statement by Chaim Gurgiel given 15 December 1961: Deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto to Lublin; transfer to the camp in Lipowastrasse 7 (pp. 272-290). - Statement by Sewek Warszawski, born 07 July 1911, given 19 December 1961: There is a page missing (pp. 305-316). - Statement by Szolek Szafran given 19 December 1961: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; deportation to Majdanek, 10 May 1943; reports regarding deportations and shootings, especially of the elderly and handicapped people; Names mentioned: Hahn and Brand (pp. 344-355). - Statement by Benjamin Gruszka given 08 December 1961: Life in the Warsaw Ghetto; little information regarding deportations; Places mentioned: Treblinka, Majdanek, Ponatow and Sobibor (pp. 385-644). Selection of administrational correspondence and notes: Request to interview: Zachary Schwarzberg, New Jersey (pp. 3-33); Michael Gernstein, New Jersey (pp. 34-64); Nathan Spinner, Detroit (pp. 65-95); Wolf Jonisz, Detroit (pp. 96-126); Alfred Zimmermann, St. Louis (pp. 127-157); Sol Lieber, Los Angeles (pp. 158-188); Israel Roblit, Hattopan [sic] (pp. 189-210); Moshe Zyylberberg, Wilmington (pp. 220-250).