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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, volume 25: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: testimonies of survivors from the Warsaw Ghetto and other places in Poland regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto and persecution of the Polish Jews in Polish and in German translation, 1960 - 1962

Documentation from a trial 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: Volume 25, Documentation of the trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies of survivors from the Warsaw Ghetto and other places in Poland regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and persecution of the Polish Jews (in Polish and in German translation), 1960-1962 - Testimonies of Warsaw Ghetto survivors regarding the liquidation of the ghetto (translated into German) (pp. 4-281), including a report based on the testimonies (pp. 8-79) regarding: - The liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 8-9); - The annihilation of Warsaw Jewry (pp. 9-20); - Hermann Hoeffle addressing the Judenrat of the Warsaw Ghetto with orders regarding the so-called "resettlement" of the Jews (pp. 20-25) and strategies and psychological tactics used by the Germans in the operation; - Stages of the liquidation (reduction of the Ghetto) (pp. 25-65); the period after the liquidation and conclusions (pp. 65-79). - Testimony of Jehuda Leib Teiblum (pp. 80-81); - Testimony of Motel Loptmann regarding the August "Aktion" (p. 82); - Testimony of Julian Daszewski regarding, among other topics, Otto Hantke (pp. 83-91); - Testimony of Elijahu Rosenberg (pp. 92-101); - Testimony of Irena Rojek regarding, among other topics, deportation to the labor camp in Poniatowa (pp. 102-107); - Testimony of Jehoshua Szabaton (pp. 108-113); - Testimony of Mina Miller (pp. 114-121); - Testimony of Jehoszua Toporek regarding, among other topics, his deportation to Lublin, Budzyn, Radom, Auschwitz and then Germany (pp. 122); - Testimony of Shlomo Sterdiner (pp. 122-139); - Testimony of Henryk Borman (pp. 140-151); - Testimony of Halina Borman regarding, among other topics, Otto Hantke (pp. 152-165); - Testimony of Rachel Freifeld (pp. 166-171); - Testimony of Jakub Rosen (pp.172-175); - Testimony of Mieczyslaw Gorski (pp. 176-185); - Testimony of Chana Wimer (pp. 186-199); - Testimony of Benjamin Eichner (pp. 200-205); - Testimony of Jakub Ender regarding, among other topics, Krasnik (pp. 206-211); - Testimony of Jehoshua Kron (pp. 212-213); - Testimony of Baruch Reinerman regarding the extermination of the Jews in Lublin (pp. 214-217); - Testimony of Zelig Fefer regarding, among other topics, SS Untersturmfuehrer Riedel, SS Oberscharfuehrer Mohwinkel, SS Scharfuehrer Klein, SS Unterscharfuehrer Hantke, SS Unterscharfuehrer Gross, Rottenfuehrer Kosiel and SS Untersturmfuhrer Dr. Sturm (pp. 218-231); - Testimony of Nachman Koren regarding the annihilation of the Jews in Lublin (pp. 232-235); - Testimony of Josef Reznik regarding his time as an inmate in Majdanek (pp. 236-245); - Testimony of Josef Ezrachi regarding the fate of the Jews in Lublin (pp. 246-253); - Testimony of Roman Fischer regarding the situation of the Polish Army POWs in the Lipowa camp (pp. 254-263); - Testimony of Jakub Wiernik, a former inmate of Treblinka (pp. 264-267); - Testimony of Rena Anisfeld regarding Hamann and the execution of Poles in Nowy Sacz (p. 268); - Testimony of Moshe Lauer regarding Hamann, 26 May 1960 (p. 269); - Testimony of Miecsyslaw Garfinkel regarding, among other topics, Belzec (pp. 270-271); - Testimony of Simcha Turkeltaub regarding SS Sturmbannfuehrer Adolph, and the deportation of Jews from Lublin, 16 March 1942 (pp. 272-279); - Testimony of Nathan Orbit regarding the construction of the Belzec camp, 1940, and his escape from there six weeks later (p. 280); - Testimony of Sara Ruder regarding the construction of the Belzec camp, 1940 (p. 281); Testimonies of Warsaw Ghetto survivors regarding the liquidation of the ghetto (in Polish) (pp. 282-513) (the same material in German appears on pp. 4-281).
item Id
7188801
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
File Number
82
Language
Polish
German
Record Group
TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
Date of Creation - earliest
04/05/1960
Date of Creation - latest
01/01/1962
Original
NO
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 25
Location of Originals
LANDESGERICHT KLAGENFURT
Connected to Item
Documentation from a trial conducted against Ernst Lerch and other Austrian war criminals from the SSPF headquarters in Lublin, who participated in "Aktion Reinhardt"
Dedication
Yad Vashem Document Collection, Moshal Repository