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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 26: Trial against Hermann Hoefle - Testimonies of perpetrators and Jewish survivors from Poland regarding Hermann Hoefle, the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and persecution of the Polish Jews, 1961-1962

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 26, Documentation of the trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies of perpetrators and Jewish survivors from Poland regarding Hermann Hoefle, the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and persecution of the Polish Jews, 1961-1962 - Testimony by Christel Scherbel, a steno typist at the Warsaw Security Police, October 1939-March 1943, regarding her knowledge concerning the fate of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 5-7); - Report by the Hamburg Magistrate Court regarding the actions of Hermann Hoefle during the war and his connection to the "Erntefest Aktion" and the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, 22 November 1961 (pp. 8-16). - Testimony of Heinz Kurt Bolender, SS staff in Belzec, regarding his contact with and knowledge of Hermann Hoefle (pp. 20-22); - Testimony of Beniamin Eichner, a Jewish survivor, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, Hermann Hoefle and other Nazis, German translation (pp. 23-36) and Polish original (pp. 37-42); - Testimony of Zygmunt Warman, a Jewish survivor (pp. 43-72); - Report by the Hamburg Magistrate Court regarding the actions of Hermann Hoefle during the war and his connection to the "Erntefest Aktion" and the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, 22 November 1961 (pp. 76-84) (the same report as pp. 8-16). - Testimony of Robert Emil Franz Xaver Juehrs, the Nazi criminal (pp. 87-89); - Testimony of Hans Girtzig, a German who served in Belzec, regarding Belzec and Hermann Hoefle (pp. 92-97); - Documentation regarding the identification of potential witnesses (pp. 98-106, 136-138); - Testimony of Georg Diehl, a German, regarding Hermann Hoefle (pp. 107-108); - Testimony of Alexander Alexandrowitsch (Jewish) regarding Hermann Hoefle, the Warsaw Ghetto and the deportation from the ghetto (pp. 109-110); - Testimony of Adam Gruenbaum (Jewish) regarding Hermann Hoefle (pp. 111-112); - Letter from Simon Wiesenthal to Landesgericht Wien regarding the village of Otwock, the Otwock Ghetto and the labor camp there, 04 May 1962 (pp. 113-114); - Testimony of Benjamin Eichner (Jewish) regarding Hermann Hoefle and the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 116-135); - Testimony of Henny Sticher, a German typist at the SS in Lublin during the war (pp. 140-145).
item Id
7188820
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
File Number
83
Language
Polish
German
Record Group
TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
Date of Creation - earliest
10/04/1961
Date of Creation - latest
04/05/1962
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
145
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 26
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