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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 30: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and persecution of Polish population, 1960-1963

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: Volume 30, Documentation of the trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and persecution of Polish population, 1960-1963 - Testimony of Adam Hofmann, a German who served in Warsaw until 1943, given in Munich, 13 June 1962: Information regarding SS activities in the Warsaw Ghetto; the witness' connection to Hermann Hoefle; the deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto; detailed information regarding a certain group of SS officers; the treatment of the Jews; ghetto security; revenge executions and the Pawiak prison (pp. 9-25); - Testimony of Ludwig Wilhelm Leist, a German who served in SS Dienststelle Warschau, given in Murnau, 12 June 1962: Information regarding the so-called Umsiedlungsaktion (resettlement) of Jews (euphemism for deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto); the Stroop "Aktion" (destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto with a force of 30,000 soldiers) and revenge executions; insights regarding the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, including, among other subjects, the Jewish police (pp. 26-39); - Testimony of Dr. Ing. Hassler. a German SS member whose connection to the Warsaw Ghetto was not explained, given in Bobingen, 06 August 1962: Information regarding liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and SS actions inside the ghetto, including the deployment of Jewish spies inside the ghetto (pp. 40-50); - Testimony of Fritz Ruehrnschopf, a German who served in the Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) Warsaw and the Pawiak prison, given in Weissenburg/Bayern, 07 June 1962: Information regarding his work in the Pawiak prison, the extermination of the Warsaw Ghetto, revenge executions of Polish people and military operations in Warsaw (pp. 51-68); - Testimony of Helmut Orf, a German, who served in the Kommissariat fuer Auslaender Warsaw, given in Wuerzburg, 05 June 1962: Insightful information regarding the fighting in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Stroop "Aktion" and the Pawiak prison (pp. 69-94); - Witness account of Szulim Kloda, a Jewish survivor, given in Montreal, Canada, 26 June 1962: The witness was an inmate in 14 concentration camps during the war; description of the situation in those camps and events that occurred, including shooting and violence against Jews, and more (pp. 96-100); - Eye witness account of Czeslaw Rychlik, a Pole who lived in Berlin, regarding the arrest of more than 1,000 Polish residents of Berlin, 1939-1943 (pp. 101-107); - Eye witness account of Stanislaw Gromelski, a Pole who worked at the police station in Pirek, given in Warsaw, 15 June 1946: Information regarding three mass executions in the woods in Kabalki during the war (pp. 108-110); - Eye witness account of Jan Stodulski, a Pole, given in Warsaw, 14 June 1946: Information regarding executions of Polish people in the woods in Poland (pp. 111-113); - Testimony of Antoni Gawarkiewicz, a Pole; - Testimony of Wladyslaw Zaran, a Pole; - Testimony of Bieleria Marjan; - Testimony of Ferdinand vom Kamlach, a German; - Testimony of Jadwiga-Ludmita Komornicka, a Pole; - Testimony of Maria Janin Przybylko, a Pole; - Testimony of Maria Gutowaka, a Pole; - Testimony of Stanislaw Kleniewski, a Pole; - Testimony of Wiktoria Birinkow, a Pole; - Testimony of Stanislaw Smolik, a Pole; - Testimony of Stanislawa-Maria Preksler, a Pole; - Testimony of Werner Schindler, a German, telling his own story and providing information regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, the Lublin Ghetto and other information (pp. 172-180); - Testimony of Michael Mazor, a Jewish survivor, 23 March 1962, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 194-202); - Testimony of Stanislas Gombinksi, a Jewish survivor, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, and the deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 203-216) -Summary of the criminal proceedings against Hermann Hoefle (pp. 230-247).
item Id
7188929
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
File Number
87
Language
German
Record Group
TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
Date of Creation - earliest
01/09/1939
Date of Creation - latest
08/05/1945
Original
NO
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 30
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
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection