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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 32: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto and the role of Otto Hantke, 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 32, Documentation of the trial against Hermann Hoefle: Testimonies regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto and the role of Otto Hantke, 1960-1963 - Testimony of Leo Gerenreich, a Jewish inmate in SS labor camps, 1942-1943, regarding the shooting of Jews in the camps and "Aktions" against Jews carried out by well known SS commanders, such as Hanko and Feiks (pp. 6-8); - Questioning of Karl Wolfgang Mohwinkel, a German who served in the SS Totenkopf-Reiter-Regiment in 1940, and worked at the SS and Polizeifuehrer department in Lublin from summer 1940-1944, regarding his unit (pp. 14-20); - Questioning of Maler Hermann Tetzel, who served in the guard battalion in Buchenwald in 1939, and then as a Stabscharfuehrer (staff sergeant) in Krakow, regarding his activities during the war and those of his colleagues, for example, Globocnik, and the liquidation of the Lublin Ghetto (pp. 21-23); - Questioning of Dr. Maximilian Horn, who served in the Waffen SS, 1942-1945, regarding his activities in the SS, in German weapons factories and during "Aktion" Reinhard (pp. 24-27); - Questioning of Hans-Gustav Maubach, a German who served in the Waffen SS Panzerregiment Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler from 1942, regarding his activities and those of his unit during the war, participation in mass executions of Jews in Russia, and the extermination of Jews in Lublin (pp. 28-34); - Testimony of Jehoszua Kron, a Jewish inmate of the Krasnik labor camp, 1942-1944, regarding activities against Jews in the camp and the Warsaw Ghetto, and his knowledge of an underground Jewish fighter organization in the ghetto (pp. 35-39); - Testimony of Jakob Ender, a Jewish inmate in the Ruda-Opalin, Kruechow and Sawin camps in 1940, and the Kransik Ghetto, 1940-1942, regarding Nazi criminals (pp. 40-42); - Testimony of Baruch Reinermann, a Jewish inmate in the Budzyn, Ostrowiec, Auschwitz and Buchenwald camps (pp. 43-45); - Testimony of Julian Daszewski, a Jewish inmate of the Warsaw Ghetto until 1943, who escaped to the Aryan side, where he was discovered: Shooting of his wife; detention in the Pawiak prison; information regarding Hantke (pp. 46-48); - Testimony of Halina Borman, a Jewish inmate of the Warsaw Ghetto until 1942, who escaped to the Aryan side: Information regarding Hantke (pp. 49-50); - Testimony of Henryk Borman a Jewish inmate of the Warsaw Ghetto until 1942, who escaped to the Aryan side: Information regarding Hantke (pp. 51-53); - Testimony of Mieczyslaw Gorski, a Jewish inmate of the Warsaw Ghetto until 1943, who escaped: Information regarding Hantke (pp. 54-55); - Testimony of Jecheskiel Chajkin from Vilna, a Jewish soldier in the Polish Army until he became a German POW with a group of other Jews in 1940: Transfer to the Biala Podlaska forced labor camp; transfer to Konskowola, 1941; mass execution of all the inmates in Konskowola, except the POWs; information regarding Hantke (pp.56-57); - Testimony of Mosze Dawidson, a Jewish survivor from Krasnik, who was an inmate in Budzyn, 1942, transferred to Auschwitz, 1944 and transferred to the Gleiwitz ammunition factory: Information regarding Hantke (pp.58-60); - Testimony of Anschel Steinberg, a Jewish survivor from Krasnik, who was an inmate in Budzyn, 1942, transferred to Majdanek, 1944, transferred to Plaszow, transferred to Wieliczka and transferred to Mauthausen (Austria): Information regarding Hantke (pp. 61-62); - Testimony of Ariel Rosenbusch, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (p. 63); - Testimony of Zwi Wolfenfeld, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (p. 64); - Testimony of Jakow Rosen, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (p. 65); - Testimony of Julian Daszewski, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (pp. 66-67); - Testimonies of Chana Wimer, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (pp. 68-70); - Testimony of Rachel Freifeld, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (p. 71); - Testimony of Irena Rojek, a Jewish survivor: Information regarding Hantke (pp. 72-74); - Interrogation protocol of Hans Wagner, a German who served as a Major der Deutschen Wehrmacht, regarding his career in the Wehrmacht, the function of the 689 Schutzbataillon where he was commander, his detention by the Russians, 1944 and his activities as commander (pp. 88-96); - Testimony of Jakob Sporrenberg, a German accused of numerous war crimes: Claim that he is not guilty of all the charges against him (pp. 97-128); - Testimony of Eras Friedrich, a German who served at the SS Standortverwaltung in Lublin, regarding his activities in Lublin and the activities of the Standortverwaltung (pp. 143-146); - Testimony of Rudolf Konrad Heinrich Reiss, a German who served at the SS Standortverwaltung in Lublin, regarding his general situation in Lublin, the activities of his department and the activities of individual SS members (pp. 150-155); - Testimony of Georg Michalsen, a German who served at the SSPF in Lublin, 1942, with answers to specific questions regarding the systematic extermination of Jews in the district of Lublin (pp. 156-160); - Testimony of Hermann Josef Worthoff, a German SS officer in Warsaw, regarding the discussion with Globocnik where they were first introduced to the liquidation plan, and information concerning the liquidation (pp. 161-172).
item Id
7217694
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
File Number
90
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
No. of pages/frames
197
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 32
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