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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 33: Trial against Hermann Hoefle: testimonies regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto, 1962

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 33, Documentation of the trial against Hermann Hoefle: testimonies regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto, 1962 - Documentation regarding Hermann Hoefle's suicide in prison (pp. 3-22); - Testimony of Dipl. Volkswirt Rudolf Emil Erich Neumann, a German entrepreneur whose company, Schultz, produced weapons and was located in Warsaw: "Aktions" against Jews, the Warsaw Ghetto, the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto; his role in the ghetto; claim that he helped many people by accepting them as workers in this company (pp. 24-86); - Documents provided by Rudolf Neumann; Mainly orders posted in the Warsaw Ghetto regarding ghetto life (pp. 87-90); - Testimony of Karl Streibel, a German who served in the Selbstschutz (Self-protection- a paramilitary organization created by ethnic Germans in Central and Eastern Europe) in Lublin, from 1941 and at the Trawniki training camp from 1941, regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto, and forced labor in Belzec and Trawniki (pp.91-114); - Testimony of Dr. Pawel Zielinski, a Jewish survivor, whose wife Janina perished after the deportation, regarding Herman Hoefle and his actions during the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (in Polish with German translation) (pp. 116-119, 138-139); - Summary regarding the reasons for the criminal proceedings against Herman Hoefle, prepared for the Polish court (in German with Polish translation) (pp.120-137, 154-162); - Testimony of Marek Edelman, a Jewish survivor, regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto by Germans and Ukrainians (in Polish with German translation) (pp.140-153, 163-168); - Documentation regarding identification of potential witnesses (pp. 169-178, 201-203); - Testimony of Friedrich Auerhammer, a German officer who served in SS Police Regiment 23 during the liquidation, regarding the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 180-190); - Testimony of Arpad Jakob Valentin Wigand, who served as Chief of SD Oberabschnitt SuedOst, Breslau in 1938 and in the Waffen SS Balkan, 1942, regarding his actions and his connection to the extermination of Jews (pp.191-199); - Testimony of Paul Pacanowski, a Jewish survivor, regarding Franz Josef Eigner (p. 200); - Testimony of Karl Prefi, a German, who during the war was presumably active in the Jewish Department of the SSPF Warschau (pp. 204-206); - Presentation of the case against Hermann Hoefle for the Brazilian judicial authorities (in German and Portuguese) (pp. 209-243); - Correspondence from the Brazilian judicial authorities (in Portuguese) (pp. 244-250); - Testimony of Rachmil Gartenkraut, a Jewish survivor living in Sao Paolo, Brazil, regarding the deportation from the Lublin Ghetto (in Portuguese) (pp. 251-265).
item Id
7217700
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
File Number
91
Language
Polish
Portuguese
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
269
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 33
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