Testimony of Josef Rosen, [?] Turkeltaub, Alexander Brenowski, Sara (Kleinbaum) Ruer, Josef Ezrahi and Sara Rapaport, witnesses and survivors of the Lublin Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto and the Majdanek camp before the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) and Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court), 1962

Testimony of Josef Rosen, [?] Turkeltaub, Alexander Brenowski, Sara (Kleinbaum) Ruer, Josef Ezrahi and Sara Rapaport, witnesses and survivors of the Lublin Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto and the Majdanek camp before the Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) and Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court), 1962 The file contains: - An identity parade between the witnesses and the defendants, Dr. Harry Sturm and Hermann Worthoff (pp. 4-9); - The names and numbers of the people who participated in the identity parade, 03 December 1962 (p.10); - Testimony and interrogation report of the lawyer and notary, Alexander Brenowski, 05 December 1962: Born 19 April 1900; survivor of the Bialystok Ghetto, 01 August-01 November 1941, and Auschwitz-Birkenau; aliya to Israel in 1950; report on life in the Bialystok Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto, the various resettlement operations of Jews and his encounters with the defendants Dr. Sturm and Worthoff; description of Dr. Sturm and Worthoff as the commandants of the Bialystok Ghetto and the Lublin Ghetto (pp.11-38); - Testimony and interrogation report of the nurse, Sara (Kleinbaum) Ruer, 04-05 December 1962: Born in Lublin, 14 August 1911; worked as a nurse in a camp near Lublin; lived in the Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto until 1942; witnessed the resettlement operations, the liquidation of children's homes and old age homes, the Steh Auf! (Stand Up) "Aktion", and shootings of Jews; description of her encounters with the defendants, Dr. Sturm and Worthoff (pp. 39-75); - Testimony and interrogation report of the secretary, Josef Ezrahi, 06 December 1962: Born in 1918; an inmate in the Lipowa camp; a member of the Richtergruppe; work for SS Lieutenant General Globocnik; escape from Lipowa,1943, just before being transferred to Majdanek; aliya to Israel, 1948; report on encounters with Dr. Sturm; description of Sturm's shooting of a baby and various other Jews (pp.76-87); - Testimony and interrogation report of the psychologist and teacher Sara Rapaport, 07-08 December 1962: Born in Warsaw, Poland, 08 August 1910; lived the first years of her life in Lublin; an inmate of the Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto, April-November 1942; witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; the liquidation of children's homes and old aged homes and the shooting of Jewish people; description of different situations in which Dr. Sturm and Worthoff were involved in shooting (for example, when Dr. Sturm shot Israel Klawir) and beating people; assertion that Dr. Sturm and Worthoff were in charge of the ghettos in Lublin and Majdan-Tatarski. (pp. 88-118); - Testimony and interrogation report of Josef Rosen, the Director of the Manufacturers Association of Israel, 10 December 1962: Born in Lublin, 22 December 1902; eviction from his apartment, 1940; deportation to the Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto, April 1942; deportation to Majdanek until November 1943; escape to Warsaw, September 1944; hidden by a Polish family; aliya to Israel, 1949; report on various "Aktions" and shootings, including the Steh Auf "Aktion" in the Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto, which were conducted by Worthoff and Dr. Sturm; description of Worthoff as the Commandant of the ghetto and Dr. Sturm as his representative (pp.119-139); - Testimony and interrogation report of the tanner, [?] Turkeltaub, 11-12 December 1968: Detailed description of the administration in the Lublin Ghetto; transfer to the Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto, April 1942; transfer to Majdanek, 09 November 1942; escape to Lublin where he remained until 20 April 1946; aliya to Eretz Israel, 1947: Detailed description of various "Aktions" and shootings in the Majdan-Tatarski Ghetto; witness to various resettlement operations, the liquidation of children's homes and old age homes, and shootings, including the Steh Auf "Aktion" carried out by Dr. Sturm; report on violent situations in Majdanek in which SS guards murdered babies in a extremely brutal way (pp.140-169); - Extracts from a certified copy of the book "Kriegsverbrecherprozesse vor den Militaergerichten" (War Crimes Trials Before Military Courts) (Bd.1, pp. 842, 845) and an extract of the statement of the defendant Brack, 14 October 1946, with a description of the administration and process of the Euthanasia program; after the official termination of the Euthanasia program in 1941, the employees were sent to Lublin to work for SS Brigadefuehrer Globocnik (p.170); - Excerpt from the book "Kriegsverbrecherprozesse vor den Nuernberger Militaergerichten" (Bd.1, pp. 803, 804) which states that the central office of the Euthanasia program was located in Tiergartenstrasse 4 (T4), and it was under the direction of Brack. Kallmeyer, the chemist, was responsible for the installation of gassing facilities in the East. Eichmann gave his approval to the plan to annihilate the Jews with gas (p.171); - Testimony and interrogation report of Franz Magill, 07 February 962, conducted in Brunswick: Born in Brunswick, 22 August 1900; residence in Brunswick; commander of the SS mounted regiment in the area of Lublin until May 1941; supervisor of riding squadron training until 1941; higher SS and police commander in Mogilev and Minsk, 1941-1944; commander of the SS guards, 1944-1945; taken prisoner by the British, 1945; assertion that he was unaware of executions and resettlements of Jews (pp. 173-175); - Testimony and interrogation report of Josef Wiener, 16 February 1962 in Munich: Born in Lodz, 26 November 1910; deportation from Warsaw to Lublin, April 1943; deportation to the Budzyn camp two days later; work in the manufacturing of heaters; report regarding various violent situations where SS guards flogged him; transfer to Vaihingen an der Enz, 1944 (pp.176-177); - Testimony and interrogation report of Karl Wilhelm Ernst Labhard, 26 February 1962 in Hamburg: Born in Hamburg, 01 January 1907; joined the NSDAP, 1937; a member of the Waffen SS who served in Prague, the Netherlands and Warsaw; participation in the eastern campaign, December 1941; work as a guard at the SS location management in Lublin, Budapest and Hungary, 1942-May 1944; assertion that he never heard of resettlement programs and "Aktions" against Jews, and he heard about Operation Reinhard sometime after the war (p.178-184); - Testimony and interrogation report of the joiner, Gustav Muenzberger, 17 September 1960 and 21 February 1962 in Oberammergau: Born in Wesskirchlitz, 17 August 1903; a member of the NSDAP from 1938; work as a joiner and cook's assistant in the Pirna Sonnenstein Euthanasia Center, an extermination centre for mentally ill people, which was part of the Euthanasia program, 1940; transfer to Berlin-Tiergartenstrasse 4, 1942; at Berlin-Tiergartenstrasse 4 for just a few days, then sent to Lublin for training; transfer to the East, summer 1942; serves as guard at the Treblinka camp until autumn 1943; guards Jews on their way to the gas chambers; transfer to Italy; taken prisoner by the Allied Forces in Kaernten, May 1945; he heard about the Final Solution and Operation Reinhard (pp. 186-193); - Testimony and interrogation report of Eugen Lehnert, 10 February 1962 in Osnabrueck: Born 04 January 1910 in Hindenburg, Upper Silesia; a member of the SS from 1939; assigned to the auxiliary police in Beuten, 1939; transfer to Lublin, 1940; work at clearing snow; serves as a guard in the Lipowa camp locksmithery, 1940-1941; ordered to Riga; works for the Department of the Reich Commissioner until June 1942; reassignment to Breslau; service on the SS guard of the Waffen SS; participation in the ghetto operation in the Warsaw Ghetto; earns the Knight`s Cross for War Service; insecure demeanor during the interrogation (pp. 195-203); - Testimony and interrogation report of Wilhelm Eichholz, 13 March 1962 in Hamburg: A member of the SS from 1933; assigned to the Waffen SS; training in Oranienburg; participation in the march to the Netherlands, May 1940; works at the coastguard service; transfer to Warsaw; participation in the eastern campaign in the direction of Leningrad until December 1941; ordered to the SS administration in Lublin, 1941; serves as an accounting officer for the Erfassungslager fuer beschlagnahmtes Feindvermoegen (warehouse for confiscated enemy property) until summer 1944; he did notice that some Jewish workers in his office were deported in autumn 1943 (pp. 210-215); - Letter from Landesgericht Wien, 05 March 1963, to Dr. Schertler, the examining magistrate, in reference to the preliminary investigation against Dr. Ludwig Hahn and Helmut Ortwin Pohl; the letter contains the recommendation to listen to the testimony of Henry Nowogrodzki, who was deported to Trawniki, and is an important witness in the case against Georg Michalsen; Nowogrodzki is the author of the report "Drei Tage Umschlagplatz" (Three days at the Umschlagplatz), based on his experiences (p. 216-217); - Letter from Judge Zeug to the District Judge Dr. Schertler in reference to Criminal proceedings 27c Vr. 852/62, regional court for criminal proceedings (complex, operation Reinhard and Erntefest); the letter contains a recommendation to hear the testimonies of various Jewish witnesses in the case against Georg Michalsen and Dr. Otto Hahn (p. 218-220).