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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 40; Trial against Helmut Pohl: Testimonies by perpetrators and survivors regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, the Toebbens workshops and the Pawiak prison

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: Documentation of the trial, Volume 40; Documentation of the trial against Helmut Pohl: Testimonies by perpetrators and survivors regarding the Warsaw Ghetto, the Toebbens workshops and the Pawiak prison - Interrogation of Eugen Lechnert, a German member of the SS Ghettokommando Warsaw who participated in the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 4-13); - Testimony of David Ackermann, a Jewish survivor, an inmate of the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943-1944, and the Pawiak prison: Unsuccessful attempt to escape from the ghetto; not executed, but sent to the Pawiak prison by SS officer Brandt in order to prevent his death, due to their acquaintance (Ackermann had made uniforms for Brandt earlier) (pp. 21-25); - Testimony of Johannes Alfred Boehm, a German serving in Warsaw, part of the Osteinsatz (eastern action) (pp. 26-66); - Eye witness account of Sam German, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto and Majdanek (pp. 67-72); - Testimony of August Rudolf Bauch, a German who work in the Toebbens factory in the Warsaw Ghetto, regarding anti-Jewish activities connected to the Toebbens company (pp. 73-86); - Testimony of Adam Gruenbaum, a Jewish survivor, who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto, the Pawiak prison, Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau (pp. 87-94); - Testimony of Herbert Paul Becker, a German with the rank of Generalleutnant (pp. 95-103); - Testimony of Benjamin Goldmann, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto, fought in the resistance, escaped to the Aryan side, was caught and brought to the Pawiak prison (pp. 104-109); - Excerpt from the book "Hinter den Mauern von Pawiak" (Behind the Walls of the Pawiak Prison) by Leon Wanat, regarding Jews who escaped from the Pawiak prison (pp. 110-124); - Testimony of Kulian Daszewski, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Pawiak prison after his escape from the ghetto (pp. 126-137); - Testimony of Jakob Gora, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto and Majdanek (pp. 138-143); - Testimony of Israel Rotblit, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 144-148); - Testimony of Walter Stamm, a German who served at KdS Warsaw, Director of Department IV (pp. 149-152); - Testimony of Nathan Spinner, a Jewish survivor (pp. 153-162); - Contract between SSPF Lublin, signed by Odilo Globocnik, and Walter Toebbens regarding the relocation of the Toebbens workshops from Warsaw to the Poniatowa camp (pp. 163-167); - Testimony of Samuel Rajzman, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 168-169); - Testimony of Alla Strykowska, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Poniatowa camp, regarding the Toebbens workshops (p. 170); - Testimony of Arthur Händler, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto, regarding the Toebbens workshops (p. 171); - Testimony of Jonas Turkow, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto, regarding the Toebbens workshops (p. 172); - Testimony of Bernhard Hallmann, a German, regarding the Toebbens workshops (pp. 173-175); - Testimony of Borg Bergard, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 176-177); - Testimony of Herswald Henryk , a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 178-179); - Testimony of Frossenberg Moszak, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 180-182); - Testimony of Malosana Anna, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 183-184); - Testimony of Grynberg Zygmunt, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 185-187); - Testimony of Josef Sack, a Jewish survivor who was an inmate in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 188-190); - Testimony of Jan Lewicki, a Pole, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 191-193); - Testimony of Heinrich Nomberg, regarding the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 194-198); - Testimony of Wilhelm Heinrich Alwin Dienemann, German, who served in the SS in Krakow, 1942, and later in Lublin (pp. 201-206); - Testimony of Dr. Heinrich Adolphus Lauts, a German who served as the contact person between the Toebbens factory (inside the Warsaw Ghetto) and the German authorities (the Economic Department, the Governor of Warsaw and later the Wehrkreiskommando [Military District Commando])(pp. 207-216); - Testimony of Arthur August Georg Toepfer, a German, bookkeeper/accountant for the Toebbens workshops in the Warsaw Ghetto (pp. 217-223); - Testimony of Franz Suchommel, a German who worked at Tiersgarten 4 (T4-Headquarters of the Euthanasia Program) in Berlin (pp. 224-232); - Testimony of Theodor Friedrich Gotthard Schubert, a German who served in the SS in Lublin, 1942 (pp. 233-243); - Testimony of Hermann Worthoff, a German who served in the SS local administration in Lublin (pp. 244-248); - Testimony of Dr. Lauts (pp. 249-252); - Letters from Landesgericht Wien to various magistrate courts in West Germany as well as to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking for aid in investigating potential witnesses and suspected criminals involved in the Reinhard and Erntefest "Aktions" (pp. 253-325); - Testimony of Gustav Knochenmuss, a German serving in the SSPF Lublin (pp. 326-328); - Testimony of Ewald Mader, a German working in the Selbstschutz (Self-protection- a paramilitary organization created by ethnic Germans in Central and Eastern Europe) in Lublin (pp. 329-333); - Testimony of Kurt Erich Walter Eimann, a German who served as a Standortkommandant in Lublin, 1942 (pp. 334-337).
item Id
7217737
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
File Number
98
Language
German
Record Group
TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
Original
NO
No. of pages/frames
337
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 40
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