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Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 63; Indictments in the criminal case against Zimmer and other members of the HSSPF Lublin; Correspondence between the regional courts

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 63; Indictments in the criminal case against Zimmer and other members of the HSSPF Lublin; Correspondence between the regional courts - Yad Vashem file card (p. 1); - Landesgericht Klagenfurt file card (p. 2); - Documents regarding postal charges (pp. 3-4); - Letter from the Federal Interior Ministry of Austria, 07 March 1966 in Vienna regarding the disappearance of SS officer Josef Raich since April 1945 (pp. 5-6); - Documents from the Pensionsversicherungsanstalt der Arbeiter in Graz (Pension Insurance Institution of the Workers in Graz) (pp. 7-8); - Letter from the Federal Interior Ministry of Austria, 10 March 1966 in Vienna regarding the interrogation of members of the SSPF Lublin (p. 9); - Testimony of Fritz Pomplun in Hamburg , 10 February 1966: Born in Hamburg Altona, 07 April 1898; arrival in Lublin, 09 November 1939; work as a writer, late 1939-late 1941; three months in Holland as a writer for Korsemann; return to Lublin, February 1942-October 1942; testimony regarding the organization of the HSSPF Russland-Sued; return to Lublin, early 1943; three months in Pelplin, summer 1943; denial that he was a driver for the HSSPF Lublin; admission that he knows the drivers Farkas, Lemke and Eigner; testimony regarding members of the HSSPF Lublin and a bomb attack on a German soldiers' home, where 50 Italian inmates were hanged, July 1944; testimony regarding various shootings, mass executions in Kiev; description of the Lipowa camp; assertion that he cannot remember any resettlement "Aktion" (pp. 10-17); - Letter from the Salzburg police office regarding an arrest warrant for various accused (pp. 18-19); - Letter sent to the Pensionsversicherungsanstalt der Arbeiter by Landesgericht Wien regarding Franz Bertl, 21 March 1966 (pp. 20-21); - Interrogation request sent to the regional court in Warsaw, 29 March 1966 regarding Henryk Nowogrodzki, a survivor of Trawniki, requesting that he testify regarding the extermination of Jews in Trawniki, the resettlement "Aktions", the liquidation, November 1943 and the participation of various people in the "Aktions" and liquidation (pp. 22-23); - Request from Dr. Ernst Schertler that Dr. Roman Sas-Zaloziecky translate a rogatory letter into Polish, 29 March 1966 (pp. 25-26); - Letter to Landesgericht Hamburg from Landesgericht Wien, 29 March 1966 regarding the interrogation of various members of SSPF Lublin (pp. 25-26); - Answer to the letter from Landesgericht Wien, 12 April 1966 in Hamburg (p. 27); - Excerpt from testimony by a member of SSPF Lublin who denies any connection to or participation in "Aktions" against Jews, asserts that he had no knowledge regarding the extermination of Jews, and states that he cannot identify anyone from the list of the accused (pp. 28-29); - Letter to Landesgericht Wien, 21 April 1966 in Dortmund regarding the indictments of various accused (p. 30); - Document from the Zentralstelle im Lande Nordrhein-Westfalen fuer die Bearbeitung von nationalsozialistischen Massenverbrechen bei dem leitenden Oberstaatsanwalt in Dortmund (Central Office in North Rhine-Westphalia for the Processing of Nazi Mass Crimes by the Senior Public Prosecutor) to Landesgericht Bielefeld, 16 November 1962 in Dortmund containing a list of arrest warrants against various members of HSSPF Lublin with names, birth dates and indictments (pp. 31-54); - Indictment in the criminal case against Zimmermann and other members of the HSSPF Lublin; a document from the public prosecutor's office in Dortmund (p. 55-240) containing A) Dates of interrogations of the accused (pp. 75-77); B) Addresses of witnesses living in the BRD (pp. 78-86); C) Addresses of witnesses living abroad (pp. 87-89); D) Records regarding the testimonies of deceased persons (p. 90); E/F) Various documents and files regarding the criminal proceedings against members of the SSPF Lublin (pp. 91-94); G) Literature regarding HSSPF Lublin, resettlement "Aktions", extermination camps in Poland, Nazi ideology and the extermination of Jews (pp. 95-97); - Results of the investigations and the preliminary examinations: A) The personal circumstances and career of the accused Dr. Zimmermann, Dr. Altenloh, Heimbach, Errelis, Dibus and Bloch (pp. 98-128); B) Previous history of the crimes: 1) Nazi policy of annihilation of Jews (pp. 129-135); against Poles (p.136); and instructions for the Soviet Union region (pp.137-142); 2) The extermination system (pp.143-146); 3) The Bialystok district (pp.147-167); C) Crimes of the accused: Cases 1-26 mainly concerning Dr. Zimmermann (pp.168-190); D) Testimonies of the accused: 1) Dr. Zimmermann (p.191); a-j) testimonies of witnesses against Dr. Zimmermann (pp.192-195); 2) Dr. Altenloh (pp. 196-200); 3) Heimbach (pp. 201-204); a-j) testimonies of witnesses against Heimbach (pp. 205-209); 4) Errelis (pp. 210-215); 5) Dibus (pp. 216-221); 6) Bloch (p. 222); E) Legal assessment of the facts (pp.223-233): Application for the opening of the main proceedings in Landesgericht Bielefeld (p. 234); F) Attachment: 1) Graphic demonstrating the organization of HSSPF/SSPF Lublin (p. 235); 2) Graphic demonstrating the presence of the accused at different "Aktions" in Bialystok and their time at Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) during the period, 1941-1944 (p. 236); 3) Abbreviations (pp. 237-238); 4) Table of Contents (pp. 239-240).
item Id
7221565
Type of material
Legal documentation
Names of perpetrators
Official documentation
Testimony
File Number
121
Language
German
Record Group
TR.21 - Trial documentation - Austria
Original
NO
Archival Signature
25VR 3123/71 (former 27cVR 852/62), Band 63
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"