Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 65; Trial conducted against Dr. Altenloh at Landesgericht Bielefeld, 14 April 1967

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: Documents of the trial, Volume 65; Trial conducted against Dr. Altenloh at Landesgericht Bielefeld, 14 April 1967 - Yad Vashem file card (p. 1); - Landesgericht Klagenfurt file card (p. 2); - Letter from the Dortmund Central Department, 30 January 1968 to Landesgericht Wien regarding the criminal proceeding against Dr. Altenloh, with a copy of the judgment from the Bielefeld Court, 14 April 1967 in an attachment (p. 3); - Verdict from the criminal proceeding in Landesgericht Bielefeld, 14 April 1967 against Dr. Altenloh, Heimbach, Errelis and Dibus on the charge of murder and complicity in murder: the accused have been found guilty, and sentenced as follows: Dr. Altenloh to eight years in prison; Heimbach to nine years in prison; Errelis to six years in prison; Dibus to five years in prison (pp. 4-7); - Structure of the trial (pp. 8-11); - Reasons and Subject of the Charges: The accused participated actively in the extermination of Jews in the Bialystok district and supported the Solution of the Jewish Question and the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz and Treblinka; they shot and killed people or gave the order to kill. The accused Dr. Zimmermann and Bloch committed suicide (pp.12-13); - Curriculum vitae of Dr. Karl Wilhelm Altenloh, born in Hagen, 25 July 1908, who served as a general manager and former Regierungsrat und SS Sturmbannfuehrer (pp. 14-16); - Curriculum vitae of Lothar Anton Daniel Heimbach, born in Hoffnungsthal, 25 September 1908, who served as a Kriminalobermeister and frueher Kriminalrat und SS Hauptsturmfuehrer (pp. 16-18); - Curriculum vitae of Heinz Franz August Errelis, born in Zwangshof, 12 May 1912, who served as a kaufmaennischer Angestellter (clerk) and frueher Kriminalkommisar und SS Hauptsturmfuehrer (pp. 19-20); - Curriculum vitae of Richard Dibus, born in Saiden, 11 March 1912, who served as a kaufmaennischer Angestellter and frueher Kriminaloberassistent und SS Obersturmfuehrer (pp. 20-23); - Factual texts and documentary evidence: Deportation of Jews from the Bialystok district as part of the systematic policy of the Nazis to exterminate the Jews (pp. 24-29); - Previous history of the deportation of Jews from the Bialystok district until October 1942: General conditions in the Bialystok district, including area and population, occupation and administration, and organization of the police and the security service; - The situation of the Jews in the Bialystok district until October 1942 (pp. 30-57); - Concentration of the Jews, November 1942 and the start of the deportations (pp. 58-65); - Actions of the accused during the liquidation, January 1943, including the previous history and consequences of the liquidation, and the participation of the accused; deportations from Zambrow and Lomza; deportations from Grodno; deportations from Pruzana; deportations from Grodno (pp. 66-89); - Actions of the accused in parts of the Bialystok Ghetto, February 1943, including previous history; the liquidation in parts of the ghetto, and the circumstances of the implementation; the participation of the accused Dr. Altenloh, Heimbach and Dibus; knowledge of the accused Dr. Altenloh, Heimbach and Dibus (pp.90-235); - The shooting of 100 people in a retaliation "Aktion", 05 February 1943; a description of this incident and its connection to the accused (pp. 236-269); - The liquidation of the Grodno Ghetto, January-February 1943; the January liquidation or 10,000 "Aktion", including a description and process of the liquidation; the final liquidation, 13 February 1943, description and process (pp. 270-308); - The final liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto, August 1943: Previous history; the liquidation; the participation of the accused Dr. Altenloh, Heimbach, Errelis, Dibus; the knowledge of the accused (pp. 309-354); - There was no evidence to support additional charges; release of Dibus, Errelis and Heimbach due to lack of evidence (p. 355-385); - Legal analysis (pp. 379-385); - Procedure; the main perpetrators, and factual text regarding Hitler, Goering, Himmler, Heydrich, Dr. Kaltenbrunner, Mueller and Eichmann and their plan to exterminate the Jews; reference to the organization of the extermination and to the Solution of the Jewish Question (pp. 386-388); - Punishable crimes committed by the accused Dr. Altenloh for which he was found guilty: Giving the order to kill 10,000 people in the Bialystok Ghetto and the Grodno Ghetto, February 1943; giving the order to kill 100 people as part of a retaliation "Aktion" in Bialystok, February 1943; Altenloh supported the extermination of Jews with his actions; he had knowledge of the gassing of Jews; he was also found guilty of aiding and abetting and serving as an accessory to murder together with Heimbach and Dibus; Dr. Altenloh was acquitted of the other charges due to a lack of evidence (pp. 389-401); - Punishable crimes committed by the accused Heimbach for which he was found guilty: Supporting and organizing the killing of 6,500 people in the Bialystok Ghetto, February 1943; supporting and organizing the killing of 100 people in the Bialystok Ghetto, February 1943; supporting the killing of 15,000 people in the Bialystok Ghetto, August 1943; Heimbach supported the extermination of Jews with his actions; he had knowledge of the gassing of Jews. He was found guilty of aiding and abetting and serving as an accessory to murder together with Dr. Altenloh and Dibus; Heimbach was acquitted of the other charges due to lack of evidence (pp. 402-408); - Punishable crimes committed by the accused Errelis for which he was found guilty: Supporting the killing of 3,500 people who were deported from Grodno, February 1943; supporting the killing of the 15,000 people who were deported from Bialystok, August 1943; Errelis supported the extermination of Jews with his actions; he had knowledge regarding the gassing of Jews. He was found guilty of aiding and abetting and serving as an accessory to murder together with Heimbach and Dibus. Errelis was acquitted was acquitted of the other charges due to a lack of evidence; he did not identify with the Nazi ideology (pp. 409-411); - Punishable crimes committed by the accused Dibus for which he was found guilty: Supporting the killing of 6,500 people, February 1943; supporting the killing of the 15,000 people who were deported from Bialystok in August 1943; Dibus supported the extermination of Jews with his actions; he had knowledge of the gassing of Jews. He was found guilty of aiding and abetting and serving as an accessory to murder together with Heimbach, Errelis and Dr. Altenloh. Dibus was acquitted was acquitted of the other charges due to a lack of evidence; he did not identify with the Nazi ideology (pp. 412-415); - The sentence (p. 416-417): All the accused were found guilty in the charge of complicity in murder with some mitigating facts; sentencing of the accused, including reaching a verdict and reasons for the sentence (pp. 418-426); the fines, including Individual fines and the total prison sentence of the accused (pp. 427-428); - Charges of the trial (p. 429); - Letter to the Sicherheitsdirektion fuer das Bundesland Oesterreich regarding the activity of Franz Kutschera (pp. 430-433); - Letter from the police administration in Salzburg to Landesgericht Wien, 02 February 1968 in Salzburg regarding Robert Felsinger, born in Vienna, 27 March 1917 (p. 434); - Letter to Landesgericht Bielefeld regarding the trial against Altenloh and others, and the possible participation in the liquidation of the Bialystok Ghetto of Gerhard Huebscher, including a copy of the indictment against Altenloh and others and the verdict against them (p. 435).