Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 68; Criminal proceedings against Helmut Pohl and Ernst Lerch

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 68; Criminal proceedings against Helmut Pohl and Ernst Lerch - Request from the Comite International des Camps asking the Court to allow a correspondent of their bulletin "Le Deporte" to observe the trial, and expressing their willingness to contribute to the proceedings (pp. 27); - Testimony of Ernst Lerch: Interrogation regarding Odilo Globocnik, for the most part illegible (pp. 28-37); - Request to launch preliminary investigations against Georg Dornberger on the charge of killing many Jewish workers in 1941 (pp. 45-46); - Arrest warrant against Helmut Pohl on the charge of participation in the mass extermination of Jews while a member of the staff of the SS and Police Commander (SSPF) Lublin (pp. 48); - Arrest warrant against Ernst Lerch on the charge of participation in the mass extermination of Jews while a member of the staff of the SS and Police Commander (SSPF) Lublin (pp. 49); - Testimony of Helmut Pohl, after his arrest, pledging not to attempt to escape the prosecution by fleeing the country or hiding, naming his place of residence, Oberlienz 305, East Tyrol (pp. 56-58); - Criminal Complaint against Helmut Pohl on the charge of participation in the mass extermination of Jews while a member of the staff of the SS and Police Commander (SSPF) Lublin, 1942 (pp. 62); - Testimony of Ernst Lerch, after his arrest, pledging not to attempt to escape the prosecution by fleeing the country or hiding, naming his place of residence, Wienergasse 10, Klagenfurt (pp. 67-69); - Testimony of Werner Wehrheim regarding Höfle's meeting room and the hierarchy under the command of the SS and Police Commander (pp. 82-84); - Request by Ernst Lerch to transfer the proceedings from Landesgericht Wien to Landesgericht Klagenfurt, which is nearer to his place of residence (pp. 87-88); - Medical opinion regarding Helmut Pohl's ability to stand trial and the conclusion that Pohl is fit for trial (pp. 90-95); - Indictment against Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl for giving orders to kill Jews during "Aktion" Reinhard, with a list of possible witnesses (pp. 98-144); - Copy of the Indictment (pp. 145-188); - Decision to transfer the trial from Landesgericht Wien to Landesgericht Klagenfurt (pp. 195-196); - Petition submitted for the release of Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl by their lawyers with the argument that there is no danger of their absconding and therefore it is not justified to hold them in custody (pp. 198-204); - Copy of the above petition (pp. 205 - 211); - Order to release Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl from custody (pp. 228-233); - Field Report submitted by Josef Fischmann regarding the transport from Vienna Aspangbahnhof to Sobibor, 14 June 1942, stating that the embarkation conducted under the command of SS Hauptsturmführer Brunner and SS Hauptscharführer Girzik, took place without any incidents; the transport left the station, 14 June 1942 at 19:08; contrary to the original plans, the train did not go to Izbica, but to Sobibor; arrival of the train in Lublin, 16 June at 21:00, selection of 51 Jews between the ages of 15 and 50 to leave the train and proceed to a labor camp by SS Obersturmführer Pohl; ordering the other 949 Jews to continue on to Sobibor; arrival of the train at Sobibor, 17 June at 08:15; report dated 20 June 1942 (pp. 306-309); - Testimony of Hermann Worthoff in reaction to testimonies regarding Dr. Strum, reiterating that he is not aware of any atrocities committed by Dr. Sturm and retracting parts of a previous testimony he gave when he was captured, namely that he conducted executions (pp. 313-315); - Letter from Hermann Worthoff to Assessor Wagner, with some notes on a hearing by Kriminalkommisar Detective Superintendent Boixen, asserting that he was unaware of an order to shoot Jews who were unable to walk, with the further assertion that he did not command executions (pp. 326-328); - Protocol of the trial against Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl (pp. 359-?) Testimony of Ernst Lerch, Globocnik's Adjutant, 1940-1941, staff leader, 1941-1942, stating that "Aktion" Reinhard was under Globocnik's stewardship and he [Lerch] was not privy to any secret documents, and that he never visited any extermination camps related to "Aktion" Reinhard, because he suffered a nervous breakdown after he had to visit the concentration camp in Lemberg with members of the press (pp. 361-383); - Testimony of Helmut Pohl: Commissioned as SS Obersturmbannführer, 09 November 1940; commissioned as SS Hauptsturmführer, 09 December 1942; deployed in Waffen SS regiment 824 in Krakow, November 1939-October 1940; work in accommodation, first in Belarus, then in Lublin until June 1942; explanation that sometimes labor camps or companies asked for skilled workers who were selected at the train station when transports of Jews arrived at Lublin; claim that he did not take part in the liquidation of the Lublin Ghetto (pp. 384-395); - Testimony of Franz Josef Eigner, a driving instructor and the person in charge of vehicles in Lublin, responsible for delivering cars to the Schreck barrack and Trawniki, summer 1940-summer 1943 (pp. 400-403); - Testimony of Franz Hoskowetz, SS Rottenführer, who worked on the acquisition of real estate, from 1941: Statement that he entered into contracts with Polish landowners, as opposed to Jews whose property was seized straight away (pp. 404-407); - Testimony of Werner Wehrheim, Commander of a cavalry squadron in Lublin, 1942: Testimony regarding the SSPF Lublin; brief interrogation concerning Amon Goeth, Odilo Globocnik, Ernst Lerch, Herman Höfle, Sporrenberg, Claasen and Streibel (pp. 408-413); - Ruling of the jury court regarding further interrogation of the witnesses that did not show up, the acquisition of the dossier of Amon Goeth and declining the request of the defense to close the proceedings against Ernst Lerch (p. 413); - Minutes of the consultation stating that the ruling was authenticated (pp. 414) - Ruling to return the passports of Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl and removal of their weekly notification requirement (pp. 415-419); - Request for the dossier of Amon Goeth from the Berlin documentation center (pp. 420-421); - Request for approval of a business trip to the Federal Republic of Germany (pp. 422-425); - Request for copies of the rogatory letters (pp. 426-427); - Question from Helmut Pohl whether he is allowed to leave the country to visit relatives in Germany (pp. 428); - Rogatory letter from Landesgericht Klagenfurt containing a short summary of the accusations against Helmut Pohl (pp. 431-437); - Rogatory letter from Landesgericht Klagenfurt to Amtsgericht Hamburg containing a short summary of the accusations against Ernst Lerch (pp. 438-448); - The same rogatory letter to Amtsgericht Mönchengladbach (pp. 448-457); - Answer to Helmut Pohl's letter, which appears on p. 428, asking whether he is allowed to leave the country to visit relatives in Germany (pp. 458); - Rogatory letter from Landesgericht Klagenfurt to Amtsgericht Hamburg containing a short summary of the accusations against Ernst Lerch (pp. 459-463) - Order to return the passports of Ernst Lerch and Helmut Pohl (pp. 464); - Request for miscellaneous goods for the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) summer camp (pp. 465-466); - Request for another 90 used men's civilian suits for the police, as well as for miscellaneous goods, explicitly stating the stock accumulated from "Aktion" Reinhard as the source (pp. 467); - Request for pieces of cloth and pillows from the stock in Chopena (pp. 468); - Note ordering the sorting of 100,000 shoes and boots currently stored in the used goods warehouse in Lublin; setting up of an x-ray machine for that purpose; report regarding the monthly stock to be submitted to Department IVa; the letter is addressed to the Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke (German Equipment Workshops), Camp Chopinstrasse 27, Trawniki (pp. 469); - Letter from the Geheime Staatspolizei-Staatspolizeileitstelle Wien (Secret State Police Command Vienna) to the HSSPF (Higher Police Commander of the Generalgouvernement) requesting clothing for prisoners and Polish citizens fit for Eindeutschungsfähige Polen (Germanization) (pp. 470); - Answer to a request saying that the requested suitcases can be picked up at the warehouse in Lublin, Chopinstrasse 27 (pp. 471); - Request for material from "Aktion" Reinhard (pp. 472); - Report regarding selections and liquidations in Majdan-Tatarski, mainly detailing the actions of Worthoff and Dr. Sturm (pp. 473-487); - Testimony of Friedrich Frauenhofer stating that he saw Ernst Lerch on several occasions when he drove his superior to meetings, but never talked to him and he does not know Helmut Pohl at all (pp. 488-489); - Testimony of Hubert Kopeinig asserting that he was never stationed in Poland and does not know Ernst Lerch or Helmut Pohl (pp. 490).