Trial by the district courts in Klagenfurt, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz against members of the HSSPF Lublin, Volume 80: The final verdict regarding the defendant Lothar Hoffmann, Harry Sturm, Gotthard Schubert, Walter Hess and Wilhelm Bruno Meiert handed down by Landesgericht Wiesbaden

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 80: The final verdict regarding the defendants Lothar Hoffmann, Harry Sturm, Gotthard Schubert, Walter Hess and Wilhelm Bruno Meiert handed down by Landesgericht Wiesbaden - Yad Vashem file card (p. 1); - Landesgericht Wiesbaden file card: Verdict handed down in the criminal proceedings against Hoffmann and others on the charge of complicity in murder (pp. 2-3); - Contents of the trial, including criminal proceedings against Lothar Hoffmann, Harry Sturm, Gotthard Schubert, Walter Hess and Wilhelm Bruno Meiert and the verdicts (pp. 4-13); - Introduction: Object of the trial; defendants at the trial (pp. 14-17); - Main part: Overview (p. 17-93); - The Generalgouvernement and the Lublin district: Development, description and Jewish population; civil government; SS and police, including general organization of the SS and police, the SSPF in Lublin; the Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) in Lublin; - The city of Lublin: The city and its population; Constituencies and departments; the Jewish population of Lublin and their fate; the time until the resettlement; the liquidation of the Jewish district; the Jewish ghetto/camp in Lublin; the Hofjuden (personal slaves for the Gestapo officers and their families); - Extermination of Jews in the Generalgouvernement: "Aktion" Reinhard; the resettlement; c) the Belzec extermination camp; the Sobibor and Treblinka extermination camps; the organization and implementation of the resettlement; registration and utilization of Jewish property; utilization of workers provided by the forced labor at the companies of the German Ausruestungswerke (DAW) (weapons factories), the Osti companies, the SS labor camp Poniatowa and Trawniki, the SS camp Budzyn and the Majdanek concentration camp; - General problems in the gathering of evidence: Difficulties in ascertaining the truth; permission to receive Jewish testimonies; - Paragraph: The passage of time; - CVs of the defendants (pp. 93-109); - Liquidation in Lublin (pp. 109-139): Two phases of the liquidation in the Lublin Ghetto and the killing of various Jews; the facts; preparatory measures; organization of the liquidation; implementation of the liquidation, including the first phase of the liquidation, the second phase of the liquidation; the number of the victims; the killing of the people at the hospital and the children's home, resettlement to Majdan Tatarski; - Participation of the defendants Hoffmann and Dr. Sturm: Consideration of evidence; the defendant Hoffmann; the defendant Dr. Sturm; the number of victims, including those who were killed immediately; the numbers of people deported and murdered; - Legal analysis: The crimes and acts of the main perpetrators; participation in the crimes by Hoffmann and Dr. Sturm; - Liquidation of the hospital (pp. 213-238): Crime scene and charges; consideration of evidence; - Liquidation of the children's home: Crime scene; consideration of evidence; Legal analysis; - The first resettlement "Aktion" from Majdan Tatarski and the killing of Bronstein and Silberlicht: Facts regarding Majdan Tatarski; resettlement of Jews; selection; fate of the resettled and deported; fate of the Jews who remained in the ghetto; - Consideration of evidence: Function of the defendant Dr. Sturm; the killing in Kremiec; the number of victims; Dr. Sturm and his knowledge regarding about the fate of the Jews; - Legal analysis; - The killing of the Jews Bronstein and Silberlicht (pp. 276-282): Charges; consideration of evidence; - Liquidation of Majdan Tatarski (pp. 282-292): Crime scenes; charges; consideration of evidence; - Resettlement from Zamosc (pp. 292-363): Kreishauptmannschaft; the city of Zamosc; the KdS branch in Zamosc ; the Zamosc cavalcade; the Jewish population of Zamosc and their fate; - Resettlement "Aktion", 11 April 1942: Facts; consideration of evidence; the resettlement process; testimony of the defendant Schubert; testimony of the defendant Meiert; testimony of the defendants Schubert and Meiert regarding their knowledge concerning the fate of the deported; legal analysis; - Resettlement "Aktion", 11 August 1942: Facts; evidence; legal analysis; - The killing of Jewish artisans and Jews gathered in Chelm (pp. 364-390): Keishauptmannschaft; the city of Chelm; c) The KdS branch in Chelm; the SK 1005 camp in the forest; the Jews of Chelm; - The crimes: Facts; consideration of the evidence; the testimony of the defendant Hess; legal analysis of the crimes of the main perpetrators and the participation of the defendant Hess; - "Aktion" Erntefest (pp. 391-413): Accusations against the defendant Schubert; facts and overview; the execution in Trawniki; the execution in Majdanek; the executions in Poniatowa; participation of the defendant Schubert; consideration of the evidence; legal analysis; - Accusations against the defendant Hoffmann on the charge of participation in "Aktion" Erntefest in Majdanek, 03 November 1943: The charges; the chain of command; the giving of the command for the execution; - The shooting of the Hofjude, 20 July 1944 (pp. 414-418): The facts; consideration of the evidence; legal analysis, including the main perpetrators and the participation of the defendant Hoffmann; - The killing of the Jew Klawir (pp. 419-439); The facts; consideration of the evidence; commission of the crime; motive for the crimes; legal analysis; - The killing of the Jews Dr. Alten, Goldfarb and Grajer (pp. 455-464); The facts; consideration of the evidence; commission of the crimes; the participation of the defendant; legal analysis, including crimes of the main perpetrators and the participation of the defendant; - The question of guilt (pp. 455-464): Intent; the subconscious; Paragraph 47 MS+GB; prohibition error; the need to obey Befehlsnotstand (superior orders); - Punishment, charges and other decisions (pp. 464-492): Sentences, including general sentence; sentences for each defendant; punishment; punishment of Hoffmann; punishment of Dr. Sturm; punishment of Schubert; punishment of Hess; - Imprisonment: Remand; the internment arrest of Dr. Sturm ; the internment arrest of Hess; the imprisonment of Schubert in the Soviet Union; the imprisonment of Hoffmann in Soviet Union; - Other decisions.