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TR. 19: Documentation from the Trial against Bovensiepen and others

TR. 19: Documentation from the Trial against Bovensiepen and others Otto Bovensiepen served as a Gestapo commander in several places. On 18 March 1941, he was appointed head of the Gestapo in Berlin. In 1943 he was also appointed Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Chief of the Security Police and SD) in Berlin; in 1944 he was appointed Chief of the Security Police and SD in Denmark as well. In 1969, he was brought to trial at the initiation of the RSHA Work Group (a body which worked within the framework of the Attorney General's Office investigating criminals who had been part of the RSHA,...

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Record of Persecuted Persons, Legal Documentation, Testimony, Record of Deportees, Record of Survivors, Official Documentation

Language : German

Personal diaries, letters and personal documentation belonging to Attorney Emil Wohrizek, from Leipzig and afterwards Berlin (Germany), and family, 1901-1942

Personal diaries, letters and personal documentation belonging to Attorney Emil Wohrizek, from Leipzig and afterwards Berlin (Germany), and family, 1901-1942 Family Background: Dr. Emil Wohrizek was a lawyer in Leipzig, involved in public affairs and an active member in the local Bnai Brith lodge. He was the son of Albert and Bertha (Lustig) Wohrizek, born in Bohemia Reichenberg, 24 April 1878, and moved with his parents to Leipzig, Germany, 14 January 1893, and later to Berlin in the 1930s. His father Albert was born in Zajesdetz Bohemia, 10 November 1852. Emil had four siblings: Herbert Daniel, Alfred,...

File Number : 6416

Type of Material : Newspaper, Photograph, Personal Documents, Diary

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the RSHA "Jewish Department" (Judenreferat) - RSHA IV B 4, especially regarding the extent of their knowledge regarding the fate of the deported Jews, 1966 - 1968 Note: This file includes no material of the proceedings against former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle, but material of the proceedings against former employees of RSHA IV-B-4 ("Judenreferat") for assistance of murder. -- The central question of the pre-trial hearings...

File Number : 38

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Berlin Gestapo, 1964-1965: Testimonies by perpetrators and Jewish survivors regarding the Lodz Gestapo, the Chelmno death camp and the deportation from Berlin; Legal proceedings against Max Bernhard Grautstück and Walter Stock from the Berlin Gestapo, for the arrest of Elisabeth and Gerd-Wilhelm Vogel in 1942 and their deportation to Auschwitz, 1946-1967

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin, 1964-1965: Testimonies by perpetrators and Jewish survivors regarding the Lodz Gestapostelle, the Chelmno death camp and the deportation from Berlin; Criminal proceedings against Max Bernhard Grautstück and Walter Stock from the Berlin Gestapo, accused by Erich Vogel of being responsible for the arrest of the mixed family Vogel from Berlin in 1942 and the deportation of Elisabeth and Gerd-Wilhelm Vogel to Auschwitz, 1946 - 1967 Trial against employees of the Berlin Gestapo, 1964-1965: Testimonies by perpetrators and Jewish survivors...

File Number : 45

Type of Material : Letter, Document(s), Testimony

Language : German

Testimonies by the Jewish Auschwitz survivors Otto Wolken and Hans-Peter Messerschmidt; Petition to the court by Bovensiepen's lawyer for his release, 1945, 1968

Testimonies by the Jewish Auschwitz survivors Otto Wolken and Hans-Peter Messerschmidt; Petition to the court by Bovensiepen's lawyer for his release, 1945, 1968 The file includes i.A.: - Petition (dated on 04/03/1945) of Dr Otto Wolken, a Jewish physican and Auschwitz survivor, to the "international public" in order to accuse Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and all other Nazi criminals of systematical murdering of "millions of Jews", detailed information on Auschwitz: pp 1-6 - Testimony of -above mentionend- Dr Otto Wolken in front of a Polish commision: Wolken, an Austrian social-democrate, was arrested...

File Number : 36

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Jews to extermination camps: Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) in Berlin and in other German cities, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) in Berlin and in other German cities, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of Gestapoleitstelle former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testim Note: This file includes also documents of the proceedings against "former employees of the RSHA for murder", 1965. The recording of these documents here was in order to substantiate...

File Number : 34

Type of Material : Document(s), Testimony

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle; Testimonies by Jewish survivors from Berlin, 1967 Note: This file includes also documents of the proceedings against "former employees of the RSHA for murder", 1965 and documents rg. the "office for compensation" (Entschaedigungsamt) from the years 1949 ff. The recording of these documents here was in order to substantiate the suspicious circumstances against the accused former employees of the...

File Number : 33

Type of Material : Curriculum, Testimony, Letter

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Jews to extermination camps: Examination of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of Gestapo employees regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; Testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of Gestapoleitstelle former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967 Included in the file: - Testimonies of Jewish survivors from Berlin (including partners in mixed marriages, Mischlinge, Jewish Community workers, those who were in hiding), including...

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Document(s)

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Report submitted by the public prosecutor regarding the "protective custody" measures (Schutzhaft) against Berlin Jews including testimonies by former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle and Jewish survivors from Berlin, 1967 In the file: - Pre-trial hearings of former Gestapoleitstelle employees as witnesses, including employees of the Schutzhaftreferat (Protective Custody Department), RSHA IV-C-2; detailed information regarding protective custody measures...

File Number : 31

Type of Material : Protocol, Testimony, Letter, List of Names

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle; Testimonies by survivors from Berlin, 1967 The file includes i.A.: - Pre-trial hearings of following former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle as witnesses: Dr. Emil Freise (pp 1-3), Heinz Kelbsch, Johanna Heym (pp. 97-111), Heinrich Rothmann (pp. 129-136), Maria Bek (nee Höpfner) (pp. 157-162). Considerable: statement of Johanna Heym, who worked as secretary for Dobberke (pp 105-111; compare also the...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Document(s), Testimony

Language : German

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