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Statements by the accused Austrian war criminal Benedikt Farkas, 1962 - 1965

Statements by the accused war criminal Benedikt Farkas, 1962 - 1965 Documentation from a trial conducted against Austrian war criminals, most of whom participated in "Aktion Reinhardt": - Investigation against Hermann Hoefle started in Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) in 1947 (Vg8 6771/47); - Main part of the investigation conducted by Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) from 1956 (11a Vr 1382/56) and Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) from 1962 (27c Vr 852/62); - Final investigation conducted by Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court),...

File Number : 24

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Legal Documentation, Names of Perpetrators

Language : German

Documentation of the German State Ministry for Bohemian and Moravian Affairs (Deutsches Staatsministerium fuer Boehmen und Maehren), Germany, 1938-1945

Documentation of the German State Ministry for Bohemian and Moravian Affairs (Deutsches Staatsministerium fuer Boehmen und Maehren), Germany, 1938-1945 The Ministry for Bohemian and Moravian Affairs was established following the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis and the establishment of the Protectorate on the majority of its territory. Konstantin von Neurath, appointed as Governor of the Protectorate by the German authorities, was, in effect, ousted from his position by Hitler, on September 1941, for introducing policies that were not harsh enough in the eyes of the Fuehrer. Wilhelm Frick was...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation from the trial of Bovensiepen and others: Trial against Wilhelm Koppe at the Bonn regional court, 1964

Documentation from the trial of Bovensiepen and others: Trial against Wilhelm Koppe at the Bonn regional court, 1964 Yad Vashem file card (p.1) Indictment against Wilhelm Heinrich Carl Koppe because of accessory of mass murder Overview about the content of the file (pp.2-7) Indictment and trial against Koppe in regional court Bonn in 1964: (pp.8-13) Koppe was accused because of different actions: The newly appointed police commander was an active participant in the implementation of Nazi racial ideals, and in November 1939 he declared that he would make Posen 'free from Jews' (Judenrein), after...

File Number : 138

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946 Included in the file: 23/06/1942 Letter, marked as Classified, of SS-Oberfuehrer Viktor Brack to Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, in which he suggests to select and preserve approximately two-three million fit-for-work Jews following their sterilization or castration by X-ray. (pp. 2-3). 27/10/1943 Letter of SS-Gruppenfuehrer Odilo Globocnik (from Triest) to SS-Gruppenfuehrer Maximilian von Herff in the...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Administrative Documentation, Reports, Correspondence, Orders, Protocol

Language : German

Protocol of a meeting held by Goering with the Reichskommissaren (Reichs commissioners) and the military commanders in the occupied territories, regarding the supply of food to Germany, 06 August 1942 Some of those participating in the meeting were: Seys-Inquardt, Terboven, Daluege, Backe, Neuhausen, Lohse, Rosenberg, Sauckel, Koch and Riecke; the meeting was held at the Ministry of Aviation in Berlin; Survey of the supply situation in Germany, by Goering; discussion between Goering and the various commanders, regarding the use (exploitation) of resources including the agricultural resources, in...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Protocol, Official Documentation

Language : German

Reports of the Nazi Party in Hessen-Nassau

Reports of the Nazi Party in Hessen-Nassau - Map of the Hessen-Nassau area; - Kristallnacht events in Hofgeismar and Bebra; - Orders given by Kurt Daluege following the events of Kristallnacht; - Report regarding the Jewish community in Worms, May-June 1939; - Jewish property; anti-Jewish legislation and emigration issues; - Complaint from the Jewish Fighters Organization regarding displays of violence against them, 03 August 1934; - Testimony regarding the Jewish community in Rhina, 12 May 1947; - Testimony against Karl Opfer from Wehrda, 28 November 1946.

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Announcement issued by Daluege, commander of the Order Police (Orpo), regarding the deportation of Jews from the Reich area and the Protectorate

Announcement issued by Daluege, commander of the Order Police (Orpo), regarding the deportation of Jews from the Reich area and the Protectorate Supervision of the deportation trains will be carried out by the Orpo in coordination with the SD.

File Number : 504

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

"The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay written by Dr. Bruno Blau

"The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay written by Dr. Bruno Blau In the file: 2-Scanned File: Postwar "The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay by Dr. Bruno Blau, New York, describing the history of Nazi law from its early days undermining lawful procedures to its totally arbitrary approach to prosecution: - Executions of politically undesirable persons during the "Night of the Long Knives"; - Death penalties, based on overriding of court decisions by direct intervention of Hitler; - The "Nacht und Nebel Erlass" (Night and Fog Decree), 1941; - Nazi...

File Number : 325

Type of Material : Research Article, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

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