Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Documentation from a trial conducted in Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court) against members of the HSSPF (Hoehere SS- und Polizeifuehrer-Higher SS and Police Leader) Lublin; protocol from the trial of Johann Bohunsky 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...

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : German

Survey concerning the problem of superior orders ("Nuremberg defense") ("Befehlsnotstand") written by Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler in Berlin for the jury court Muenster, August 1967

Yad Vashem: File card (p.1) Survey concerning the problem of superior orders ("Nuremberg defense") ("Befehlsnotstand") written by Dr. Wolfgang Scheffler in August 1967 in Berlin for the jury court Muenster. Nuremberg defense -the consultant had to proof if the members (mainly SS members and people under Himmler) of the different national socialist organisations were in danger to life, when they refused orders -the problem of "Befehlsnotstand" could not be clarified in any trial also not in while the Nuremberg trials -the survey is not only based on the material of the Nuremberg trials but also on other...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : German

Documentation from the Stutthof concentration camp headquarters, 1941-1945

Documentation from the Stutthof concentration camp headquarters, 1941-1945 Included in the collection are orders and instructions by the camp commander, brochures from the camp, correspondence with the SS authorities, issues of the "Heeresverordnungsblatt" newspaper, personal documents and lists of “SS-Totenkopfsturmbann” men, a eulogy for Theodor Eicke, orders regarding the draft of German inmates to the "Sonderkommando Dirlewanger", and special orders regarding the evacuation of the camp in January 1945.

Type of Material : Document, Instruction, Correspondence, Circular, Order, Newspaper, Brochure

Language : German