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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 and Berlin Jewish survivors, 1966 The file includes, among other items: - Pre-trial hearings of the following accused former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office-Gestapo headquarters): Herbert Oestereich, Felix Lachmuth, Friedrich Stalmann, Max Grautstück, Ernst Sasse (pp. 1-53), Alexander Globisch (pp.66-69), Kurt Venter, Maximilian Kölz, Gustav Heinrich (pp. 89-128); -...

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony, Protocol

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of Josef Kania and Josef Kirchhoff, other former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin and Berlin Jewish survivors, 1964 - 1965 The file includes i. A.: - Pre-trial hearing of Josef Kania and Josef Kirchhoff, who were accused to have of working for Section IV-C-3 (=Section for confiscation, administration and seizure of Jewish property); pp. 133-139; 184-190.- Testimonies with information on the participation of former members ...

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Statements by Herbert Titze, former employee of the Jewish Desk of the Berlin Gestapo, testimonies regarding Titze, Ernst Sasse and Willi Rothe from the Berlin Gestapo, collected by the Berlin Higher Regional Court (Kammergericht), 1968-1969; documentation regarding the deportation, expropriation and compensation of Nanni Tuchler, deported from Berlin in May 1944 Documentation regarding the deportation, confiscation of property and compensation of Nanni Tuchler from Berlin, deported with the 53 Transport (Osttransport) to Auschwitz on 19/5/1944. Tuchler probably survived, since she is mentioned as living in...

File Number : 199

Type of Material : Survey, Indictment, Questionnaire, Testimony, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Berlin Gestapo: Application by the General Attorney for setting Becker, Gohlke, Kölz, Panknin, Reiche, Gerhard Schmidt, Staatz and Zilian out of prosecution and for setting Bovensiepen, Venter, Titze, Grautstück, Kühnel, Lachmuth, Rothe and Sasse out of prosecution in the case of the deportation of Jews from Berlin to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 22/02/1969

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Application of the General Attorney at the Berlin Court of Appeal (Kammergericht) for setting Karl Becker, Walter Gohlke, Maximilian Kölz, Ernst Panknin, Willi Reiche, Gerhard Schmidt, Karl Staatz and Franz Zilian out of prosecution and for setting Otto Bovensiepen, Kurt Venter, Herbert Titze, Max Grautstück, Max Kühnel, Felix Lachmuth, Willi Rothe and Ernst Sasse out of prosecution in the case of the deportation of Jews from Berlin to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 22/02/1969 Trial against employees of the Berlin Gestapo: Application by...

File Number : 94

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Reports concerning Kurt Venter and other accused and search for witnesses and survivors, 1969

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Reports concerning Kurt Venter and other accused and search for witnesses and survivors, 1969 The file contains in detail: - Report of the Attorney Berlin of 13.06.1969 about the accused Venter, concerning access to files of the State Attorney at the Landgericht Duesseldorf. The file includes a list of cases in which Venter was involved as a memmber of the Duesseldorf Gestapo (p 1-12). - List of additional witnesses (mostly Jewish survivors) with exstracts from their testimonies, 30.06.1969 and 15.09.1969 (p 13-15,46-47). - Report...

File Number : 93

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: List of Jewish witnesses; list of members of the Stapoleitstelle Berlin; application by the General Attorney at the Berlin Higher Regional Court (Kammergericht) containing information about Bovensiepen and other accused and the accusations against them, 1967 The file contains in detail: - List with the names of Jewish witnesses ("Zeugenheft"; p 1-4). - List with the names of members of the Stapoleitstelle Berlin (p 5-16). - Application of the General Attorney at the Kammergericht Berlin to the coroner at the Landgericht Berlin...

File Number : 92

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Decisions by the Berlin Regional Court (Landgericht) in the cases of Max Bernhard Grautstueck; Herbert Max Titze, Max Paul Gerhard Kuehnel and Felix Lachmuth; Walter Karl Becker, Karl Hugo Gohlke, Maximilian Koelz, Ernst Pankin, Willi Reiche, Gerhard Schmidt, Karl Staatz and Franz Zilian; Ernst Sasse, 1969 - Decision of the Landgericht Berlin of 30.09.1969 in the case against Max Bernhard Grautstueck (date of birth: 28.08.1903 in Wattenscheid) for opening the trial (p 2). - Decision of the Landgericht Berlin of 30.09.1969 in the case...

File Number : 73

Language : German

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin: Reports, commentaries, correspondence, and interrogations regarding potential wittnesses and accused, 1969; Verdict of the Darmstadt Regional Court (Landgericht) against Georg Albert Dengler, the former head of the Darmstadt Gestapo, 1950 The file contains in detail: - Report of 23.06.1969 including a list of cases and trials in which the accused Dr. Venter was involved during his time as a member of the Gestapo (p 1-12). - Application of the lawyers Dr. Robert M. W. Kempner and R. I. Levin for opening the trial against...

File Number : 71

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

Trial of Otto Bovensiepen and trials of other workers in the Gestapo headquarters in Berlin, 1957-1969: Charge sheet, applications for permission to testify as witnesses for the prosecution during the trial, and other matters The file includes: - List of former employees in the Berlin Gestapo headquarters (Central Office) who were accused of the murder of 40,000 Jews (pp. 1-5); - Explanation of the charges (pp. 6-7); - List of deportations organized by the Berlin Gestapo headquarters (pp. 7-17); - Information regarding the "Alterstransport" (deportations of elderly people) to Theresienstadt and...

File Number : 58

Type of Material : Investigation Report, Testimony, List of Nazi War Criminals

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps); Examination of witnesses and Jewish victims; general information concerning the camps in Berlin and "Special Actions" ("Sonderaktionen") against the Berlin Jews, 1964 - 1965 The file includes i. A.: - Testimonies by junior officials of the Gestapoleitstelle and the RSHA (mostly from the administration) with little or no relevant information about the prosecution and deportation of the Jews. - Testimonies of Jewish survivors from Berlin, including baptized Jews;...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

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